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125 Best Novels by Women

A thoroughly subjective list, of course, although I took into account various "Best of..." lists.
I also made a conscious effort to include some non-Anglophone novels, although the list is still heavily Anglocentric (only 19 out of 100 novels/ novellas were not written originally in English).
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The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
1
Madame De La Fayette
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
2
Aphra Behn
Evelina
Evelina
3
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
4
Ann Radcliffe
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman
5
Castle Rackrent (Maria Edgeworth)
Castle Rackrent
6
Maria Edgeworth
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
11
Emily Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
12
Anne Brontë
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
13
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
14
Charlotte Brontë
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
15
Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
16
Elizabeth Gaskell
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
17
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
18
Louisa May Alcott
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
19
George Eliot
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
20
Anna Sewell
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
21
George Eliot
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
22
Johanna Spyri
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
23
Kate Chopin
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
24
Edith Wharton
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
25
L.M. Montgomery
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
26
Three Lives
Three Lives
27
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
28
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb (Dorothy Richardson)
Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb
29
Dorothy Richardson
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
30
Rebecca West
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
31
Willa Cather
Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath
32
Sigrid Undset
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
33
Edith Wharton
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
34
Anita Loos
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
35
Virginia Woolf
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
36
Gertrude Stein
Lolly Willowes
Lolly Willowes
37
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
38
Willa Cather
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
39
Virginia Woolf
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
40
Nella Larsen
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