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87 Books by Women You Should Read Before You Die - Page 2

"Without women, some pretty amazing things wouldn't exist. Book-lovers know best that women have changed the world in so many important ways — oftentimes, with their words. We've rounded up more than 80 novels, essays, poem collections, and memoirs written by female writers. Everyone should read these literary works in their lifetimes."
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Tamora Pierce)
Alanna: The First Adventure
41
Tamora Pierce
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
42
Rachel Carson
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
43
Louisa May Alcott
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
44
Barbara W. Tuchman
Three Strong Women (Marie Ndiaye)
Three Strong Women
45
Marie Ndiaye
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
46
Eileen Chang
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector)
Near to the Wild Heart
47
Clarice Lispector
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
48
Rita Mae Brown
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
49
Edith Wharton
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
50
Lois Lowry
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
51
Pearl S. Buck
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
52
Toni Morrison
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
53
Virginia Woolf
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
54
Agatha Christie
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
55
Emily Dickinson
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
56
S.E. Hinton
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
57
George Eliot
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
58
Cheryl Strayed
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
59
Zora Neale Hurston
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
60
Karen Russell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
61
Susanna Clarke
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
62
Willa Cather
Poems, New and Collected (Wisława Szymborska)
Poems, New and Collected
63
Wisława Szymborska
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
64
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
65
Jane Austen
The Love of a Good Woman (Alice Munro)
The Love of a Good Woman
66
Alice Munro
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
67
Anne Rice
Jubilee (Margaret Walker)
Jubilee
68
Margaret Walker
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
69
Madeleine L'engle
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
70
Carson McCullers
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
71
Betty Smith
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
72
Joan Didion
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
73
Malala Yousafzai
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
74
Nella Larsen
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
75
Eleanor Catton
Heroines (Kate Zambreno)
Heroines
76
Kate Zambreno
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
77
Zadie Smith
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
78
Octavia Butler
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
79
Elizabeth Bowen
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
80
Arundhati Roy
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