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120 Great Books by Women Writers in Translation (To English) - Page 3

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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Family Lexicon (Natalia Ginzburg)
Family Lexicon
81
Natalia Ginzburg
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
82
Natsuo Kirino
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
83
Nawal El Saadawi
Disoriental (Négar Djavadi)
Disoriental
84
Négar Djavadi
The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist)
The Unit
85
Ninni Holmqvist
Soviet Milk (Nora Ikstena)
Soviet Milk
86
Nora Ikstena
People in the Room (Norah Lange)
People in the Room
87
Norah Lange
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
88
Olga Tokarczuk
The First Wife (Paulina Chiziane)
The First Wife
89
Paulina Chiziane
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile
90
Qiu Miaojin
Tentacle (Rita Indiana)
Tentacle
91
Rita Indiana
The Book of Lamentations (Rosario Castellanos)
The Book of Lamentations
92
Rosario Castellanos
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
93
Samanta Schweblin
Sappho: A New Translation (Sappho)
Sappho: A New Translation
94
Sappho
The Faculty of Dreams (Sara Stridsberg)
The Faculty of Dreams
95
Sara Stridsberg
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
96
Sayaka Murata
Our Lady of the Nile (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Our Lady of the Nile
97
Scholastique Mukasonga
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
98
Sei Shonagon
The Saga of Gösta Berling (Selma Lagerlöf)
The Saga of Gösta Berling
99
Selma Lagerlöf
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
100
Sigrid Undset
Thus Were Their Faces (Silvina Ocampo)
Thus Were Their Faces
101
Silvina Ocampo
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
102
Simone De Beauvoir
The Bridge of Beyond (Simone Schwarz-Bart)
The Bridge of Beyond
103
Simone Schwarz-Bart
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
104
Sofi Oksanen
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
105
Svetlana Alexievich
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
106
Tatyana Tolstaya
Subtly Worded (Teffi)
Subtly Worded
107
Teffi
The Letter for the King (Tonke Dragt)
The Letter for the King
108
Tonke Dragt
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
109
Tove Jansson
La Bastarda (Trifonia Melibea Obono)
La Bastarda
110
Trifonia Melibea Obono
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
111
Valeria Luiselli
As the Crow Flies (Véronique Tadjo)
As the Crow Flies
112
Véronique Tadjo
Vernon Subitex (Virginie Despentes)
Vernon Subitex
113
Virginie Despentes
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Wang Anyi)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
114
Wang Anyi
Swallowing Mercury (Wioletta Greg)
Swallowing Mercury
115
Wioletta Greg
View With a Grain of Sand (Wisława Szymborska)
View With a Grain of Sand
116
Wisława Szymborska
Aunt Résia and the Spirits and Other Stories (Yanick Lahens)
Aunt Résia and the Spirits and Other Stories
117
Yanick Lahens
Revenge (Yoko Ogawa)
Revenge
118
Yoko Ogawa
Memoirs of a Polar Bear (Yoko Tawada)
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
119
Yoko Tawada
Territory of Light (Yuko Tsushima)
Territory of Light
120
Yuko Tsushima
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