Books written by female authors (3298)
1821.
Outline by Rachel Cusk EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A Finalist for the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction One of The New York Times' Top Ten Books of the Year Named a A New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vogue, NPR, The Guardian, The Independent, Glamour, and The Globe and Mail Chosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of The New York Times Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a cou... continue
Portugal1823.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper’s epic and award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look! All through time, the two great forces of Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more…and three children find themselves caught in the conflict. The Drew siblings—Simon, Jane, and Barney—are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map in the attic of the house they are sharing with their Gre... continue
1824.
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
First published in New Zealand by Penguin Books (NZ) in 2007.
1825.
Owlish by Dorothy Tse EN
ChinaDescription:
With your face covered, sneaking into a city you thought you knew, are you still yourself? Or have you crossed to another world, where the streets are unpredictable and the people strangers, where you might at any moment run into some unknown dream version of yourself? In a city called Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition- a music box ballerina named Aliss who has tantalisingly sprung to life. Guided by his ... continue
1826.
Pânza de păianjen by Cella Serghi RO
RomaniaDescription:
Glisând între spațiul vrăjit de la Balcic și tumultul Bucureștiului interbelic, eroina Diana Slavu își trăiește iubirile cu deznădejde și demnitate, luptându-se să evadeze din pânza de păianjen a unei existențe cenușii, marcate de apăsarea săraciei și a inconsecvenței celor din jur. Orice ființă care-a avut puterea să-și urmărească, cu ochi lucizi și uimiți, propria devenire, orice femeie care măcar o clipă s-a simțit încorsetată de condiția sa strâmbă într-o lume care nu mai are puterea să-și asume răspunderile iubirii împlinite, se poate ... continue
1827.
Pachinko : The New York Times Bestseller by Min Jin Lee EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant – and that her lover i... continue
1828.
Pain by Zeruya Shalev EN
IsraelDescription:
“Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and Pain is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida and Fates and Furies A powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life. Ten years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relations... continue
1829.
Pakistan in an Age of Turbulence by Masuma Hasan EN
PakistanDescription:
A detailed and graphic personal and family history within a national and international context. It mirrors and brings to life the modern and contemporary history of the Indian sub-continent and of India and Pakistan, and the dramatic birth-struggles of both major nation states dominating South Asia. And the complex racial, religious and ethnic mix was central to turbulent politics and Islamic identity is a factor in international politics. The overshadowing influence of the British Indian Empire was a constant factor and sets the context. The huge upheaval and tragedy of Partition is at the he... continue
1830.
Palabras, Ojos, Memoria by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Set in Haiti's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. (OneSource)