Recs if you like The Years...

Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

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.

Introspective books by people who observe a lot, ponder a lot, feel a lot, and write about it. Creative memoir, self-indulgent navel-gazing, or "wan little husks" (as Joyce Carol Oates once put it)... whatever you personally think about autofiction, including whether or not it really is a genre, this somewhat experimental form of writing most definitely gives both writers and readers a chance to engage in narratives in a different way.

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

Non-textbooks to help you see the world like an anthropologist and understand culture a little better

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

according to the New York Times

40 women, 4 centurys, tons of countries, tons of lenguages. Some of them are worldwide famous, some are more niche, i wanted all of them to stand out for some important reason

I know i'm missing a lot of authors, this isn't a list about the best 40 women, these are just 40 women that i haven't read, and if I have read them, I wanted to read some of their least known books like in the case of sylvia Plath, or continue reading their work like with Robin Hobb or R.F Kuang. If you want to add more to this list please share in the comments

Elena Ferrante, the bestselling pseudonymous Italian author behind My Brilliant Friend, has named her favourite 40 books by female authors around the world.

The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times

Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.

These authors won for all their life’s work, but here’s each of their most notable books to get you started!

Not all authors are listed.

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

Britta Bohler, an Austrian booktuber who solely posts on books written by women, made a list of 1001 books to read before you die written by only by female authors ,as a response to all the lists that were being released at the time by critically acclaimed sources and included in the list about 70-90% male authors. This is me slowly reading that list.

As the title suggests, these are non-fiction books that are translated into English. Please suggest more books! (WIP)

Women reshaping modern literature across continents and cultures.