Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
August is Women in Translation month and I have some recommendations and reading plans to talk about. Yes, I'm a little early but I'm all about the planning!
Recommended Books/Authors:
All Yours by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Miranda France
Time of the Flies by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle
We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda
The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen
Dear Dickhead by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
My August WIT Plans:
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara Haveland
The Wall by Marlen Hoshaufer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren, translated by Agnes Broome
Books for Future Reading:
Cathedrals by Claudia Pineiro, translation not yet announced
Greek Lessons by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won
Human Acts by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Allison Markin Powell
The Vernon Subutext by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
August is Women in Translation month and I have some recommendations and reading plans to talk about. Yes, I'm a little early but I'm all about the planning!
Recommended Books/Authors:
All Yours by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Miranda France
Time of the Flies by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle
We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda
The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen
Dear Dickhead by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
My August WIT Plans:
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara Haveland
The Wall by Marlen Hoshaufer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren, translated by Agnes Broome
Books for Future Reading:
Cathedrals by Claudia Pineiro, translation not yet announced
Greek Lessons by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won
Human Acts by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Allison Markin Powell
The Vernon Subutext by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
