(This list does not include playwrights yet.
I only included the novelists that have at least one ++ in this list.
Only one representative book per writer.
I stopped checking female poets after 1980:
there may be a lot after 1980 here)
- Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights
- Woolf, Virginia: To the Lighthouse
- Olga Tokarczuk (Poland, 1962): "Ksiegi Jakubowe/ The Books of Jacob" (2014)
- George Eliot (Britain, 1819): "Middlemarch" (1872)
- Elsa Morante (Italy, 1912): "L'Isola di Arturo" (1957)
- Anna Akhmatova (Russia, 1889): "Poema Bez Geroia/ Poem Without A Hero" (1962)[p]
- Murasaki Shikibu (Japan, 973): "Genji Monogatari" (100#)
- Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Wolf Hall" (2008)
- Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany, 1967): "Gehen Ging Gegangen/ Go Went Gone" (2015)
- Agustina Bessa-Luis (Portugal, 1922): "Vale Abraao/ Abraham's Valley" (1991)
- Toni Morrison (USA, 1942): "Beloved" (1987)
- Marie Under (Estonia, 1883): "Haal Varjust/ Voice from the Shadows" (1927) [p]
- Antonia Byatt (Britain, 1936): "Possession" (1990)
- Jane Austen (Britain, 1775): "Pride and Prejudice" (1813)
- Cecilia Meireles (Brazil, 1901): "Retrato Natural" (1949) [p]
- Janet Frame (New Zealand, 1924): "Scented Gardens For The Blind" (1963)
- Lessing, Doris: "The Golden Notebook" (1962)
- Elena Ferrante (Italy, 1943): "L'Amica Geniale/ My Brilliant Friend" (2014)
- Nadine Gordimer (South Africa, 1923): "The Burger's Daughter" (1979)
- Gertrude Stein (USA, 1874): "Stanzas in Meditation" (1932) [p]
- Clarice Lispector (Brazil, 1920): "A Paixao Segundo G.H./ The Passion According to G.H." (1964)
- Marianne Moore (USA, 1887): "Observations" (1924) [p]
- MariaLuisa Spaziani (1924): "L'occhio del ciclone (1970) [p]
- Marina Tsvetaeva/ Cvetaeva (Russia, 1892): "Poema Kontsa/ Poem of the End" (1924) [p]
- Gabriela Mistral (Chile, 1889): "Desolacion" (1922) [p]
Not in order yet:
- Arundhati Roy (India, 1961): "God of Small Things" (1997)
- Daniela Hodrova (Czech, 1946): "Theta/ Masks" (1992)
- Mia Couto (Mozambique, 1955): "Terra Sonambula/ Sleepwalking Land" (1992)
- Sissel Lie (Norway, 1942): "Reise Gjennom Brent Sukker/ Journey Through Burnt Sugar" (1992)
- Mati Unt (Estonia, 1944): "Huvasti Kollane Kass/ Hello Yellow Cat" (1992)
- Edna-Annie Proulx (USA, 1935): "Postcards" (1992)
- Janette-Turner Hospital (Australia, 1942): "The Last Magician" (1992)
- Dubravka Ugresic (Croatia, 1949): "Stefica Cvek u Raljama Zivota/ Steffie Speck in the Jaws of Life" (1992)
- Yoko Tawada (1960): "Inu Muko Iri/ The Bridegroom Was a Dog" (1993)
- Edna-Annie Proulx (USA, 1935): "Shipping News" (1993)
- Carol Shields (USA, 1935): "Stone Diaries" (1993)
- Kerstin Ekman (Sweden, 1933): "Haendelser Vid Vatten/ Blackwater" (1993)
- Almudena Grandes (Spain, 1960): "Malena es un Nombre de Tango" (1994)
- Liudmila Petrushevskaia (Russia, 1938): "The Time: Night" (1994)
- Herta Mueller (1953): "Herztier/ Hearteater/ The Land of Green Plums" (1994)
- Assia Djebar (1936): "Vaste Est la Prison" (1995)
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya (Russia, 1946): "Sonechka/ Little Sonya" (1995)
- Teolinda Gersao (Portugal, 1940): "A Casa Da Cabeca De Cavalo" (1995)
- Annika Idstroem (Finland, 1947): "Pelon Maantiede/ The Geography of Fear" (1995)
- Sara Lidman (Sweden, 1923): "Lifsens Rot/ The Root of Life" (1996)
- Elsie Johansson (Sweden, 1931): "Glasfaglarna/ The Glass Birds" (1996)
- Rosa Liksom (Finland, 1958): "Kreisland" (1996)
- Leena Krohn (Finland, 1947): "Matemaattisia Olioita Tai Jaettuja Unia/ Mathematical Beings or Shared Dreams" (1997)
- Elfriede Jelinek (1946): "Die Kinder der Toten" (1997)
- Cristina Rivera-Garza (Mexico, 1964): "Nadie me Vera' Llorar/ No One Will See Me Cry" (1997)
