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Best Women-Authored Books Per Goodreads

Books. Written by women. So many good books by so many amazing authors! These are the greatest books written by women according to Goodreads!
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
4
J.K. Rowling
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
7
Mary Shelley
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
8
Louisa May Alcott
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
11
Kathryn Stockett
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
12
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
13
Sylvia Plath
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
14
Suzanne Collins
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
15
Alice Walker
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
16
Agatha Christie
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
17
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
18
Jane Austen
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
19
Lois Lowry
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
20
S.E. Hinton
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
21
Daphne Du Maurier
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
22
Betty Smith
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
23
Madeleine L'engle
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
24
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
25
Virginia Woolf
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
26
Audrey Niffenegger
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
27
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
28
Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
29
L.M. Montgomery
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
30
Anna Sewell
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
31
Maya Angelou
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
32
Zora Neale Hurston
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
33
Alice Sebold
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
34
Amy Tan
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
35
Fannie Flagg
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
36
Kate Chopin
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
37
Veronica Roth
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
38
Beatrix Potter
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
39
Toni Morrison
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
40
Barbara Kingsolver
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