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125 Best Novels by Women - Page 3

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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Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
81
Erica Jong
A Question of Power
A Question of Power
82
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
83
Ursula K. Le Guin
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust
84
Speedboat
Speedboat
85
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
86
Marge Piercy
Interview With a Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With a Vampire
87
Anne Rice
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
88
Toni Morrison
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
89
Offshore
Offshore
90
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
91
Nadine Gordimer
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
92
Marilynne Robinson
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
93
Alice Walker
Mrs Caliban (Rachel Ingalls)
Mrs Caliban
94
Rachel Ingalls
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
95
Isabel Allende
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
96
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Cassandra
Cassandra
97
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher
98
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
99
Angela Carter
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
100
Marguerite Duras
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
101
Kathy Acker
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
102
Margaret Atwood
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
103
Jeanette Winterson
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
104
Toni Morrison
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
105
Anne Tyler
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
106
Katherine Dunn
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
107
A.S. Byatt
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
108
Jamaica Kincaid
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
109
Donna Tartt
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
110
Annie Proulx
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
111
Carol Shields
Pig Tales
Pig Tales
112
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
113
Anne Carson
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
114
J.K. Rowling
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
115
Arundhati Roy
I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
116
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
117
Barbara Kingsolver
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling
118
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
119
Zadie Smith
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
120
Joyce Carol Oates
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