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200 Essential Women Writers - Page 2

A list of 200 extraordinary women writers.
This is by no means an exhaustive list but a good starting point for all readers wishing to read more female authors.
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Colette
Colette
41
Cordelia Fine
Cordelia Fine
42
Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld
43
Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne Du Maurier
44
Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy
45
Diana Athill
Diana Athill
46
Diana Evans
Diana Evans
47
Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon
48
Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield
49
Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith
50
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt
51
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing
52
Dorothy Baker
Dorothy Baker
53
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
54
Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit
55
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
56
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien
57
Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride
58
Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton
59
Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante
60
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak
61
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell
62
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard
63
Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout
64
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Elizabeth Von Arnim
65
Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte
66
Emma Cline
Emma Cline
67
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue
68
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton
69
Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld
70
Frances Burney
Frances Burney
71
Gail Honeyman
Gail Honeyman
72
George Eliot
George Eliot
73
Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn
74
Han Kang
Han Kang
75
Hanya Yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara
76
Harper Lee
Harper Lee
77
Helen Fielding
Helen Fielding
78
Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi
79
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
80
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