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40 Favourite Books by Women

These are 40 of my favourite books by female authors. If you haven't read many, I encourage you to check them out! Mainly novels, but includes some non-fiction and autobiographies as well.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
2
Toni Morrison
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
3
Toni Morrison
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
4
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
6
Virginia Woolf
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Brontë
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
9
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
10
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
11
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
12
Elena Ferrante
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
13
Dorothy Allison
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
14
S. E. Hinton
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
15
Carson McCullers
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
16
Audre Lorde
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
17
Zora Neale Hurston
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
18
Octavia Butler
Lilith's Brood
Lilith's Brood
19
Almanac of the Dead (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Almanac of the Dead
20
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
21
Donna Tartt
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
22
Donna Tartt
The Harry Potter Series
The Harry Potter Series
23
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
26
Margaret Atwood
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
27
Lois Lowry
Le Bleu Est Une Couleur Chaude (Julie Maroh)
Le Bleu Est Une Couleur Chaude
28
Julie Maroh
Tangles (Sara Leavitt)
Tangles
29
Sara Leavitt
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
30
Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
31
Alison Bechdel
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir (Nicole J. Georges)
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
32
Nicole J. Georges
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
33
Jeanette Winterson
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
34
Assata Shakur
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
35
Cheryl Strayed
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
36
Simone De Beauvoir
Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class (Michelle Tea)
Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class
37
Michelle Tea
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality (Regina G. Kunzel)
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality
38
Regina G. Kunzel
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Silvia Federici)
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
39
Silvia Federici
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
40
Angela Y. Davis
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