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Feminista 100 Best Novels by Women

This list was compiled by the editors of Feminista in response to The Modern Library Top 100 Novels which was criticized for being too skewed towards male authors.
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
1
Dorothy Allison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
2
Maya Angelou
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
3
Margaret Atwood
The Bottle Factory Outing (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Bottle Factory Outing
4
Beryl Bainbridge
Gorilla, My Love (Toni Cade Bambara)
Gorilla, My Love
5
Toni Cade Bambara
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
6
Djuna Barnes
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
7
Pat Barker
Hotel Du Lac
Hotel Du Lac
8
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
9
Rita Mae Brown
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
10
Pearl S. Buck
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
11
A.S. Byatt
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
12
Angela Carter
So Far From God (Ana Castillo)
So Far From God
13
Ana Castillo
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
14
Willa Cather
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
15
Kate Chopin
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
16
Sandra Cisneros
Elders and Betters (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
Elders and Betters
17
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day
18
Anita Desai
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
19
Isak Dinesen
Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
Stones for Ibarra
20
Harriet Doerr
The Radiant Way
The Radiant Way
21
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
22
Daphne Du Maurier
Second-Class Citizen (Buchi Emecheta)
Second-Class Citizen
23
Buchi Emecheta
Tracks
Tracks
24
At Freddie's (Penelope Fitzgerald)
At Freddie's
25
Penelope Fitzgerald
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
26
Fannie Flagg
Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room (Janet Frame)
Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room
27
Janet Frame
The Women's Room (Marilyn French)
The Women's Room
28
Marilyn French
The Mind-Body Problem (Rebecca Goldstein)
The Mind-Body Problem
29
Rebecca Goldstein
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
30
Nadine Gordimer
The Rest of Life (Mary Gordon)
The Rest of Life
31
Mary Gordon
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness
32
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
33
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
34
Patricia Highsmith
The Furies (Janet Hobhouse)
The Furies
35
Janet Hobhouse
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
36
Keri Hulme
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
37
Zora Neale Hurston
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
38
Shirley Jackson
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust
39
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
40
Erica Jong
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