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25 Amazing Stories by Women

Doyennes of fantasy. Queens of Darkness. High Priestesses of Soul. Above all, they are all Master Storytellers. And yet in any list that 'thou shallt read before ye die', they are pitifully few. Here then are just 25 women writers that have inspired thousands.
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The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
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Alice Walker
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
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Doris Lessing
The Wire in the Blood
The Wire in the Blood
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Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
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The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
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The Monstrous Regiment by Storm Constantine
The Monstrous Regiment by Storm Constantine
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The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
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Audrey Niffenegger
The Ladies of Grace Adieu (Susanna Clarke)
The Ladies of Grace Adieu
10
Susanna Clarke
The White Dragon (Anne McCaffrey)
The White Dragon
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Anne McCaffrey
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
12
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
13
Agatha Christie
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
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Angela Carter
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
15
Jeanette Winterson
Hilary Mantel (Official)
Hilary Mantel (Official)
16
Mists of Avalon
Mists of Avalon
17
Life by Gwyneth Jones
Life by Gwyneth Jones
18
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
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Amy Tan
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
20
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
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Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
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Virginia Woolf
The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier
The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier
24
Women as Demons - Tanith Lee
Women as Demons - Tanith Lee
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