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Great Books by Women Authors

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
7
Margaret Atwood
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
8
Maya Angelou
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
9
Virginia Woolf
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
10
George Eliot
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
11
Alice Walker
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
12
Sylvia Plath
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
13
Virginia Woolf
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
15
Edith Wharton
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
16
Hilary Mantel
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
17
Virginia Woolf
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
18
Susanna Clarke
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20
J.K. Rowling
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Jenny Han)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
21
Jenny Han
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
22
Jhumpa Lahiri
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
23
A.S. Byatt
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
24
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
25
Carson McCullers
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
26
Noviolet Bulawayo
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
27
Daphne Du Maurier
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
28
Barbara Kingsolver
Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
29
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
30
Arundhati Roy
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
31
Toni Morrison
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
32
Suzanne Collins
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
33
Agatha Christie
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
34
Zora Neale Hurston
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
35
Veronica Roth
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
36
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
37
Margaret Mitchell
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
38
Isabel Allende
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
39
Simone De Beauvoir
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
40
Angela Carter
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