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40 Classics Written by Women

Forty classics of literature written by women. Only one book per author is included in the list. How many have you read?
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Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault
Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault
1
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
3
Margaret Mitchell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
5
Toni Morrison
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
6
George Eliot
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
7
Kingsolver, Barbara
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
9
Anne Frank
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
10
Donna Tartt
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
12
Agatha Christie
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
13
Alice Walker
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
14
Daphne Du Maurier
The Gadfly (E. E. Voynich)
The Gadfly
15
E. E. Voynich
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
16
Elizabeth Gaskell
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Bronte
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
18
Harper Lee
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
19
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
20
Irène Némirovsky
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
21
Jean Rhys
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
22
Louisa May Alcott
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
23
Madeleine L'engle
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
24
Margaret Atwood
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
25
Nella Larsen
Scarlet Pimpernel (Orczy, Baroness)
Scarlet Pimpernel
26
Orczy, Baroness
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
27
Patricia Highsmith
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
Tipping the Velvet
28
Sarah Waters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
29
Shirley Jackson
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
30
Simone De Beauvoir
Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
Bell Jar
31
Sylvia Plath
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
32
Virginia Woolf
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
33
Wharton, Edith
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
34
Octavia E. Butler
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
35
Joan Lindsay
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
36
Jamaica Kincaid
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
37
Betty Smith
The Vagabond
The Vagabond
38
Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
Hour of the Star
39
Clarice Lispector
Imperial Woman (Pearl S. Buck)
Imperial Woman
40
Pearl S. Buck
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