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Goodreads "Best Woman-Authored Books" - Page 2

"Best books by a female author", as voted by Goodreads users.
Despite the clumsy official title on Goodreads, I think this makes a good challenge that gets increasingly interesting and unpredictable the further one descends the list.
A few suspect and duplicate entries have been removed. Up to date as at 20th May, 2020.
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Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
41
Agatha Christie
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
42
Erin Morgenstern
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
43
Gillian Flynn
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
44
Kate Chopin
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
45
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
46
Isabel Allende
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
47
Sara Gruen
Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
48
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
49
Beatrix Potter
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
50
Virginia Woolf
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
51
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
52
Margery Williams
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
53
P.L. Travers
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
54
Emily Dickinson
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
55
Pearl S. Buck
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
56
Carson McCullers
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
57
Jodi Picoult
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
58
George Eliot
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
59
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
60
Anita Diamant
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
61
Jane Austen
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
62
Anne Rice
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
63
Margaret Atwood
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
64
Judy Blume
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
65
Toni Morrison
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
66
Jean Auel
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
67
Diana Wynne Jones
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
68
Elizabeth Kostova
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
69
Ursula K Le Guin
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
70
Margaret Wise Brown
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
71
Jeannette Walls
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
72
Shirley Jackson
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
73
A.S. Byatt
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
74
Simone De Beauvoir
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
75
Johanna Spyri
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
76
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
77
Joanne Harris
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson/USA)
Silent Spring
78
Rachel Carson/USA
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
79
Susanna Clarke
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
80
Hilary Mantel
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