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Writing and voices from outside of the white Western canon. Fiction and Non-fiction with an emphasis in diaspora, decolonization, global history, and resistance narratives from around the world. Features African, Asian, Central American, South American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern voices.

Began with many recommendations from Jamin Anderson (@jaminanderson__ on Instagram) and has expanded with the help of the Pagebound community.

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

An incomplete list of African Classics

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1. All books are from 2006 and before
2. Not ordered in any way
3. If the books are a trilogy/series, only the first book has been added

Suggestions welcomed 😊

a list of classics with a focus on global and marginalised authors.

This list is based on the book by Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne, and Kadija Sesay (This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books)

As the title suggests, the book aims to broaden readers’ horizons. The list contains works by non-white, mostly female authors.

A collection of acclaimed classic and contemporary Francophone literature. I chose to classify as Francophone rather than French in order to include authors who wrote in French but were/are not of French nationality, especially authors from colonised countries. Non-exhaustive as I'm not an expert I am keeping this list to one book per author but suggestions very welcome! :)

Just a booklist to encourage diversity in our readers

Just a collection of classics written by women, this is a diverse reading experience with voices of women from across time and boarders.

Probably due to my own lack of knowledge To East, West and South Africa

A non exhaustive list consider this an appetizer and as I grow in my journey I’ll make more specific ones.

Last updated 12.10.25

Celebrate women in translation month all year round with this list of fabulous books

Stories by women from across the world, brought to us through translation.

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Motswana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... ❤️

Just a list of books I've read from around the world, hoping others will find it useful.

Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!

A non-exhaustive list of books from African authors to explore the richness of this literature / in english or in french

Reading translated fiction changed the trajectory of my life so I need to return the favor by promoting them more