Recs if you like Forbidden Notebook...

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 'aims to address the gender imbalance in translated literature' and is open to works of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and fiction for children or young adults. Only works written by a woman (original authors, not the translators) are eligible. All works longlisted since the prize began in 2017 are collected on this list.

These are books about dms/emails or books told largely in dm/email/letter format. Recommendations welcomed.

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

capturing feelings of discontent, dissatisfaction, or existentialism one book at a time

Feminist masterpieces from female writers in every genre ✨ Recommendations are very welcome here!:)

every month, são paulo's public library creates a 10 book list based on a different country, here are the books of 2026 (january = france, february = england, march = italy, april = south korea, may = portugal, june = russia, july = usa, august = nigeria)

Diary-like stories (real or not real stories).