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Goodreads "Women Around the World"

"A list about female authors from non-English speaking countries...The point is to try to move away from the Anglophone and American focused lists of female authors to get other points of view..." (Goodreads)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
1
Arundhati Roy
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
2
Isabel Allende
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
4
Anne Frank
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
5
Simone De Beauvoir
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
6
Laura Esquivel
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
7
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
8
Marguerite Yourcenar
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen)
Out of Africa
9
Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
10
Tove Jansson
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
11
Marguerite Duras
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
12
Marjane Satrapi
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
13
Elena Ferrante
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
14
Francoise Sagan
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
15
Jung Chang
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky, Trans. Sandra Smith)
Suite Française
16
Irène Némirovsky, Trans. Sandra Smith
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
17
Elfriede Jelinek
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
18
Banana Yoshimoto
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
19
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
20
Astrid Lindgren
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
21
Muriel Barbery
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
22
Murasaki Shikibu
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
23
Simone De Beauvoir
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter
24
Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
25
Julia Alvarez
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
26
Nawal El Saadawi
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
27
Simone De Beauvoir
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
28
Clarice Lispector
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
29
Nadine Gordimer
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
30
Yoko Ogawa
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
31
Sofi Oksanen
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
32
Johanna Spyri
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I (Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb)
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I
33
Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
34
Anna Akhmatova
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
35
Eileen Chang
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
36
Magda Szabó
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall
37
Marlen Haushofer
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
38
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
39
Svetlana Alexievich
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
40
Han Kang
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