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125 Best Novels by Women - Page 2

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 Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
41
Virginia Woolf
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
42
Pearl S. Buck
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
43
Stella Gibbons
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
44
P.L. Travers
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
45
Margaret Mitchell
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
46
Djuna Barnes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
47
Zora Neale Hurston
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
48
Elizabeth Bowen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
49
Daphne Du Maurier
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
50
Agatha Christie
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
51
Christina Stead
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
52
Carson McCullers
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies
53
Gigi
Gigi
54
Transit
Transit
55
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
56
Elizabeth Smart
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love
57
Manservant and Maidservant
Manservant and Maidservant
58
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
59
Dodie Smith
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
60
Barbara Pym
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
61
Flannery O'Connor
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
62
Françoise Sagan
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
63
Simone De Beauvoir
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
64
Iris Murdoch
The Story of O (Pauline Reage)
The Story of O
65
Pauline Reage
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
66
Patricia Highsmith
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
67
Ayn Rand
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
68
Shirley Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
69
Harper Lee
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
70
Muriel Spark
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
71
Doris Lessing
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
72
Sylvia Plath
Berg (Ann Quin)
Berg
73
Ann Quin
Astragal
Astragal
74
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
75
Jean Rhys
Ice
Ice
76
L'oeuvre Au Noir De Marguerite Yourcenar
L'oeuvre Au Noir De Marguerite Yourcenar
77
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
78
Judy Blume
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
79
Joan Didion
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
80
Elizabeth Taylor
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