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102 of the Greatest Books by Female Authors

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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
1
Murasaki Shikibu
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Brontë
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
6
Louisa May Alcott
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
7
George Eliot
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
8
Kate Chopin
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
9
Edith Wharton
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
10
Willa Cather
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
11
Rebecca West
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
12
Edith Wharton
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
13
Virginia Woolf
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
14
Willa Cather
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
15
Nella Larsen
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
16
Virginia Woolf
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
17
Djuna Barnes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
18
Zora Neale Hurston
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
19
Elizabeth Bowen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
20
Daphne Du Maurier
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
21
Carson McCullers
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
22
Betty Smith
Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
23
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
24
Patricia Highsmith
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
25
Ayn Rand
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
26
Shirley Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
27
Harper Lee
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
28
Edna O'Brien
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
29
Muriel Spark
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
30
Madeleine L'engle
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
31
Sylvia Plath
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
32
Jean Rhys
Jubilee
Jubilee
33
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
34
Ursula K. Le Guin
Patience and Sarah
Patience and Sarah
35
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
36
Maya Angelou
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
37
Joan Didion
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
38
Toni Morrison
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
39
Flannery O'Connor
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
40
Eudora Welty
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