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Books by Women That Invented/Redefined Entire Genres

Did you know a woman wrote the first sci-if novel? And the first post-apocalyptic novel? Fun fact: it was the same woman, Mary Shelley, and she's only one the many unstoppable women writers on the list who either redefined or entirely invented new genres. These are the books by women that were (and for some, still are) like nothing else there.
Also FYI: the earliest novel (fitting the description of a "lengthy prose work detailing a narrative arc and intimate human experiences") was also invented by a woman?
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
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Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
4
Ayn Rand
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
5
Anne Carson
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
6
Kate Chopin
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
7
Marian Engel
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
9
Anna Sewell
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
10
Kathy Acker
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
11
Octavia Butler
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
12
Angela Carter
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
13
Toni Morrison
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
14
Helen Oyeyemi
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
15
Edwidge Danticat
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
16
Nalo Hopkinson
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
17
Julie Otsuka
Carol
Carol
18
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
19
Leslie Marmon Silko
Cheri (Colette)
Cheri
20
Colette
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
21
Stella Gibbons
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
22
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
23
Lydia Davis
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
24
Alice Walker
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
25
Emily Dickinson
The Conservationist
The Conservationist
26
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
27
Daphne Du Maurier
Duplex
Duplex
28
Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
Ethics of Ambiguity
29
Simone De Beauvoir
Evelina
Evelina
30
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
31
Valeria Luiselli
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids
32
Nalo Hopkinson
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
33
Erica Jong
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
34
Joanna Russ
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
35
Betty Friedan
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
36
Octavia E. Butler
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
38
Katherine Dunn
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
39
Anita Loos
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
40
Doris Lessing
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