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Browse our collection below to discover excellent books by women from all over the globe.

Featuring books by Annie Ernaux, Kim Thúy, Guadalupe Nettel, Ivana Bodrožić, Nadia Terranova, Natalia Ginzburg, Marguerite Duras, Olga Tokarczuk, as well as translations from noted translators Ann Goldstein, Alison L. Strayer, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Suzanne Jill Levine, Emma Ramadan, and more.

Book cover for The Lost Soul

by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

The Lost Soul

Book cover for Anne-Marie The Beauty

by Yasmina Reza and Alison L. Strayer

Anne-Marie The Beauty

Book cover for Arcadia

by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam and Ruth Diver

Arcadia

Book cover for We Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day

by Ivana Bodrožić, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać

We Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day

Book cover for Em

Em

Book cover for A Girl's Story

by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer

A Girl's Story

Book cover for Farewell, Ghosts

by Nadia Terranova, translated by Ann Goldstein

Farewell, Ghosts

Book cover for Bezoar

by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine

Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories

Book cover for A Place to Live

by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Lynne Sharon Schwartz

A Place to Live: And Other Selected Essays of

Book cover for The Hotel Tito

by Ivana Bodrožić and Ellen Elias-Bursać

The Hotel Tito: A Novel

Book cover for The Little Communist Who Never Smiled

The Little Communist Who Never Smiled

Book cover for So Vast the Prison

by Assia Djebar

So Vast the Prison: A Novel

Book cover for Happening

by Annie Ernaux, translated by Tanya Leslie

Happening

Book cover for The Years

by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer

The Years

Book cover for Shame

by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Book cover for The Possession

by Annie Ernaux

The Possession

Book cover for A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux and Tanya Leslie

A Woman's Story

Book cover for A Man's Place

by Annie Ernaux and Tanya Leslie

A Man's Place

Book cover for I Remain in Darkness

by Annie Ernaux and Tanya Leslie

I Remain in Darkness

Book cover for A Frozen Woman

by Annie Ernaux

A Frozen Woman

Book cover for Exteriors

by Annie Ernaux

Exteriors

Book cover for Simple Passion

by Annie Ernaux

Simple Passion

Book cover for Babylon

by Yasmina Reza

Babylon: A Novel

Book cover for Natural Histories

by Guadalupe Nettel

Natural Histories

Book cover for The Body Where I Was Born

by Guadalupe Nettel

The Body Where I Was Born

Book cover for The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry

by Assia Djebar

The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories

Book cover for Algerian White

by Assia Djebar

Algerian White: A Narrative

Book cover for Camelia

by Camelia Entekhabifard

Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth—A Memoir of Iran

Book cover for Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't

by Ulrike Meinhof, edited by Karin Bauer

Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof

Book cover for Hamas

by Paola Caridi

Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

Book cover for The Others

by Seba al-Herz

The Others

Book cover for Orlanda

by Jacqueline Harpman

Orlanda

Book cover for Greed

by Elfriede Jelinek

Greed: A Novel

Book cover for "There Are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me

by Eva Gabrielsson

"There Are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me

Book cover for The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda

by Sonia Rivera-Valdés

The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda

Book cover for And We Sold the Rain

by Rosario Santos

And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America

Book cover for The Fat Man from La Paz

by Rosario Santos

The Fat Man from La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia

Book cover for Crossing Borders

by Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Crossing Borders: Stories and Essays About Translation

Book cover for The Ages of Lulu

by Almudena Grandes

The Ages of Lulu: A Novel

Book cover for The Wind from the East

by Almudena Grandes

The Wind from the East: A Novel

Book cover for Hunting the Last Wild Man

by Angela Vallvey

Hunting the Last Wild Man

Book cover for Voice Over

by Céline Curiol

Voice Over: A Novel

Book cover for The Mental Load

by Emma , translated by Una Dimitrijevic

The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic

Book cover for The Emotional Load

by Emma , translated by Una Dimitrijevic

The Emotional Load: And Other Invisible Stuff