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The Best Books by Female Authors

The best books by women authors, here they are for your reading and list-checking pleasure! Um... yup!
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
4
Louisa May Alcott
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
5
Suzanne Collins
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
6
Alice Walker
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
7
L.M. Montgomery
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
8
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
9
Daphne Du Maurier
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
11
J.K. Rowling
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
12
Jane Austen
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
13
Gillian Flynn
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
15
Madeleine L'engle
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
16
Angie Thomas
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
17
Toni Morrison
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
18
Audrey Niffenegger
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
19
Zora Neale Hurston
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
20
Arundhati Roy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
21
Maya Angelou
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
22
Helen Fielding
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
23
Sylvia Plath
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
24
Virginia Woolf
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
25
Celeste Ng
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
26
Donna Tartt
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
27
Leigh Bardugo
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
28
Agatha Christie
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
29
Emily Brontë
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
30
Agatha Christie
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
31
Jane Austen
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
32
Edith Wharton
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
33
George Eliot
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
34
Barbara Kingsolver
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
35
Shirley Jackson
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
36
Jane Austen
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
37
Gail Honeyman
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
38
Anne Rice
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
39
Malala Yousafzai
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
40
Elizabeth Gaskell
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