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100 Essential Female Writers

Whatever stage you're at in the endeavor to read more women, here are 100 talented female authors to get you started or keep you going. -AbeBooks
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Wizard of Earthsea
Wizard of Earthsea
1
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
2
Virginia Woolf
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
3
Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
6
Elizabeth Strout
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Brontë
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
10
Geraldine Brooks
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
12
George Eliot
The Casual Vacancy (J.K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
13
J.K. Rowling
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
14
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
15
Donna Tartt
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
16
Edith Wharton
Family Furnishings (Munro)
Family Furnishings
17
Munro
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
18
Annie Proux
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
19
Joyce Carol Oates
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
20
Anne Tyler
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
22
Judy Blume
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
23
Octavia Butler
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
24
Harriet Beecher Stowe
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
25
Willa Cather
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
26
Marilynne Robinson
The Grand Sophy (Georgette Heyer)
The Grand Sophy
27
Georgette Heyer
Original Sin
Original Sin
28
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
29
Mary Shelley
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
30
Zadie Smith
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
31
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
32
Doris Lessing
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
33
Elena Ferrante
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
34
Madeleine L'engle
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
35
Roxane Gay
Night at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Night at the Circus
36
Angela Carter
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
37
Hilary Mantel
A Book of Common Prayer
A Book of Common Prayer
38
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
39
Jeanette Winterson
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
40
L.M. Montgomery
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