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120 Great Books by Women Writers in Translation (To English)

This list was inspired by the excellent crowd-sourced "100 Best Books by Women Writers in Translation" by Meytal Radzinski on Biblibio (see link below). With the goal of making an even more diverse list, I took the books from that list with the stipulation of only one book per author (I generally tried to choose the most popular of the author's books on the original list). I then added books by other authors from other classic and must-read lists, with an emphasis on classics and authors from underrepresented regions. Regions of Africa and Asia and elsewhere are still underrepresented because 1) many books were written in English in the first place and 2) too few books written in other languages have yet been translated.
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The Little Girl on the Ice Floe (Adélaïde Bon)
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe
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Adélaïde Bon
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
2
Ágota Kristóf
Extracting the Stone of Madness (Alejandra Pizarnik)
Extracting the Stone of Madness
3
Alejandra Pizarnik
The Remainder (Alia Trabucco Zeran)
The Remainder
4
Alia Trabucco Zeran
Distant View of a Minaret (Alifa Rifaat)
Distant View of a Minaret
5
Alifa Rifaat
Eve Out of Her Ruins (Ananda Devi)
Eve Out of Her Ruins
6
Ananda Devi
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
7
Anna Akhmatova
Alexiad (Anna Komnene)
Alexiad
8
Anna Komnene
The Seventh Cross (Anna Seghers)
The Seventh Cross
9
Anna Seghers
Sphinx (Anne Garreta)
Sphinx
10
Anne Garreta
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
11
Annie Ernaux
Die My Love (Ariana Harwicz)
Die My Love
12
Ariana Harwicz
The Naked Woman (Armonía Somers)
The Naked Woman
13
Armonía Somers
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade (Assia Djebar)
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
14
Assia Djebar
Waking Lions (Ayelet Gundar-Goshen)
Waking Lions
15
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
16
Banana Yoshimoto
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
17
Basma Abdel Aziz
The Mussel Feast (Birgit Vanderbeke)
The Mussel Feast
18
Birgit Vanderbeke
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Nada
19
Carmen Laforet
Island of Shattered Dreams (Chantal T. Spitz)
Island of Shattered Dreams
20
Chantal T. Spitz
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
21
Christa Wolf
A Winter's Promise (Christelle Dabos)
A Winter's Promise
22
Christelle Dabos
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector)
Near to the Wild Heart
23
Clarice Lispector
Chéri (Colette)
Chéri
24
Colette
Trieste (Daša Drndic)
Trieste
25
Daša Drndic
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (Dorthe Nors)
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
26
Dorthe Nors
Arid Dreams (Duanwad Pimwana)
Arid Dreams
27
Duanwad Pimwana
Fox (Dubravka Ugrešić)
Fox
28
Dubravka Ugrešić
Novel Without a Name (Duong Thu Huong)
Novel Without a Name
29
Duong Thu Huong
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
30
Eileen Chang
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
31
Elena Ferrante
Arturo's Island (Elsa Morante)
Arturo's Island
32
Elsa Morante
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline
33
Fleur Jaeggy
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
34
Françoise Sagan
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
The Waiting Years
35
Fumiko Enchi
Zuleikha (Guzel Yakhina)
Zuleikha
36
Guzel Yakhina
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
37
Han Kang
Women of Sand and Myrrh (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
Women of Sand and Myrrh
38
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Love (Hanne Ørstavik)
Love
39
Hanne Ørstavik
Innocence (Heda Margolius)
Innocence
40
Heda Margolius
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