Library

Angola

The Return
by Dulce Maria Cardoso

Argentina

Fever Dream
by Samanta Schweblin

Argentina

He Who Searches
by Luisa Valenzuela

Armenia

Three Apples Fell from the Sky
by Narine Abgaryan

Australia

Rush Oh!
by Shirley Barrett

Austria

Who is Martha?
by Marjana Gaponenko

Azerbaijan

The Orphan Sky
by Ella Leya

Bangladesh

A Golden Age
by Tahmima Anam

Barbados

How the One-armed Sister
Sweeps Her House
by Cherie Jones

Belarus

Down Among the Fishes
by Natalka Babina

Belgium

A Nail, a Rose
by Madeleine Bourdouxhe

Belize

Time and the River
by Zee Edgell

Benin

Children of the Benin Kingdom
by Dinah Orji

Bhutan

Dawa: The Story of a
Stray Dog in Bhutan
by Kunzang Choden

Botswana

When Rain Clouds
Gather & Maru
by Bessie Head

Brazil

The Body Snatcher
by Patrícia Melo

Brunei

The Fisherman King
by Kathrina Mohd Daud

Bulgaria

Nine Rabbits
by Virginia Zaharieva

Burkina Faso

So Distant from My Life
by Monique Ilboudo

Cabo Verde

The Mad Woman of Serrano
by Dina Salustio

Cameroon

How Beautiful Were We
by Imbolo Mbue

Cameroon

Essential Encounters
by Therese Kuoh-Muokoury

Canada

The Boy Who Belonged
to the Sea
by Denis Thériault

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Co-Wives, Co-Widows
by Adrienne Yabouza

Chile

Ten Women
by Marcela Serrano

China

White Horse
by Yan Ge

Congo

The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver

Côte d’Ivoire

In the Company of Men
by Veronique Tadjo

Croatia

Singer in the Night
by Olja Savicevic

Cuba

Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina Garcia

Fiction / A–E

Fiction / F–L

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Fiji

The River
by Paulini Turagabeci

Finland

Memory of Water
by Emmi Itäranta

Gabon

Awu’s Story
by Justine Mintsa

Gambia

The Sun Will Soon Shine
by Sally Sadie Singhateh

Georgia

The Pear Field
by Nana Ekvtimishvili

Germany

Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck

Ghana

Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi

Guinea Bissau

The Ultimate Tragedy
by Abdulia Sila

Haiti

The Dew Breaker
by Edwidge Danticat

Hungary

Katalin Street
by Magda Szabó

Iceland

Butterflies in November
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

India

Burnt Sugar
by Avni Doshi

Iran

Aria
by Nazanine Hozar

Israel

Waking Lions
by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Italy

La Madre
by Grazia Deledda

Italy

My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante

Japan

Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto

Japan

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
by Megumi Iwasa

Jordan

Willow Trees Don't Weep
by Fadia Faqir

Kenya

Blood and Gold
by Mara Menzies

Kosovo

Frozen Time
by Anna Kim

Kuwait

The Pact We Made
by Layla Alammar

Laos

How to Pronounce Knife
by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Latvia

The Book of Riga, a City in Short Fiction
Edited by Eva Eglāja-Kristsone and Becca Parkinson

Lebanon

The Weight of Paradise
by Iman Humaydan

Lesotho

She Plays With Darkness
by Zakes Mda

Libya

Under the Tripoli Sky
by Kamal Ben Hameda

Lithuania

Tofylis, or the Marriage of Zose
by Žemaitė

Fiction / M–R

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Madagascar

Red Island House
by Andrea Lee

Malaysia

Lake Like a Mirror
by Ho Sok Fong

Mali

The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana
by Maryse Condé

Mauritania

The Desert and the Drum
by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

Mexico

Umami
by Laia Jufresa

Moldova

The Good Life Elsewhere
by Vladimir Lorchenkov

Montenegro

Catherine the Great
and the Small
by Olja Knezivec

Morocco

Secret Son
by Laila Lalami

Mozambique

The First Wife
by Paulina Chiziane

Netherlands

The Discomfort of Evening
by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

New Zealand

The Bone People
by Keri Hulme

Nigeria

Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

North Macedonia

North Macedonia

A Spare Life
by Lidija Dimkovska

Norway

Will and Testament
by Vigdis Hjorth

Oman

Celestial Bodies
by Jokha Alharthi

Palestine

Minor Detail
by Adania Shibli

Panama

The World in Half
by Cristina Henriquez

Paraguay

The News from Paraguay
by Lily Tuck

Peru

Birds Without a Nest
by Clorinda Matto De Turner

Poland

Drive Your Plow Over
the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk

Polynesia

Pina
by Titaua Peu

Romania

Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller

Russia

The Big Green Tent
by Ludmilla Ulitskaya

Fiction / S–Z

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Samoa

The Girl in the Moon Circle
by Sia Figiel

Senegal

At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop

Senegal

So Long a Letter
by Mariama Bâ

Sierra Leone

Her Name Was Aina
by Yema Lucilda Hunter

Singapore

Ponti
by Sharlene Teo

Somalia

The Orchard of Lost Souls
by Nadifa Mohamed

South Africa

The Woman Next Door
by Yewande Omotoso

South Korea

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-Joo

South Korea

The Vegetarian
by Han Kang

South Sudan

Edo’s Souls
by Sawad Hussain

Sri Lanka

Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera

St Lucia

Neg Maron: Freedom Fighter
by Michael Aubertin

Taiwan

Masked Dolls
by Shih Chiung-Yu

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago

Love After Love
by Ingrid Persaud

Tunisia

The Third Day
by Chochana Boukhobza

Türkiye

The Bastard of Istanbul
by Elif Shafak

Uganda

The First Woman
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

That Other Me
by Maha Gargash

Uruguay

Crocodile Tears
by Mercedes Rosende

USA

Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey

Vatican City

The Last Cato
by Matilde Asensi

Venezuala

It Would Be Night in Caracas
by Karina Sainz Borgo

Vietnam

The Mountains Sing
by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Zambia

The Old Drift
by Namwali Serpell

Zimbabwe

We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo