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100 Great Books by Female Authors

100 of my favourite books by female authors. Not necessarily those you find on the 'greatest' lists. How many have you read?
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
1
Emily Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
5
Hilary Mantel
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
6
Margaret Atwood
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
7
Anne Tyler
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
8
Muriel Spark
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
9
Charlotte Brontë
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
10
Patricia Highsmith
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
11
Lionel Shriver
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
12
Zadie Smith
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
13
Jane Austen
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
14
Doris Lessing
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
15
Noviolet Bulawayo
Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
Haunting of Hill House
16
Shirley Jackson
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
17
Hilary Mantel
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
18
Harper Lee
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
19
Hanya Yanagihara
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
20
George Eliot
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
21
Virginia Woolf
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
22
Sally Rooney
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Du Maurier
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
24
Edith Wharton
Girl Woman Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl Woman Other
25
Bernardine Evaristo
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
26
Louisa May Alcott
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
27
Elizabeth Taylor
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
28
Donna Tartt
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
29
Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
30
Alice Walker
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
31
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
32
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
33
Eleanor Catton
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
34
Marjane Satrapi
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
35
Agatha Christie
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
36
Monica Ali
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
37
Ali Smith
A Spool of Blue Thread (Anne Tyler)
A Spool of Blue Thread
38
Anne Tyler
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
39
Toni Morrison
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
40
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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