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The 200 Best Books by Female Authors

A subjective collection of some of the most lauded books by female authors, presented in chronological order, with a noticeable skew towards modern English-language fiction.
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
1
Murasaki Shikibu
La Princesse De Clèves (Madame De La Fayette)
La Princesse De Clèves
2
Madame De La Fayette
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
4
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
5
Mary Shelley
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
6
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Bronte
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
9
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
10
George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
11
George Eliot
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
12
Louisa May Alcott
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
13
George Eliot
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
14
Anna Sewell
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
15
Kate Chopin
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
16
Edith Wharton
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
17
L.M. Montgomery
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
Three Lives
18
Gertrude Stein
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
19
Edith Wharton
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
20
Frances Hodgson Burnett
My Antonia (Nebraska)
My Antonia (Nebraska)
21
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
22
Rebecca West
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
23
Edith Wharton
The Complete Poems (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems
24
Emily Dickinson
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
25
Virginia Woolf
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
26
Agatha Christie
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
27
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
28
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
29
Virginia Woolf
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
30
Radclyffe Hall
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
31
Nella Larsen
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
32
Pearl S. Buck
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
33
Stella Gibbons
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
34
Gertrude Stein
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
35
Agatha Christie
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
36
Margaret Mitchell
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
37
Djuna Barnes
We the Living (Ayn Rand)
We the Living
38
Ayn Rand
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
39
Zora Neale Hurston
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
40
Isak Dinesen
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