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Women Writers Around the World

100+ countries and regions represented. One country, one book... exceptions are made for several non-autonomous regions. Mostly to account for some great fiction from the Caribbean.
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The list includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, both in translation and originally written in English
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Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka (Johnny Frisbie)
Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka
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Johnny Frisbie
Terra Nullius (Claire G. Coleman)
Terra Nullius
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Claire G. Coleman
They Who Do Not Grieve (Sia Figiel)
They Who Do Not Grieve
3
Sia Figiel
Island of Shattered Dreams (Chantal T. Spitz)
Island of Shattered Dreams
4
Chantal T. Spitz
Potiki (Patricia Grace)
Potiki
5
Patricia Grace
Iep Jaltok: Poems From a Marshallese Daughter (Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner)
Iep Jaltok: Poems From a Marshallese Daughter
6
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
My Urohs (Emelihter Kihleng)
My Urohs
7
Emelihter Kihleng
Sworn Virgin (Elvira Dones)
Sworn Virgin
8
Elvira Dones
Zinky Boys (Svetlana Alexievich)
Zinky Boys
9
Svetlana Alexievich
Alexis (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Alexis
10
Marguerite Yourcenar
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
11
Edna O'Brien
Three Strong Women (Marie Ndiaye)
Three Strong Women
12
Marie Ndiaye
All Our Yesterdays (Natalia Ginzburg)
All Our Yesterdays
13
Natalia Ginzburg
History. a Mess. (Sigrún Pálsdóttir)
History. a Mess.
14
Sigrún Pálsdóttir
Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again (Giedra Radvilavičiūtė)
Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again
15
Giedra Radvilavičiūtė
Farewell, Cowboy (Olja Savicevic)
Farewell, Cowboy
16
Olja Savicevic
Another Love (Erzsebet Galgoczi)
Another Love
17
Erzsebet Galgoczi
I Am the Brother of XX (Fleur Jaeggy)
I Am the Brother of XX
18
Fleur Jaeggy
Yellow Street (Veza Canetti)
Yellow Street
19
Veza Canetti
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages (Hella S. Haasse)
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
20
Hella S. Haasse
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
21
Anna Burns
The End of Days (Jenny Erpenbeck)
The End of Days
22
Jenny Erpenbeck
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
23
Olga Tokarczuk
The Return (Dulce Maria Cardoso)
The Return
24
Dulce Maria Cardoso
Camellia Street (Mercè Rodoreda)
Camellia Street
25
Mercè Rodoreda
Mars (Asja Bakić)
Mars
26
Asja Bakić
The Harvest of Chronos (Mojca Kumerdej)
The Harvest of Chronos
27
Mojca Kumerdej
Dogs and Others (Biljana Jovanović)
Dogs and Others
28
Biljana Jovanović
Catherine the Great and the Small (Olja Knezevic)
Catherine the Great and the Small
29
Olja Knezevic
Samko Tále's Cemetery Book (Daniela Kapitáňová)
Samko Tále's Cemetery Book
30
Daniela Kapitáňová
The Hunger Angel (Herta Müller)
The Hunger Angel
31
Herta Müller
I, Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta Menchu)
I, Rigoberta Menchu
32
Rigoberta Menchu
The Taiga Syndrome (Cristina Rivera Garza)
The Taiga Syndrome
33
Cristina Rivera Garza
My Brother (Jamaica Kincaid)
My Brother
34
Jamaica Kincaid
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
35
Samanta Schweblin
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
36
Alice Walker
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
37
Jean Rhys
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady (Clarice Lispector)
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady
38
Clarice Lispector
The Book of Emma Reyes (Emma Reyes)
The Book of Emma Reyes
39
Emma Reyes
Segu (Maryse Condé)
Segu
40
Maryse Condé
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