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Great Books by Women in Translation

A list of great books by women translated from other languages (mostly Italian and French) into English.
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Agua Viva (Clarice Lispector)
Agua Viva
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Clarice Lispector
Anne Frank: The Biography (Melissa Müller)
Anne Frank: The Biography
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Melissa Müller
The Book of Promethea (Hélène Cixous)
The Book of Promethea
3
Hélène Cixous
A Breath of Life (Clarice Lispector)
A Breath of Life
4
Clarice Lispector
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs (Bronislava Nijinska)
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs
5
Bronislava Nijinska
Cheri (Colette)
Cheri
6
Colette
Childhood (Nathalie Sarraute)
Childhood
7
Nathalie Sarraute
The Complete Claudine (Colette)
The Complete Claudine
8
Colette
The Comrade From Milan (Rossana Rossanda)
The Comrade From Milan
9
Rossana Rossanda
Cosima (Grazia Deledda)
Cosima
10
Grazia Deledda
Delirium (Laura Restrepo)
Delirium
11
Laura Restrepo
The Devil's Pool (George Sand)
The Devil's Pool
12
George Sand
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
13
Anne Frank
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Ethics of Ambiguity
14
Simone De Beauvoir
Family Lexicon (Natalia Ginzburg)
Family Lexicon
15
Natalia Ginzburg
Fire in the Blood (Irene Nemirovsky)
Fire in the Blood
16
Irene Nemirovsky
Follow Your Heart
Follow Your Heart
17
Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers (Lara Cardella)
Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers
18
Lara Cardella
Gravity and Grace (Simone Weil)
Gravity and Grace
19
Simone Weil
Hotel Splendid (Marie Redonnet)
Hotel Splendid
20
Marie Redonnet
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Condé)
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
21
Maryse Condé
The Iguana (Anna Maria Ortese)
The Iguana
22
Anna Maria Ortese
In My Hands (Irene Gut Opdyke)
In My Hands
23
Irene Gut Opdyke
In Spite of Plato (Adriana Cavarero)
In Spite of Plato
24
Adriana Cavarero
Indiana (George Sand)
Indiana
25
George Sand
Jezebel (Irene Nemirovsky)
Jezebel
26
Irene Nemirovsky
Kamouraska
Kamouraska
27
Letters of a Peruvian Woman (Francoise De Graffigny)
Letters of a Peruvian Woman
28
Francoise De Graffigny
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
29
Laura Esquivel
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
30
Marguerite Duras
Lust (Elfriede Jelinek)
Lust
31
Elfriede Jelinek
The Malady of Death (Marguerite Duras)
The Malady of Death
32
Marguerite Duras
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
33
Simone De Beauvoir
Map (Wislawa Szymborska)
Map
34
Wislawa Szymborska
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
35
Simone De Beauvoir
Moderato Cantabile (Marguerite Duras)
Moderato Cantabile
36
Marguerite Duras
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
37
Elena Ferrante
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind (Simone Weil)
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
38
Simone Weil
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
39
Isak Dinesen
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
40
Madame De La Fayette
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