- Lidia Jorge (Portugal, 1946): "O Vale da Paixao" (1998)
- Penelope Fitzgerald (Britain, 1916): "The Blue Flower" (1998)
- Alice McDermott (USA, 1953): "Charming Billy" (1998)
- Eeva Park (Estonia, 1950): "Naeru Opilane/ A Student of Laughter" (1998)
- Kerstin Ekman (Sweden, 1933): "Guds Barmhaertighet/ God's Mercy" (1999)
- Rhea Galanaki (Greece, 1947): "Eleni io Kanenas/ Eleni or Nobody" (1999)
- Amelie Nothomb (Belgium, 1966): "Stupeur et tremblements/ Fear and Trembling" (1999)
Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece, 1953): "Zig-Zag stis Nerantzies/ Bitter Oranges" (1999)
- Inger Edelfeldt (Sweden, 1956): "Det Hemliga Namnet/ The Secret Name" (1999)
- Margaret Atwood (Canada, 1939): "The Blind Assassin" (2000)
- Tatyana Tolstaya (Russia, 1951): "Kys/ Slynx" (2000)
- Liliana Bodoc (Argentina, 1958): "Los Dias del Venado" (2000)
- Elvira Dones (Albania, 1960): "Yjet nuk Vishen Keshtu / Stars do not Disrobe Like That/ Sole Bruciato" (2000)
- Zadie Smith (Britain, 1975): "White Teeth" (2000)
- Luisa Monteiro (Portugal, 1968): "Casa das Areias" (2000)
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya (Russia, 1946): "Kazus Kukotskovo/ The Kukotsky Case" (2001)
- Marie NDiaye (1967): "Rosie Carpe" (2001)
- Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "Hotel World" (2001)
- Zyranna Zateli (Greece, 1951): "With the Strange Name of Ramanthis Erevus Death Arrived Last" (2002)
- Nilanjana "Jhumpa Lahiri" Sudeshna (USA, 1967): "The Namesake" (2003)
- Yoko Ogawa (Japan, 1962): "Hakase no Ai Shita Suushiki/ The Professor's Beloved Equation/ The Housekeeper and the Professor" (2003)
- Marilynne Robinson (USA, 1943): "Gilead" (2004)
- Monika Fagerholm (Sweden, 1961): "Den Amerikanska Flickan/ The American Girl" (2005)
- Annie Ernaux (France, 1940): "Les Annees/ The Years" (2008)
- Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Russia, 1938): "There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby" (2009)
- Herta Mueller (Romania, 1953): "Atemschaukel/ The Hunger Angel" (2009)
- Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia, 1974): "Beneath the Lion's Gaze" (2010)
- Nicole Krauss (USA, 1974): "Great House" (2010)
- Jennifer Egan (USA, 1952): "A Visit from the Goon Squad" (2011)
- Jesmyn Ward (USA, 1977): "Salvage the Bones" (2011)
- Cristina Rivera-Garza (Mexico, 1964): "El mal de la Taiga/ The Taiga Syndrome" (2012)
- Scholastique Mukasonga (Rwanda, 1956): "Our Lady of the Nile" (2012)
- Louise Erdrich (USA, 1954): "The Round House" (2012)
- Lina Meruane (Chile, 1970): "Sangre en el Ojo/ Seeing Red" (2012)
- Donna Tartt (USA, 1964): "The Goldfinch" (2013)
- Valeria Luiselli (Mexico, 1983): "La Historia de mis Dientes/ The Story of My Teeth" (2013)
- Eimear McBride (Ireland, 1976): "A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing" (2013)
- Eleanor Catton (New Zealand, 1985): "The Luminaries" (2013)
- Samanta Schweblin (Argentina, 1978): "Distancia de Rescate/ Fever Dream" (2014)
- Rachel Cusk (Canada, 1967): "Outline" (2014)
- Laila Lalami (Morocco, 1968): "The Moor's Account" (2014)
- Laura Lindstedt (Finland, 1976): "Oneiron" (2015)
- Guzel Yakhina (Russia, 1977): " Zuleikha" (2015)
- Sayaka Murata (Japan, 1979): "Konbini Ningen/ Convenience Store People" (2016)
- Elif Shafak (Turkey, 1971): "Havva'nin Uc Kizi/ Three Daughters of Eve" (2016)
- Leila Slimani (Morocco, 1981): "Chanson Douce/ Lullaby/ Perfect Nanny" (2016)
- Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "Autumn" (2016)
- Virginie Despentes (1969): "Subutex 1-3" (2017)
- Arundhati Roy (India, 1961): "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" (2017)
- Min Jin Lee (USA, 1968): "Pachinko (2017)
- Mizuki Tsujimura (Japan, 1980): "Kagami no Kojo/ Lonely Castle in the Mirror" (2018)
