Books written by female authors (3280)
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The Messenger Boy Murders by Perihan Mağden EN
TurkeyDescription:
Translated by Richard Hamer.,From a popular and innovative Turkish author, this,darkly comic, irreverent and hypnotic murder,mystery explores humanity's endless absurdity and,its futile attempts to create perfection. A,failure in his youth, the narrator wanders exotic,worlds before returning to his hometown, the,Motherland. Here, the inhabitants never talk about,evil events, but the messenger boy murders are,different: an intoxicating mystery that lures the,narrator towards the city's strange characters and,even stranger secrets...
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The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi EN
GreeceDescription:
When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?
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The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives. History is a flood. The mighty red . . . In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding. Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, an impulsive, lapsed Goth who can't read her future but seems to resolve his. Hugo, a gentle red-haired, home-schooled giant, is also in love with Ki... continue
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The Migration of Ghosts by Pauline Melville EN
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
Description:
Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's fabulous short story collection as she weaves a magnificent tapestry featuring Guyanese and European tales.
Japan2636.
The Miniaturist : A Novel by Jessie Burton EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office–leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin. But Nella's life changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist–an elusive and enigmatic art... continue
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The Ministry of Pain : A Novel by Dubravka Ugresic EN
CroatiaDescription:
Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S&M clothing at a sweatshop they call the "Ministry." Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their "Yugonostalgia" in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's cultural and physical disintegration. But Tanja's act of academic rebellion incites the rage of one renegade member of her class—and pulls he... continue
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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. During a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine frie... continue
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The Ministry of Upmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy EN
IndiaDescription:
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 AND THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 'A sprawling kaleidoscopic fable' Guardian, Book of the Year * 'A dazzling return to form' Independent THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS 'An astonishing intimate epic. This is the novel one hoped Arundhati Roy would write about India' Daily Telegraph 'At magic hour; when the sun has gone but the light has not, armies of flying foxes unhinge themselves from the Banyan trees in the old graveyard and drift across the city like smoke . . .' So begins The Ministry o... continue
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The misterious affair at styles by Agatha Christie EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Brace yourself for a cunning whodunit steeped in English charm. World War I veteran Captain Hastings seeks solace at a grand country estate, only to be embroiled in a shocking murder. The wealthy owner, Mrs. Inglethorp, is found dead, her fortune casting a long shadow over the household. Enter the enigmatic Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian detective with a mind as sharp as his mustache. With a cast of suspicious characters and a web of secrets, Poirot must untangle the truth behind the poisoning. Will he expose the killer lurking amidst the seemingly respectable guests? Listen to "The Mysteri... continue