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500 Great Books by Women

As selected by Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larsen, and Holly Smith in 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide.
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The Abandoned Baobab (Ken Bugul (Pseudonym))
The Abandoned Baobab
1
Ken Bugul (Pseudonym)
After Henry (Joan Didion)
After Henry
2
Joan Didion
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Jean Rhys)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
3
Jean Rhys
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (Susan Brownmiller)
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
4
Susan Brownmiller
AIDS and Its Metaphors (Susan Sontag)
AIDS and Its Metaphors
5
Susan Sontag
Alicia (Alicia Appleman-Jurman)
Alicia
6
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
All but the Waltz (Mary Clearman Blew)
All but the Waltz
7
Mary Clearman Blew
Allegra Maud Goldman (Edith Konecky)
Allegra Maud Goldman
8
Edith Konecky
Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir (Sissela Bok)
Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir
9
Sissela Bok
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (Harriet Prescott Spofford)
The Amber Gods and Other Stories
10
Harriet Prescott Spofford
American Indian Stories (Zitkala-Sa)
American Indian Stories
11
Zitkala-Sa
And the Bridge Is Love (Faye Moskowitz)
And the Bridge Is Love
12
Faye Moskowitz
And They Didn't Die (Lauretta Ngcobo)
And They Didn't Die
13
Lauretta Ngcobo
Angie, I Says (Avra Wing)
Angie, I Says
14
Avra Wing
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Arlene Blum)
Annapurna: A Woman's Place
15
Arlene Blum
Anywhere but Here (Mona Simpson)
Anywhere but Here
16
Mona Simpson
Aquamarine (Carol Anshaw)
Aquamarine
17
Carol Anshaw
Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
18
Anna Banti
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
19
Awaiting Trespass (Linda Ty-Casper)
Awaiting Trespass
20
Linda Ty-Casper
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
21
Kate Chopin
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
22
A Bag of Stories (Edla Van Steen)
A Bag of Stories
23
Edla Van Steen
Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories (Opal Palmer Adisa)
Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories
24
Opal Palmer Adisa
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
25
Dorothy Allison
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
26
Barbara Kingsolver
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
27
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots (Susan Straight)
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
28
Susan Straight
The Beggars' Strike (Aminata Sow Fall)
The Beggars' Strike
29
Aminata Sow Fall
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
30
Beirut Fragments (Jean Said Makdisi)
Beirut Fragments
31
Jean Said Makdisi
Beka Lamb (Zee Edgell)
Beka Lamb
32
Zee Edgell
A Belfast Woman (Mary Beckett)
A Belfast Woman
33
Mary Beckett
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
34
Iris Murdoch
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
35
Sylvia Plath
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
36
Berji Kristin: Tales From the Garbage Hills (Latife Tekin)
Berji Kristin: Tales From the Garbage Hills
37
Latife Tekin
The Big Mama Stories (Shay Youngblood)
The Big Mama Stories
38
Shay Youngblood
Black Feminist Thought
Black Feminist Thought
39
Black Ice (Lorene Carey)
Black Ice
40
Lorene Carey
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