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Consider this my #PostSecret. Here goes. I'm a woman. I'm a professional writer. I love ListChallenges. On a whim I decided to compile this list (non-exhaustive, obviously! and I've read only a fraction). While I worked on it, something happened. I noticed I was seeing this list as inferior...because it lacks male writers. I poked those thoughts and one crystallized: "the best female writers can never quite match the best male writers." I've been writing all my life...and subconsciously believing this all my life. This lie in my head didn't come from nowhere, but it's time to smash it. Time for this woman writer to start believing that men and women can be equally great writers.

This list contains woman-penned books old and new. Fiction and non-. Newberys. Pulitzers. Commercial mega-sellers. Indies I hope will find more readers. This list is for Dorothy L. Sayers, writer of my favorite fiction series. It's for me. And if you need to smash a similar lie, it's for you.

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How I Learned to Drive (Paula Vogel)

How I Learned to Drive

721

Paula Vogel

How to Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell)

How to Train Your Dragon

722

Cressida Cowell

How to Write (Gertrude Stein)

How to Write

723

Gertrude Stein

Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)

Howl's Moving Castle

724

Diana Wynne Jones

Hue and Cry (Elizabeth Yates)

Hue and Cry

725

Elizabeth Yates

Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul (Anderson, Hannah)

Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul

726

Anderson, Hannah

The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Dodie Smith)

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

727

Dodie Smith

The Hundred Dresses (Eleanor Estes)

The Hundred Dresses

728

Eleanor Estes

The Hundred Penny Box (Sharon Bell Mathis)

The Hundred Penny Box

729

Sharon Bell Mathis

The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

The Hunger Games

730

Suzanne Collins

A Hunger Like No Other (Kresley Cole)

A Hunger Like No Other

731

Kresley Cole

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Roxane Gay)

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

732

Roxane Gay

Hunted (K.M. Shea)

Hunted

733

K.M. Shea

The Hunter (Tana French)

The Hunter

734

Tana French

The Hunting Party (Lucy Foley)

The Hunting Party

735

Lucy Foley

The Huntress (Kate Quinn)

The Huntress

736

Kate Quinn

Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick)

Hush, Hush

737

Becca Fitzpatrick

Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)

Hyperbole and a Half

738

Allie Brosh

I Am David (Anne Holm)

I Am David

739

Anne Holm

I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)

I Am Malala

740

Malala Yousafzai

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika L. Sanchez)

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

741

Erika L. Sanchez

I Am Quiet (Andie Powers)

I Am Quiet

742

Andie Powers

I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)

I Capture the Castle

743

Dodie Smith

I Do and I Don't (Jeanine Basinger)

I Do and I Don't

744

Jeanine Basinger

I Feel Bad About My Neck (Nora Ephron)

I Feel Bad About My Neck

745

Nora Ephron

I, Juan De Pareja (Elizabeth Borton De Trevino)

I, Juan De Pareja

746

Elizabeth Borton De Trevino

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

747

Maya Angelou

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

748

Joanne Greenberg

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Conde)

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

749

Maryse Conde

I Will Repay (Emmuska Orczy)

I Will Repay

750

Emmuska Orczy

Ice (Anna Kavan)

Ice

751

Anna Kavan

I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You (Ally Carter)

I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You

752

Ally Carter

If I Stay (Gayle Forman)

If I Stay

753

Gayle Forman

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Laura Numeroff)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

754

Laura Numeroff

I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

755

Michelle McNamara

I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy)

I'm Glad My Mom Died

756

Jennette McCurdy

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

757

Rebecca Skloot

The Immortalists (Chloe Benjamin)

The Immortalists

758

Chloe Benjamin

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya (Caroline Elkins)

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya

759

Caroline Elkins

In an Instant (Suzanne Redfearn)

In an Instant

760

Suzanne Redfearn

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