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LAST 100 BOOKS READ BY FEMALE AUTHORS

As the title suggests, here are the last 100 novels (and dramas!) I've read written by women. It was super eye-opening how much more literature I consumed that is written by men. I intend to add many more to this list!
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Tell Me a Riddle (Tillie Olsen)
Tell Me a Riddle
1
Tillie Olsen
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
2
Jennifer Egan
We Were Liars (E. Lockhart)
We Were Liars
3
E. Lockhart
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
4
Irène Némirovsky
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
5
Tara Westover
My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
6
Daphne Du Maurier
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
7
Ann Patchett
Summer Sisters (Judy Blume)
Summer Sisters
8
Judy Blume
Practicalities (Marguerite Duras)
Practicalities
9
Marguerite Duras
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Hannah Green)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
10
Hannah Green
A Book of Common Prayer
A Book of Common Prayer
11
Carol (Patricia Highsmith)
Carol
12
Patricia Highsmith
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
13
Eudora Welty
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
14
Joan Didion
Democracy
Democracy
15
Black Swans (Eve Babitz)
Black Swans
16
Eve Babitz
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
17
Sandra Cisneros
Blue Nights (Joan Didion)
Blue Nights
18
Joan Didion
Little Birds (Anais Nin)
Little Birds
19
Anais Nin
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
20
Michelle Zauner
The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album
21
Joan Didion
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country (Sierra Crane Murdoch)
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
22
Sierra Crane Murdoch
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
23
Joan Didion
The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein)
The Heidi Chronicles
24
Wendy Wasserstein
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
25
Amal El-Mohtar
The Housemaid (Freida McFadden)
The Housemaid
26
Freida McFadden
Peyton Place (Grace Metalious)
Peyton Place
27
Grace Metalious
The Group
The Group
28
I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)
I Who Have Never Known Men
29
Jacqueline Harpman
L'amante Anglaise (Marguerite Duras/ Tr- Barbara Bray)
L'amante Anglaise
30
Marguerite Duras/ Tr- Barbara Bray
Break Me (K.A. Tucker)
Break Me
31
K.A. Tucker
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
32
Joan Didion
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
33
The Driver's Seat (Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat
34
Muriel Spark
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh
35
Agustina Bazterrica
Summer (Edith Wharton)
Summer
36
Edith Wharton
Sonnets From the Portuegese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Sonnets From the Portuegese
37
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
38
Rebecca Skloot
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
39
Rachel Carson
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
40
Willa Cather
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