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Best Books by Women Writers - Page 2

This is an extensive list of some of the best novels by women writers from different cultures around the world.
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
41
Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
42
Alice Sebold
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
43
Amy Tan
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
44
Gillian Flynn
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
45
Dorothy Allison
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
46
Kim Edwards
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
47
Joanne Harris
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
48
Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
49
Hilary Mantel
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
50
Katherine Boo
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
51
Marguerite Duras
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
52
Ayn Rand
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
53
Marilynne Robinson
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
54
Marjane Satrapi
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
55
Carson McCullers
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
56
Betty Smith
Push (Sapphire)
Push
57
Sapphire
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
58
P.D. James
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
59
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
60
Naomi Alderman
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
61
Alice Munro
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
62
Isabel Allende
If Not, Winter (Sappho)
If Not, Winter
63
Sappho
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
64
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
65
Willa Cather
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
66
Christina Stead
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
67
Toni Morrison
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
68
Barbara Kingsolver
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
69
Margaret Mitchell
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
70
Pearl S. Buck
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
71
Ayn Rand
We the Living
We the Living
72
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
73
Daphne Du Maurier
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
74
Zora Neale Hurston
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
75
Jane Austen
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
76
Virginia Woolf
Valencia (Michelle Tea)
Valencia
77
Michelle Tea
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
78
Jane Austen
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
79
George Eliot
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
80
Jane Austen
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