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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Classics by Women

"This list is just a sampling of great books written by women of the past. For the purposes of this list, I've defined classics as books that are more than 50 years old. The lists focuses on novels, but there are some plays, poems, and works of nonfiction as well. And I've tried to include some well-known favorites, as well as more obscure books." (from the source)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
1
Sei Shonagon
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
2
Murasaki Shikibu
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
3
Aphra Behn
Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings (Phillis Wheatley)
Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings
4
Phillis Wheatley
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
5
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Romance of the Forest (Ann Radcliffe)
The Romance of the Forest
6
Ann Radcliffe
Camilla (Fanny Burney)
Camilla
7
Fanny Burney
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
8
Maria Edgeworth
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
10
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
11
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
13
The Bondwoman's Narrative
The Bondwoman's Narrative
14
Sonnets From the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Sonnets From the Portuguese
15
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
16
Harriet Beecher Stowe
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
17
Elizabeth Gaskell
Our Nig
Our Nig
18
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
19
George Eliot
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
20
Harriet Jacobs
The Curse of Caste, or the Slave Bride (Julia C. Collins)
The Curse of Caste, or the Slave Bride
21
Julia C. Collins
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
22
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
23
Louisa May Alcott
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella L. Bird)
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
24
Isabella L. Bird
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
25
Emily Dickinson
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
26
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Iola Leroy (Frances Harper)
Iola Leroy
27
Frances Harper
Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth
Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth
28
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
29
Kate Chopin
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader (Ida B. Wells)
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
30
Ida B. Wells
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
31
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
32
Baroness Orczy
A Girl of the Limberlost (Gene Stratton-Porter)
A Girl of the Limberlost
33
Gene Stratton-Porter
Mrs Spring Fragrance (Sui Sin Far)
Mrs Spring Fragrance
34
Sui Sin Far
American Indian Stories (Zitkala-Sa)
American Indian Stories
35
Zitkala-Sa
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
36
Edith Wharton
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
37
Willa Cather
Suffragette: My Own Story (Emmeline Pankhurst)
Suffragette: My Own Story
38
Emmeline Pankhurst
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April
39
The Home-Maker (Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
The Home-Maker
40
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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