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Books With Problematic Female Characters - Page 2

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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The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
41
Walker Percy
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
42
Jane Austen
Millennium Trilogy
Millennium Trilogy
43
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
44
Jane Austen
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
45
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Mislaid (Nell Zink)
Mislaid
46
Nell Zink
I've Got a Time Bomb (Sybil Lamb)
I've Got a Time Bomb
47
Sybil Lamb
After Claude (Iris Owens)
After Claude
48
Iris Owens
The Library of the Unwritten (A. J. Hackwith)
The Library of the Unwritten
49
A. J. Hackwith
White Ivy (Susie Yang)
White Ivy
50
Susie Yang
Dirty Weekend (Helen Zahavi)
Dirty Weekend
51
Helen Zahavi
Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney)
Rock Paper Scissors
52
Alice Feeney
The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
The Neapolitan Novels
53
Elena Ferrante
The Lightness (Emily Temple)
The Lightness
54
Emily Temple
The Good Samaritan (John Marrs)
The Good Samaritan
55
John Marrs
Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)
Migrations
56
Charlotte McConaghy
With Teeth (Kristen Arnett)
With Teeth
57
Kristen Arnett
The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
The Stone Angel
58
Margaret Laurence
The Woman in the Purple Skirt (Natsuko Imamura)
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
59
Natsuko Imamura
Burnt Sugar (Avni Doshi)
Burnt Sugar
60
Avni Doshi
The Last Mrs. Parrish (Liv Constantine)
The Last Mrs. Parrish
61
Liv Constantine
The Deed of Paksenarrion
The Deed of Paksenarrion
62
Nobody, Somebody, Anybody (Kelly McClorey)
Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
63
Kelly McClorey
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
64
Iain Reid
The Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Julie C. Dao)
The Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
65
Julie C. Dao
They Never Learn (Layne Fargo)
They Never Learn
66
Layne Fargo
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
67
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
68
Graham Greene
The First Bad Man (Miranda July)
The First Bad Man
69
Miranda July
Bad Marie (Marcy Dermansky)
Bad Marie
70
Marcy Dermansky
The Changeling (Joy Williams)
The Changeling
71
Joy Williams
Verity (Colleen Hoover)
Verity
72
Colleen Hoover
Wideacre (Phillipa Gregory)
Wideacre
73
Phillipa Gregory
The Deep (Alma Katsu)
The Deep
74
Alma Katsu
Outlawed (Anna North)
Outlawed
75
Anna North
Young Elites (Marie Lu)
Young Elites
76
Marie Lu
Luckiest Girl Alive (Jessica Knoll)
Luckiest Girl Alive
77
Jessica Knoll
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
78
Henrik Ibsen
Blood Orange (Harriet Tyce)
Blood Orange
79
Harriet Tyce
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife
80
Sarah Gailey
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