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50 Books by Women That Everyone Should Read

Here are atleast 50 books that everyone should read by female writers than spans centuries. There are classics, and pop fiction books- but all are notable.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
2
Sylvia Plath
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
3
Virginia Woolf
The Optimists Daughter
The Optimists Daughter
4
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
5
George Eliot
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
7
Jane Austen
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
8
Zora Neale Hurston
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
9
Pearl S. Buck
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
10
Joan Didion
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
11
Willa Cather
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
12
Harper Lee
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
13
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
14
Joan Didion
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
15
Edith Wharton
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
16
Anne Frank
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
17
Joan Didion
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
18
Elizabeth Strout
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
19
Edith Wharton
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
20
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
21
Louisa May Alcott
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
22
Alice Walker
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
23
Jeannette Walls
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
24
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
25
Carson McCullers
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
26
Charlotte Brontë
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
27
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Farmer Boy
28
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
29
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
30
Toni Morrison
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
31
Margaret Atwood
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
32
Jhumpa Lahiri
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
33
Madeleine L'engle
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
34
Jacqueline Susann
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
35
Diane Setterfield
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
36
Donna Tartt
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
37
Anne Lamott
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Kentucky)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Kentucky)
38
The White Album
The White Album
39
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
40
L.M. Montgomery
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