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76 Great Books by 76 Women in Translation

Women in Translation Month 2021 starts in less than two weeks, so now seems like a great time to crank something like this out. Even if you're not interested, you have to admit, this is a great line up of possibilities for completing those A-Z author surname reading challenges.
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Women of Sand and Myrrh (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
Women of Sand and Myrrh
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Hanan Al-Shaykh
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
2
Svetlana Alexievich
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
3
Isabel Allende
The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories (Li Ang)
The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories
4
Li Ang
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Wang Anyi)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
5
Wang Anyi
The Doctor's Wife (Sawako Ariyoshi)
The Doctor's Wife
6
Sawako Ariyoshi
The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
The Woman From Tantoura
7
Radwa Ashour
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
8
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
9
Anna Banti
The Country Under My Skin (Gioconda Belli)
The Country Under My Skin
10
Gioconda Belli
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
11
Simone De Beauvoir
Tomboy (Nina Bouraoui)
Tomboy
12
Nina Bouraoui
The Book of Lamentations (Rosario Castellanos)
The Book of Lamentations
13
Rosario Castellanos
Half a Lifelong Romance (Eileen Chang)
Half a Lifelong Romance
14
Eileen Chang
Ingratitude (Ying Chen)
Ingratitude
15
Ying Chen
The Pure and the Impure (Colette)
The Pure and the Impure
16
Colette
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Condé)
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
17
Maryse Condé
The Ten Thousand Things (Maria Dermoût)
The Ten Thousand Things
18
Maria Dermoût
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade (Assia Djebar)
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
19
Assia Djebar
The Time in Between (María Dueñas)
The Time in Between
20
María Dueñas
The Lover (Marguerite Duras, Trans. Barbara Bray)
The Lover
21
Marguerite Duras, Trans. Barbara Bray
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
The Waiting Years
22
Fumiko Enchi
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation
23
Jenny Erpenbeck
Letter to a Child Never Born (Oriana Fallaci)
Letter to a Child Never Born
24
Oriana Fallaci
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
25
Elena Ferrante
I Called Him Necktie (Milena Michiko Flašar)
I Called Him Necktie
26
Milena Michiko Flašar
Journey Into the Whirlwind (Evgenia Ginzburg)
Journey Into the Whirlwind
27
Evgenia Ginzburg
The Little Virtues (Natalia Ginzburg)
The Little Virtues
28
Natalia Ginzburg
Requiem (Shizuko Go)
Requiem
29
Shizuko Go
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall
30
Marlen Haushofer
The Obscene Madame D (Hilda Hilst)
The Obscene Madame D
31
Hilda Hilst
The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist)
The Unit
32
Ninni Holmqvist
Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream
33
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Novel Without a Name (Dương Thu Hương)
Novel Without a Name
34
Dương Thu Hương
River of Fire (Qurratulain Hyder)
River of Fire
35
Qurratulain Hyder
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
36
Tove Jansson
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
37
Elfriede Jelinek
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
38
Han Kang
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
39
Natsuo Kirino
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
40
Ágota Kristóf
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