Country

Authors

Book Selection

Argentina

Mariana Enriquez (1973 - )

Silvina Ocampo (1903 - 1993)

Pola Oloixarac (1977 - )

Samanta Schweblin (1978 - )

Luisa Valenzuela (1938 - )

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez

Translated by Megan McDowell (2017); Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (2016)

Australia

Miles Franklin (1879-1954)

Kate Grenville (1950 - )

Shirley Hazzard (1931- )

Liane Moriarty (1966 - )

Alexis Wright (1950 - )

The Swan Book: A Novel  by Alexis Wright (2016)

Brazil

Hilda Hilst (1930-2004)

Adriana Lisboa (1970 - )

Clarice Lispector (1920-1977)

Ana Maria Machado (1941 - )

Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923- )

The Besieged City by Clarice Lispector

Translated from the Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz (2019); A Cidade sitiada originally published in 1949

Cameroon

Marguerite Abouet (1971 - )

Season of the Shadow by Léonora Miano

Translated from the French by Gila Walker (2018); Originally published as Saison de l'ombre (2013)

Canada

Margaret Atwood (1939- )

Cherie Dimaline (1975 - )

Alice Munro (1951- )

Madeleine Thien (1974 - )

Miriam Toews  (1964 -  )

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (2017)

Chile

Isabel Allende (1942 - )

Diamela Eltit (1949 - )

Lina Meruane (1970 - )

Gabriela Mistral (1889 - 1957)

Marcela Serrano (1951 - )

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. 

China

Xiaolu Guo (1973- )

Xinran (1958 - )

Xiao Hong (1911 - 1942)

Geling Yan (1958 - )

Ailing Zhang  / Eileen Chang (1920 - 1995)

Ma Bo'le's Second Life by Xiao Hong 

Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (2018); original Chinese version published in 1940.

England

Kate Atkinson (1951- )

Penelope Fitzgerald (1916 - 2000)

Helen Oyeyemi (1984 - )

Zadie Smith (1975- )

Jeannette Winterson (1959 - )

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (2019)

France

Anna Gavalda (1970 - )

Virginie Despentes (1940 - )

Marguerite Duras (1914-1996)

Marie NDiaye (1967 - )

Leila Slimani (1981 - )

The Cracks in Our Armor by Anna Gavalda (2019)

Translated from the French by Alison Anderson; Fendre l'armure originally published in 2017

Germany

Jenny Erpenbeck (1967- )

Julia Franck (1970 - )

Herta Muller (1953- )

Charlotte Roche (1978- )

Anna Seghers (1900-1983)

Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck (2017)

Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky; Gehen, Ging, Gegangen: Roman originally published in 2015

Italy

Milena Agus (1959 - )

Elena Ferrante (1943 - )

Natalia Ginzburg (1916 - 1991)

Elsa Morante (1912 - 1985)

Igiaba Scego (1974 - )

All Our Yesterdays: A Novel by Natalia Ginzburg 

Translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson; Tutti i nostri ieri originally published in 1952

Jamaica

Michelle Cliff (1946 - )

Yrsa Daley-Ward (1989 - ) 

Nicole Dennis-Benn (1982 - )

Velma Pollard (1937 - )

Nicola Yoon (1972 - )

Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn (2019)

Japan

Hiromu Arakawa (1973 - )  

Hiromi Kawakami (1958 - )

Natsuo Kirino (1951 - )

Shikibu Murasaki (ca. 978 - )

Sayaka Murata (1979 - )

Convenience Store Woman: A Novel by Sayaka Murata (2018)

Translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori; コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen] published in 2016

Republic of Korea

Han Kang (1970 - )

Suki Kim (1970-  )

Kyung-Sook Shin (1963- )

Krys Lee  

Min Jin Lee (1968 - )

The Vegetarian by Han Kang (2015) 

Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith; 채식주의자 [Ch'aesikchuŭija] published in 2007

Netherlands

Isabelle de Charrière (1740 - 1805)

Renate Dorrestein (1954- )

Anne Frank (1929 - 1945)

Hella Haasse (1918-2011)

The Darkness that Divides Us by Renate Dorrestein (2019) 

Translated from the Dutch by Hester Velmans (2019); Het duister dat ons scheidt published in 2003

New Zealand

Eleanor Catton (1965- )

Janet Frame (1924-2004)

Elizabeth Knox (1959 - )

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)

Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982)

The Luminaries: A Novel by Eleanor Catton (2013)

Nigeria

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977- )

Sefi Atta (1964 - )

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani  

Buchi Emecheta (1944- )

Chibundu Onuzo (1991 - )

Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo (2018)

Norway

Karin Fossum (1954 - )

Anne Holt  (1958- )

Agnes Ravatn (1983 - )

Åsne Seierstad (1970 - ) 

Sigrid Undset (1882-1949)

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally (1997-2000); original Norwegian trilogy published 1920-22

Scotland

Dorothy Dunnett (1923 - 2001)

Aminatta Forna (1964 - )

Denise Mina (1966 - )

Ali Smith (1962 - )

Muriel Spark (1918 - 2006)

Conviction  by Denise Mina (2019)

South Africa

Lauren Beukes (1976 - )

Nadine Gordimer (1923 - 2014)

Bessie Head (1937 - 1986)

Kopano Matlwa (1985 - )

Lauretta Ngcobo (1931 - 2015)

Evening Primrose by Kopano Matlwa (2018)

Spain

Almudena Grandes (1960- )

Ana María Matute (1925-2014)

Rosa Montero (1951- )

Elvira Navarro (1978 - )

Julia Navarro (1953- )

A Working Woman by Elvira Navarro (2017)

Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney; originally published as La trabajadora in 2014

Sweden

Lena Andersson (1970 - )

Willful Disregard: A Novel About Love by Lena Andersson (2016)

Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death; Egenmäktigt förfarande published in 2013

Thailand

Cherry Cheva (1977 - )

Veeraporn Nitiprapha (1962 - )

Duanwad Pimwana (1969 - )

Benjanun Sriduangkaew 

Pimone Triplett (contemporary Thai American poet)

Arid Dreams: Stories by Duanwad Pimwana (2018)

Translated from the Thai by Mui Poopoksakul

United States

N.K. Jemisin (1972 - )

Celeste Ng (1980 - )

Sigrid Nunez (1951 - )

Donna Tartt (1963 - )

Jesmyn Ward (1977 - )

The Friend  by Sigrid Nunez 

2018 National Book Award winner