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These Are the Most Assigned Novels by Women in U.S. Colleges

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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2
Zora Neale Hurston
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
5
Kate Chopin
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
7
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
8
Sandra Cisneros
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
9
Emily Bronte
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
10
Virginia Woolf
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
11
Toni Morrison
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
12
Leslie Marmon Silko
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
13
Virginia Woolf
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
15
Jane Austen
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
16
Jean Rhys
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
17
Nella Larsen
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
18
Toni Morrison
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
19
Jean Toomer
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
20
Edith Wharton
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
21
Toni Morrison
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
22
Jane Austen
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
23
Jk Rowling
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
24
Suzanne Collins
The Coquette (Hannah Webster Foster)
The Coquette
25
Hannah Webster Foster
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
26
Harper Lee
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
27
Lois Lowry
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
28
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
29
Jane Austen
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
30
Frances Burney
Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
Quicksand
31
Nella Larsen
Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Aurora Leigh
32
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Charlotte Temple & Lucy Temple (Susanna Rowson)
Charlotte Temple & Lucy Temple
33
Susanna Rowson
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
34
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
Tracks
35
Louise Erdrich
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
36
Zadie Smith
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
37
Jane Austen
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
38
Sylvia Plath
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
39
Louisa May Alcott
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
40
Edith Wharton
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