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Essential Women in Translation Reads

It is often hard to know where to start, so we wanted to put together a list of great women in translation to help you get started.
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
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Murasaki Shikibu
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
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Sei Shonagon
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
3
Anne Frank
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
4
Irène Némirovsky
After Midnight
After Midnight
5
The Heptameron (Marguerite De Navarre)
The Heptameron
6
Marguerite De Navarre
Claudine at School (Claudine)
Claudine at School
7
Claudine
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
8
Simone De Beauvoir
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
9
Marguerite Duras
The True Deceiver (Tove Jansson)
The True Deceiver
10
Tove Jansson
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
11
Astrid Lindgren
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
12
Johanna Spyri
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
13
Laura Esquivel
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
14
Mariama Bâ
If Not, Winter (Sappho)
If Not, Winter
15
Sappho
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
16
Magda Szabó
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
17
Marjane Satrapi
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
18
Isabel Allende
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
19
Elfriede Jelinek
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
20
Muriel Barberry
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
21
Han Kang
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
22
Simone De Beauvoir
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
23
Sofi Oksanen
The Wall
The Wall
24
The Gray House (Mariam Petrosyan)
The Gray House
25
Mariam Petrosyan
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin)
Near to the Wild Heart
26
Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin
Ru (Kim Thuy)
Ru
27
Kim Thuy
Go, Went, Gone (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Go, Went, Gone
28
Jenny Erpenbeck
Nada
Nada
29
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
30
Banana Yoshimoto
Malina (Ingeborg Bachmann)
Malina
31
Ingeborg Bachmann
Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me (Teffi)
Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me
32
Teffi
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
33
Rajaa Alsanea
Blue Lorries (Radwa Ashour)
Blue Lorries
34
Radwa Ashour
The Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Poems of Anna Akhmatova
35
Last Train to Istanbul (Ayse Kulin)
Last Train to Istanbul
36
Ayse Kulin
Sphinx (Anne Garreta)
Sphinx
37
Anne Garreta
View With a Grain of Sand
View With a Grain of Sand
38
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
39
Valeria Luiselli
The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist)
The Unit
40
Ninni Holmqvist
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