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Books With Problematic Female Characters

Inspired by a thread on Reddit. I haven't read the majority of these, so I am just taking the word of commenters that these books have one or more polarizing female character.
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Kingdom of Childhood (Rebecca Coleman)
Kingdom of Childhood
1
Rebecca Coleman
The Poppy War (R. F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
2
R. F. Kuang
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
3
Gustave Flaubert
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
4
William Shakespeare
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
5
Gillian Flynn
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
6
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
7
Margaret Atwood
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
9
Margaret Atwood
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
10
Ottessa Moshfegh
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
11
Gail Honeyman
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
12
Shirley Jackson
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
13
Maria Semple
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
14
Janet Fitch
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
15
N. K. Jemisin
A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik)
A Deadly Education
16
Naomi Novik
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
17
Tamsyn Muir
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
18
Margaret Mitchell
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa
19
Alissa Nutting
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
20
Mona Awad
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
21
Thomas Hardy
The New Me (Halle Butler)
The New Me
22
Halle Butler
The Pisces (Melissa Broder)
The Pisces
23
Melissa Broder
Boy Parts (Eliza Clark)
Boy Parts
24
Eliza Clark
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
25
Sylvia Plath
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
27
Animal (Lisa Taddeo)
Animal
28
Lisa Taddeo
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
29
Paula Hawkins
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
30
Edith Wharton
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
31
Theodore Dreiser
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
32
Daphne Du Maurier
Dope (Sara Gran)
Dope
33
Sara Gran
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead (Sara Gran)
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead
34
Sara Gran
Swing Time (Zadie Smith)
Swing Time
35
Zadie Smith
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
36
Emily Brontë
The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)
The Wheel of Time Series
37
Robert Jordan
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
38
Naomi Alderman
Sometimes I Lie (Alice Feeny)
Sometimes I Lie
39
Alice Feeny
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
40
Lauren Groff
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