Women in Translation
August is Women in Translation Month, which aims to bring awareness to the lack of women writers whose works are translated as well as celebrate the works of individual women authors. Learn more at www.womenintranslation.org. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. Created July 2025.
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To Go on Living
(Armenian, Armenia) Set in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, these thirty-one linked short stories trace the interconnected lives of villagers tending to their everyday tasks, engaging in quotidian squabbles, and celebrating small joys against a breathtaking landscape.
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A Perfect Day to Be Alone
(Japanese, Japan) When her mother moves to China, 20-year-old Chizu settles into her quirky relative's Tokyo home, where solitude, part-time jobs and fleeting relationships shows her how to gradually find strength and independence in the new rhythms of her everyday life.
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On the Clock
(French, France) The many ugly facets of capitalism are on full display in French writer Baglin’s raw and searching debut novel told in two parallel narratives that become increasingly intertwined. (Booklist)
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The Unworthy
(Spanish, Argentina) Bazterrica’s absorbing feminist literary horror novel (previously available only in Spanish) stars an unnamed narrator who documents her deplorable situation in an illicit diary as a survivor living in a converted monastery. (Booklist)
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Mother River
(Chinese, China) Can Xue delivers an exquisite collection of surreal stories animated by anthropomorphism, dream logic, and the search for hidden truths. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Remembered Soldier
(Dutch, The Netherlands) A Dutch novel about loss, identity, and the lasting effects of war...An absorbing tale for the patient reader. (Kirkus)
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Eternal Summer
(German, Germany) Set in a German spa town wracked by climate change, this intense, enthralling debut explores trust, abuse, and solidarity through the unexpected bond between two women.
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A Calamity of Noble Houses
(Arabic, Tunisia) Ghenim offers an enthralling saga of two upper-class families linked by marriage and roiled by an explosive letter in 1935 Tunis. (Publishers Weekly)
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Our City That Year
(Hindi, India) In an unnamed city in India, violence is erupting between Hindus and Muslims, each side viewing the other with suspicion, rage, and blame. As their identities sharpen, friends and colleagues turn against each other.
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What Kingdom
(Danish, Denmark) Poet Gråbøl makes her English-language debut with this striking chronicle of a young woman’s treatment for severe depression. (Publishers Weekly)
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