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Flavorwire's 50 Great Books About Deliciously Bad Women

"Here are some books that are blessed with female characters whose antics range from mere misbehavior to pure evil, who are antagonists and antiheroines and just plain heroines who just also happen to be jerks a lot of the time. Some of these characters are deeply lovable despite their flaws, and some readers just love to hate."
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Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart
1
After Claude (Iris Owens)
After Claude
2
Iris Owens
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
3
Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
4
Elena Ferrante
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
5
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood)
The Robber Bride
6
Margaret Atwood
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
7
Shirley Jackson
Ride a Cockhorse (Raymond)
Ride a Cockhorse
8
Raymond
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
9
Stieg Larsson
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
10
Gustave Flaubert
Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
Dare Me
11
Megan Abbott
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
12
Lauren Groff
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
13
Gillian Flynn
Jillian (Halle Butler)
Jillian
14
Halle Butler
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
15
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
16
Jeffrey Eugenides
Tampa
Tampa
17
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Dodie Smith)
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
18
Dodie Smith
Mouchette (Georges Bernanos)
Mouchette
19
Georges Bernanos
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs
20
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
21
Edward Albee
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
22
Choderlos De Laclos
Cassandra at the Wedding (Dorothy Baker)
Cassandra at the Wedding
23
Dorothy Baker
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies
24
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
25
Stephen King
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
27
William Shakespeare
Treasure Island!!!
Treasure Island!!!
28
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
29
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
30
Toni Morrison
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
31
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
32
Edith Wharton
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
Notes on a Scandal
33
Zoe Heller
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
34
Mary Gaitskill
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
35
Suzanne Collins
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
36
Leo Tolstoy
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
37
Daphne Du Maurier
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
38
Euripides
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
39
John Fowles
Asha Greyjoy (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Asha Greyjoy (A Song of Ice and Fire)
40
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