Must-Read Translated Books By Women Authors

1.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating — 179,651 ratings
2.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,219 ratings
3.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,255 ratings
4.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,560 ratings
5.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,884 ratings
6.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating — 61,925 ratings
7.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
8.
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
The Woman in the Purple Skirt 3.27 avg rating — 16,810 ratings
9.
Tokyo Ueno Station
Tokyo Ueno Station
by: Yū Miri
3.45 avg rating — 28,925 ratings
9.
Concerning My Daughter
Concerning My Daughter 3.70 avg rating — 11,097 ratings
11.
Água Viva
Água Viva 4.27 avg rating — 19,026 ratings
12.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,483 ratings
12.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly 3.98 avg rating — 21,046 ratings
14.
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny 3.40 avg rating — 119,818 ratings
14.
Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating — 4,335 ratings
16.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,042 ratings
17.
Shoko's Smile: Stories
Shoko's Smile: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 6,442 ratings
17.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating — 37,423 ratings
19.
The Slynx
The Slynx 3.81 avg rating — 5,497 ratings
20.
일의 기쁨과 슬픔
일의 기쁨과 슬픔 3.99 avg rating — 198 ratings
21.
Baba Dunja's Last Love
Baba Dunja's Last Love 4.11 avg rating — 5,642 ratings
22.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating — 49,434 ratings
22.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating — 91,323 ratings
24.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,651 ratings
24.
밝은 밤
밝은 밤 4.57 avg rating — 356 ratings
26.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 137,723 ratings
26.
Gold Rush
Gold Rush
by: Yū Miri
3.40 avg rating — 283 ratings
26.
Novel without a Name
Novel without a Name 3.81 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
26.
The Disaster Tourist
The Disaster Tourist 3.36 avg rating — 7,109 ratings
30.
The Dog Who Dared to Dream
The Dog Who Dared to Dream 3.75 avg rating — 3,617 ratings
30.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,639 ratings
32.
The Emissary
The Emissary 3.41 avg rating — 13,098 ratings
32.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating — 14,372 ratings
34.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,520 ratings
35.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,080 ratings
35.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,190 ratings
37.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
37.
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4)
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4) 3.80 avg rating — 540 ratings
37.
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by: Anyi Wang
3.93 avg rating — 772 ratings
40.
Notes of a Crocodile
Notes of a Crocodile 3.82 avg rating — 8,558 ratings
40.
Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating — 27,956 ratings
42.
The Saga of Gösta Berling
The Saga of Gösta Berling 3.63 avg rating — 6,282 ratings
42.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,585 ratings
44.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,884 ratings
45.
Hotel Iris
Hotel Iris 3.33 avg rating — 7,837 ratings
46.
My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,651 ratings
46.
My Brilliant Life
My Brilliant Life 3.99 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
48.
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart 4.02 avg rating — 15,037 ratings
49.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating — 9,589 ratings
50.
Little Girl On The Ice Floe
Little Girl On The Ice Floe 4.32 avg rating — 764 ratings
51.
The Book of Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations 4.21 avg rating — 919 ratings
52.
The Bridge of Beyond
The Bridge of Beyond 4.05 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
53.
Women Without Men
Women Without Men 3.74 avg rating — 6,516 ratings
53.
The Quest for Christa T.
The Quest for Christa T. 3.71 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
55.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating — 95,673 ratings
55.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating — 6,393 ratings
57.
The Door
The Door 4.10 avg rating — 33,177 ratings
57.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,324 ratings
59.
The Grip of Change
The Grip of Change 3.85 avg rating — 93 ratings
60.
Go, Went, Gone
Go, Went, Gone 3.96 avg rating — 10,177 ratings
61.
The Strange Bride
The Strange Bride 3.51 avg rating — 35 ratings
62.
Flights
Flights 3.75 avg rating — 35,859 ratings
63.
History. A Mess.
History. A Mess. 3.15 avg rating — 287 ratings
63.
The Little Paris Bookshop
The Little Paris Bookshop 3.51 avg rating — 105,381 ratings
65.
Tentacle
Tentacle 3.57 avg rating — 3,030 ratings
65.
Monsterhuman (Norwegian Literature)
Monsterhuman (Norwegian Literature) 3.87 avg rating — 371 ratings
65.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 438,729 ratings
65.
The Eighth Life
The Eighth Life 4.53 avg rating — 30,529 ratings
69.
The Besieged City
The Besieged City 3.69 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
69.
I'll Be Right There
I'll Be Right There 3.98 avg rating — 5,509 ratings
71.
Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories
Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
71.
Territory of Light
Territory of Light 3.59 avg rating — 9,670 ratings
73.
The Life of Elves
The Life of Elves 2.76 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
73.
Frayed Opus for Springs & Wind Instruments
Frayed Opus for Springs & Wind Instruments 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings
73.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
76.
And the Birds Rained Down
And the Birds Rained Down 3.98 avg rating — 6,304 ratings
76.
The Barefoot Woman
The Barefoot Woman 4.10 avg rating — 1,755 ratings
78.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,164 ratings
78.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,368 ratings
80.
I Am the Brother of XX
I Am the Brother of XX 3.61 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
80.
The Murder of Halland
The Murder of Halland
by: Pia Juul
3.23 avg rating — 704 ratings
80.
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino 3.44 avg rating — 6,933 ratings
83.
Swallowing Mercury
Swallowing Mercury 3.75 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
83.
The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle
The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle 3.50 avg rating — 192 ratings
83.
The Shooting Gallery
The Shooting Gallery 3.65 avg rating — 244 ratings
86.
Katalin Street
Katalin Street 4.13 avg rating — 3,756 ratings
86.
The Embalmer
The Embalmer 3.68 avg rating — 325 ratings
86.
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth 3.67 avg rating — 3,324 ratings
89.
Let Me Sleep Until This Is Just a Dream (Norwegian Literature)
Let Me Sleep Until This Is Just a Dream (Norwegian Literature) 3.48 avg rating — 46 ratings
89.
Breast Stories
Breast Stories 4.14 avg rating — 403 ratings
89.
People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating — 12,165 ratings
92.
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 36,551 ratings
92.
The Tiger and the Acrobat
The Tiger and the Acrobat 3.70 avg rating — 750 ratings
92.
Winter in Sokcho
Winter in Sokcho 3.54 avg rating — 26,194 ratings
95.
People in the Room
People in the Room 3.42 avg rating — 588 ratings
95.
Outcast: Four stories
Outcast: Four stories 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
95.
Last Words from Montmartre
Last Words from Montmartre 3.85 avg rating — 2,529 ratings
95.
A Single Rose
A Single Rose 3.45 avg rating — 4,306 ratings
99.
Sexographies
Sexographies 3.88 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
99.
The Proof of the Honey
The Proof of the Honey 2.67 avg rating — 2,794 ratings
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