1943年に意識の流れの手法を用いて書いた小説『Perto do coração selvagem』を発表し、23歳で文壇デビューを果たす。本作は批評家たちから賞賛をもって迎えられた。リスペクトルはブラジルのグラッサ・アラニャ賞を授与され、さらに作家レード・イーヴォ(Lêdo Ivo)は「女性が書いたポルトガル語史上における最も偉大な小説」とほめたたえた。
Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres (1969) – An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures – Translated by Richard A. Mazzara and Lorri A. Parris(1986); translated by Stefan Tobler (2021)
Água viva (1973) – Translated in 1978 by Elizabeth Lowe and Earl Fitz as The Stream of Life. Translated in 2012 by Stefan Tobler retaining original title.
Um Sopro de Vida (1978) – A Breath of Life – Translated by Johnny Lorenz
・Short story collections
Alguns contos (1952) – Some Stories
Laços de família (1960) – Family Ties. Includes works previously published in Alguns Contos.
A legião estrangeira (1964) – The Foreign Legion
Felicidade clandestina (1971) – Covert Joy
A imitação da rosa (1973) – The Imitation of the Rose. Includes previously published material.
A via crucis do corpo (1974) – The Via Crucis of the Body
Onde estivestes de noite (1974) – Where You Were at Night
Para não esquecer (1978) – Not to Forget
A bela e a fera (1979) – Beauty and the Beast
The Complete Stories (2015) – Translated by Katrina Dodson
・Children's literature
O Mistério do Coelho Pensante (1967) – The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit
A mulher que matou os peixes (1968) – The Woman Who Killed the Fish, trans. Benjamin Moser (New Directions, 2022)
A Vida Íntima de Laura (1974) – Laura's Intimate Life
Quase de verdade (1978) – Almost True
Como nasceram as estrelas: Doze lendas brasileiras (1987) – How the Stars were Born: Twelve Brazilian Legends
・Journalism and other shorter writings
A Descoberta do Mundo (1984) – The Discovery of the World (named Selected Chronicas in the English version). Lispector's newspaper columns in the Jornal do Brasil.
Visão do esplendor (1975) – Vision of Splendor
De corpo inteiro (1975) – With the Whole Body. Lispector's interviews with famous personalities.
Aprendendo a viver (2004) – Learning to Live. A selection of columns from The Discovery of the World.
Outros escritos (2005) – Other Writings. Diverse texts including interviews and stories.
Correio feminino (2006) – Ladies' Mail. Selection of Lispector's texts, written pseudonymously, for Brazilian women's pages.
Entrevistas (2007) – Interviews
Todas as Crónicas (2018). Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas, trans. Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson (New Directions, 2022)
・Correspondence
Cartas perto do coração (2001) – Letters near the Heart. Letters exchanged with Fernando Sabino.
Correspondências (2002) – Correspondence
Minhas queridas (2007) – My dears. Letters exchanged with her sisters Elisa Lispector and Tania Lispector Kaufmann.