- Lisa Halliday (USA, 1977): "Asymmetry" (2018)
- Esi Edugyan (Canada, 1978): Washington Black" (2018)
- Geetanjali Shree (Hindi, 1957): "Ret Samadhi/ Tomb of Sand" (2018)
- Lucy Ellmann (Britain, 1956): "Ducks Newburyport" (2019)
- Mariana Enriquez (Argentina, 1973): "Nuestra Parte de Noche/ Our Share of Night" (2019)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria, 1977): "Americanah" (2013)
- Margaret Atwood (Canada, 1939): "The Handmaid's Tale" (1986)
- Zadie Smith (Britain, 1975): "White Teeth" (2000)
- Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633): "Geistliche Sonnette" (1662) [p]
- Juana Ines de la Cruz (Mexico, 1648): "El Sueno" (1692) [p]
- Annette von Droste (1797): "Das Geistliche Jahr" (1848) [p]
- Karolina Pavlova (Russia, 1807): "Kadril/ Quadrille" (1859) [p]
- Rosalia de Castro (Spain, 1837): "Cantares Gallegos" (1863) [p]
- Emily Dickinson (USA, 1830): "Poems" (1886) [p]
- Edith Soedergran (Finland, 1892): "Septemberlyran" (1918) [p]
- Juana de Ibarbourou (Uruguay, 1892): "Las Lenguas de Diamante" (1918) [p]
- Maria Polydouri (1902): "The Trilles that Faint" (1928) [p]
- Betti Alver (Estonia, 1906): "Tolm ja Tuli/ Polvere e Fuoco" (1936) [p]
- Ernestina de Champourcin (Spain, 1905): "Cantico Inutil" (1936) [p]
- Maria Pawlikowska (1891): "Krystalizacje/ Cristallizations" (1937) [p]
- Muriel Rukeyser (USA, 1913): "The Book of the Dead" (1938) [p]
- Kathleen Raine (Britain, 1908): "Stone and Flower" (1943) [p]
- Cecilia Meireles (Brazil, 1901): "Mar Absoluto" (1944) [p]
- Hilda Doolittle (USA, 1886): "Trilogy" (1946) [p]
- Carmen Conde (Spain, 1907): "Mujer Sin Eden" (1947) [p]
- Erika Burkart (1922): "Der dunkle Vogel" (1953) [p]
- Elizabeth Jennings (Britain, 1926): "A Way of Looking" (1955) [p]
- Ingeborg Bachmann (1926): "Anrufung des Grossen Baeren" (1956) [p]
- Nelly Sachs (1891): "Und Niemand Weiss Weiter" (1957) [p]
- Blaga Dimitrova (1922): "Do Otre/ To Morning" (1959) [p]
- Natalia Correia (Portugal, 1923): "Cantico do Pais Emerso" (1961) [p]
- Bella Akhmadulina (Russia, 1937): "Struna/ String/ La Corda" (1962) [p]
- Edith Sitwell (Britain, 1887): "The Outcasts" (1962) [p]
- Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Sol/ Salt" (1962) [p]
- Adrienne Rich (USA, 1929): "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" (1963) [p]
- Denise Levertov (USA, 1923): "O Taste and See" (1964) [p]
- Desanka Maksimovic (Serbia, 1898): "Trazim Pomilovanje/ I Seek Clemency" (1964) [p]
- Sylvia Plath (USA, 1932): "Ariel" (1965) [p]
- Anne Sexton (USA, 1928): "Live or Die" (1966) [p]
- Agnes Nemes-Nagy (1922): "Napfordulo/ Solstice" (1967) [p]
- Amelia Rosselli (1930): "Serie Ospedaliera" (1969) [p]
- Otilia-Valeria Coman "Ana Blandiana" (1942): "A Treia Taina/ The Third Sacrament" (1969) [p]
- Maria Banus (1914): "Portretul din Fayum/ Portrait of Fauym" (1970) [p]
- Alejandra Pizarnik (Argentina, 1936): "El Infierno Musical" (1971) [p]
- Cristina Peri-Rossi (Uruguay, 1941): "Evohe" (1971) [p]
- Alejandra Pizarnik (Argentina, 1936): "El Infierno Musical" (1971) [p]
- Cristina Peri-Rossi (Uruguay, 1941): "Evohe" (1971) [p]
- Anna Swirszczynska (1909): "Jestem Baba/ I'm a Woman" (1972) [p]
- Monique Wittig (1935): "Le Corps Lesbien" (1973) [p]
- Sarah Kirsch (1935): "Zauberspruche/ Magic Spells" (1973) [p]
- Lelia Coelho Frota (Brazil, 1936): "Menino Deitado em Alfa" (1978) [p]
- Maria-Gabriela Llansol (Portugal, 1931): "El Libro de las Comunidades" (1978) [p]
- Marta Tikkanen (Finland, 1935): "Arhundradets Karlekssaga/ The Love Story of the Century" (1978) [p]
- Hilda Hilst (Brazil, 1930): "Da Morte Odes Minimas" (1980) [p]
- Harper Lee (USA, 1926): "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960)
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