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100 Great Genre Novels by Women

Actually 95 novels and 5 series , because I could not winnow the series down to 4 books or less. Also of note: a) Laura Lippmann also had a successful series featuring P.I. Tess Monaghan, but I prefer her stand-alone novels; and , b) Barbara Vine is actually Ruth Rendell, whose Inspector Wexford novels are also quite good. Finally, P.D. James could be represented by her marvelous Adam Dagliesh novels, but I have chosen 2 others I am particularly fond of.
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All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
1
Connie Willis
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
2
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Mercy
3
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Sword
4
Ann Leckie
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died
5
Joanna Russ
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
6
Agatha Christie
Assignment in Brittany (Macinnes)
Assignment in Brittany
7
Macinnes
At Risk (Stella Rimington)
At Risk
8
Stella Rimington
Audrey's Door (Sarah Langan)
Audrey's Door
9
Sarah Langan
Available Dark (Elizabeth Hand)
Available Dark
10
Elizabeth Hand
Blackout (Connie Willis)
Blackout
11
Connie Willis
The Blunderer (Patricia Highsmith)
The Blunderer
12
Patricia Highsmith
The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
The Book of Cold Cases
13
Simone St. James
The Broken Girls (Simone St James)
The Broken Girls
14
Simone St James
The Bull From the Sea (Mary Renault)
The Bull From the Sea
15
Mary Renault
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
16
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Crystal Cave (Mary Stewart)
The Crystal Cave
17
Mary Stewart
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
18
Barbara Vine
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
19
Josephine Tey
Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water
20
Dead Line (Stella Rimington)
Dead Line
21
Stella Rimington
The Dirty Duck (Martha Grimes)
The Dirty Duck
22
Martha Grimes
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
23
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
24
Willis
East Lynne (Ellen Wood)
East Lynne
25
Ellen Wood
Eater of Souls (Lynda S. Robinson)
Eater of Souls
26
Lynda S. Robinson
Fallen Angel (Holland)
Fallen Angel
27
Holland
A Fatal Inversion (Barbara Vine)
A Fatal Inversion
28
Barbara Vine
The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Fated Sky
29
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
30
Joanna Russ
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
31
N. K. Jemisin
Galactic Derelict (Andre Norton)
Galactic Derelict
32
Andre Norton
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss
33
Elizabeth Hand
The Ghost Tree (Christina Henry)
The Ghost Tree
34
Christina Henry
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
35
Shirley Jackson
The Hollow Hills (Mary Stewart)
The Hollow Hills
36
Mary Stewart
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
37
Anne Rivers Siddon
The House of Stairs (Barbara Vine)
The House of Stairs
38
Barbara Vine
I Am the Only Running Footman (Martha Grimes)
I Am the Only Running Footman
39
Martha Grimes
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
40
Anna Kavan
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