22 Female Authors to Read in Translation

1.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,784 ratings
2.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
3.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,868 ratings
4.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,539 ratings
5.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,443 ratings
6.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,503 ratings
7.
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 222,711 ratings
8.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,378 ratings
9.
The Passion According to G.H.
The Passion According to G.H. 4.13 avg rating — 16,774 ratings
9.
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter 4.13 avg rating — 17,750 ratings
11.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
11.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (L'amica geniale, #3)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (L'amica geniale, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 183,738 ratings
13.
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,511 ratings
14.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,643 ratings
15.
The Diary of Lady Murasaki
The Diary of Lady Murasaki 3.80 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
16.
The Appointment
The Appointment 3.39 avg rating — 4,091 ratings
17.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,965 ratings
18.
The Lake
The Lake 3.57 avg rating — 11,359 ratings
19.
The Pure and the Impure
The Pure and the Impure
by: Colette
3.59 avg rating — 2,286 ratings
20.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories
by: Colette
4.12 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
21.
Enfance
Enfance 3.65 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
22.
The Hunger Angel
The Hunger Angel 3.90 avg rating — 6,798 ratings
23.
The Stream of Life
The Stream of Life 4.27 avg rating — 19,033 ratings
24.
A Breath of Life
A Breath of Life 4.29 avg rating — 4,635 ratings
25.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
The Ethics of Ambiguity 4.17 avg rating — 7,756 ratings
26.
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart 4.02 avg rating — 15,044 ratings
27.
The Quest for Christa T.
The Quest for Christa T. 3.71 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
28.
Chéri
Chéri
by: Colette
3.67 avg rating — 6,014 ratings
29.
Poems of Akhmatova
Poems of Akhmatova 4.35 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
30.
The Land of Green Plums
The Land of Green Plums 3.67 avg rating — 6,189 ratings
31.
The Blood of Others
The Blood of Others 4.02 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
32.
The Mandarins
The Mandarins 4.19 avg rating — 6,250 ratings
33.
All Men Are Mortal
All Men Are Mortal 4.12 avg rating — 7,230 ratings
34.
Women as Lovers
Women as Lovers 3.74 avg rating — 3,883 ratings
35.
Gunnar's Daughter
Gunnar's Daughter 4.18 avg rating — 1,856 ratings
36.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times
Wonderful, Wonderful Times 3.79 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
37.
Poesía completa
Poesía completa 4.56 avg rating — 9,824 ratings
38.
Celestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies 3.41 avg rating — 16,874 ratings
39.
N.P
N.P 3.55 avg rating — 12,448 ratings
40.
Portrait of a Man Unknown
Portrait of a Man Unknown 3.64 avg rating — 203 ratings
41.
My Mother's House & Sido
My Mother's House & Sido
by: Colette
4.16 avg rating — 891 ratings
42.
Requiem
Requiem 4.36 avg rating — 897 ratings
43.
Hardboiled & Hard Luck
Hardboiled & Hard Luck 3.74 avg rating — 7,212 ratings
44.
Lust
Lust 3.31 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
45.
Cassandra
Cassandra 3.87 avg rating — 6,625 ratings
46.
The Prime of Life: The Second Volume of Her Autobiography
The Prime of Life: The Second Volume of Her Autobiography 4.18 avg rating — 2,021 ratings
47.
Soulstorm: Stories
Soulstorm: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 263 ratings
48.
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine 3.95 avg rating — 3,786 ratings
49.
The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 9,443 ratings
50.
Vertical Motion
Vertical Motion
by: Can Xue
3.63 avg rating — 329 ratings
51.
Patterns of Childhood
Patterns of Childhood 4.05 avg rating — 536 ratings
52.
The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
by: Can Xue
3.45 avg rating — 74 ratings
53.
Medea
Medea 3.92 avg rating — 4,762 ratings
54.
A True Novel
A True Novel 4.28 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
55.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,372 ratings
56.
You Don't Love Yourself (Studies in Contemporary Jewry; 6)
You Don't Love Yourself (Studies in Contemporary Jewry; 6) 3.59 avg rating — 128 ratings
57.
The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter, #3)
The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 3,919 ratings
58.
The Passport
The Passport 3.32 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
59.
Astragal
Astragal 3.66 avg rating — 2,601 ratings
60.
The Picture Bride
The Picture Bride 3.70 avg rating — 1,706 ratings
61.
Humiliation
Humiliation 3.78 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
62.
Dialogues in Paradise
Dialogues in Paradise
by: Can Xue
3.56 avg rating — 255 ratings
63.
Nadirs
Nadirs 3.49 avg rating — 1,657 ratings
64.
Broken Glass Park
Broken Glass Park 3.52 avg rating — 2,232 ratings
65.
The Runaway
The Runaway 3.82 avg rating — 83 ratings
66.
Sphinx
Sphinx 3.74 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
66.
Conversación al sur
Conversación al sur 3.60 avg rating — 114 ratings
68.
My Bird
My Bird 3.16 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
69.
The Mistress of Husaby (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2)
The Mistress of Husaby (Kristin Lavransdatter, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 4,872 ratings
70.
No Place on Earth
No Place on Earth 3.61 avg rating — 799 ratings
71.
Force of Circumstance
Force of Circumstance 4.07 avg rating — 261 ratings
72.
All said and done
All said and done 3.82 avg rating — 437 ratings
73.
The Apple in the Dark
The Apple in the Dark 3.95 avg rating — 1,184 ratings