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Best Books by a Female Author

In my opinion, these are the best books authored by women. Do you agree? Is there anything you would add or not include?
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
5
Mary Shelley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
7
Louisa May Alcott
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
8
Margaret Mitchell
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
9
George Eliot
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
10
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
12
Virginia Woolf
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
13
Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
14
L.M. Montgomery
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
15
Jane Austen
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
16
Suzanne Collins
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
17
Lois Lowry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
18
Betty Smith
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
19
Madeleine L'engle
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
20
Jane Austen
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
21
Maya Angelou
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
22
Zora Neale Hurston
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
23
Toni Morrison
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
24
Agatha Christie
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
26
Amy Tan
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
27
Kate Chopin
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
28
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
29
Emily Dickinson
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
30
Beatrix Potter
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
31
Virginia Woolf
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
32
Margery Williams
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper
33
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
34
Shirley Jackson
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
35
Margaret Atwood
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
36
Arundhati Roy
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
37
Edith Wharton
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
38
Agatha Christie
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
39
Elizabeth Gaskell
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
40
Susanna Clarke
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