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100 Must Read Books by Women Authors

I've tried to make this list as diverse as possible in subject, time, place and author. It is however limited to books that are easily available in English and to books I've actually read - and I can't be interested in everything.
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
1
Kate Chopin
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
The Bees (Carol Ann Duffy)
The Bees
4
Carol Ann Duffy
Serious Concerns (Wendy Cope)
Serious Concerns
5
Wendy Cope
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian (Marina Lewycka)
A Short History of Tractors in UKrainian
7
Marina Lewycka
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
8
Margaret Atwood
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
9
Jane Austen
By the Light of My Father's Smile (Alice Walker)
By the Light of My Father's Smile
10
Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
11
Maya Angelou
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
12
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sleeping on Jupiter (Anuradha Roy)
Sleeping on Jupiter
13
Anuradha Roy
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
14
Celeste Ng
Three Daughters (Consuelo Saah Baehr)
Three Daughters
15
Consuelo Saah Baehr
The Most Wanted (Jacquelyn Mitchard)
The Most Wanted
16
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Letters From Diaspora (Arnesa Buljusmic-Kustura)
Letters From Diaspora
17
Arnesa Buljusmic-Kustura
Lace (Shirley Conran)
Lace
18
Shirley Conran
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
19
Helen Fielding
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids
20
Nalo Hopkinson
Island of a Thousand Mirrors (Nayomi)
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
21
Nayomi
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
22
Daphne Du Maurier
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
23
Emily St John Mandel
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
24
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
25
George Eliot
The Artificial Anatomy of Parks (Kate Gordon)
The Artificial Anatomy of Parks
26
Kate Gordon
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
27
Lionel Shriver
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
28
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Gui)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
29
Xiaolu Gui
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
30
Arundhati Roy
The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
The Forty Rules of Love
31
Elif Shafak
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Warsan Shire)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
32
Warsan Shire
My Name Is Salma (Fadia Faqir)
My Name Is Salma
33
Fadia Faqir
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
34
Muriel Spark
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
35
Ali Smith
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
36
Stella Gibbons
Sweet Valley High
Sweet Valley High
37
Of Things Gone Astray (Janina Matthewson)
Of Things Gone Astray
38
Janina Matthewson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
39
Sylvia Plath
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
40
E.M. Forster
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