Best Woman-Authored Books

Best books by a female author.

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,133,896 ratings score: 90,339, and 923 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,276,325 ratings score: 86,426, and 884 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.15 avg rating — 2,096,936 ratings score: 59,610, and 618 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,737,475 ratings score: 50,020, and 522 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 2,050,975 ratings score: 43,839, and 459 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.87 avg rating — 1,603,094 ratings score: 42,963, and 453 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.15 avg rating — 2,237,234 ratings score: 39,983, and 424 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.89 avg rating — 1,808,561 ratings score: 39,774, and 419 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.34 avg rating — 8,682,145 ratings score: 35,957, and 383 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 2,768,006 ratings score: 31,236, and 332 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.28 avg rating — 1,359,282 ratings score: 29,851, and 318 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,208,647 ratings score: 29,193, and 309 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.16 avg rating — 1,172,647 ratings score: 28,096, and 304 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 963,389 ratings score: 27,349, and 289 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.27 avg rating — 686,725 ratings score: 25,439, and 277 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,483,050 ratings score: 23,704, and 255 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.08 avg rating — 1,191,274 ratings score: 23,468, and 259 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 703,391 ratings score: 23,017, and 246 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.31 avg rating — 980,789 ratings score: 22,433, and 251 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,340,833 ratings score: 22,387, and 242 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.24 avg rating — 630,134 ratings score: 21,435, and 234 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.98 avg rating — 1,203,621 ratings score: 18,532, and 205 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.29 avg rating — 466,289 ratings score: 18,440, and 201 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 887,757 ratings score: 18,187, and 204 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.29 avg rating — 531,703 ratings score: 15,882, and 176 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 4.21 avg rating — 208,040 ratings score: 15,320, and 165 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.79 avg rating — 307,169 ratings score: 15,064, and 166 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.21 avg rating — 290,917 ratings score: 14,947, and 165 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,980,442 ratings score: 14,269, and 157 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,786,346 ratings score: 13,817, and 157 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 3.99 avg rating — 278,668 ratings score: 13,426, and 152 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.98 avg rating — 347,813 ratings score: 13,231, and 147 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie 4.20 avg rating — 623,702 ratings score: 13,151, and 150 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.95 avg rating — 436,288 ratings score: 13,071, and 145 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,054,673 ratings score: 12,361, and 139 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Whistle Stop #1) by Fannie Flagg 4.28 avg rating — 306,942 ratings score: 12,188, and 136 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 683,614 ratings score: 12,051, and 135 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 3,096,242 ratings score: 12,002, and 138 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,292,305 ratings score: 11,703, and 134 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 976,952 ratings score: 11,527, and 130 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.10 avg rating — 744,510 ratings score: 11,248, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.85 avg rating — 2,355,392 ratings score: 11,145, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3.68 avg rating — 208,917 ratings score: 10,176, and 112 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.20 avg rating — 269,364 ratings score: 10,115, and 117 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 270,132 ratings score: 9,930, and 108 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.22 avg rating — 306,493 ratings score: 9,516, and 111 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 4.22 avg rating — 246,337 ratings score: 9,484, and 111 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.27 avg rating — 97,706 ratings score: 9,413, and 108 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,616,740 ratings score: 9,280, and 109 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.80 avg rating — 183,746 ratings score: 9,250, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley 4.13 avg rating — 206,545 ratings score: 9,156, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco 4.30 avg rating — 258,437 ratings score: 8,841, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) by P.L. Travers 4.01 avg rating — 133,612 ratings score: 8,298, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 401,721 ratings score: 8,045, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones 4.29 avg rating — 357,987 ratings score: 7,764, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 599,321 ratings score: 7,679, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 110,351 ratings score: 7,617, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Middlemarch by George Eliot 4.02 avg rating — 163,167 ratings score: 7,497, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 239,905 ratings score: 7,454, and 93 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,219,205 ratings score: 7,430, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 4.19 avg rating — 753,790 ratings score: 7,271, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 249,887 ratings score: 7,270, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4.10 avg rating — 202,531 ratings score: 7,214, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,214,761 ratings score: 7,166, and 81 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.02 avg rating — 589,877 ratings score: 7,080, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.25 avg rating — 125,343 ratings score: 7,075, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.11 avg rating — 253,385 ratings score: 6,980, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) by Jean M. Auel 4.09 avg rating — 267,379 ratings score: 6,672, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 4.31 avg rating — 374,216 ratings score: 6,661, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Heidi by Johanna Spyri 4.03 avg rating — 199,548 ratings score: 6,615, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 266,830 ratings score: 6,590, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 4.03 avg rating — 77,676 ratings score: 6,550, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.90 avg rating — 210,585 ratings score: 6,226, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 298,429 ratings score: 6,179, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 174,858 ratings score: 6,052, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) by Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 125,784 ratings score: 6,006, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.89 avg rating — 80,268 ratings score: 5,915, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3.80 avg rating — 265,692 ratings score: 5,852, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.91 avg rating — 227,541 ratings score: 5,851, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.17 avg rating — 41,702 ratings score: 5,840, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.86 avg rating — 236,639 ratings score: 5,816, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.14 avg rating — 113,153 ratings score: 5,787, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 182,515 ratings score: 5,765, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.18 avg rating — 45,880 ratings score: 5,624, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	My Ántonia by Willa Cather 3.83 avg rating — 138,038 ratings score: 5,334, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 4.03 avg rating — 48,096 ratings score: 5,094, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 804,381 ratings score: 4,907, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.93 avg rating — 244,659 ratings score: 4,740, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.15 avg rating — 170,151 ratings score: 4,725, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 98,060 ratings score: 4,705, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3.87 avg rating — 93,469 ratings score: 4,658, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 155,603 ratings score: 4,652, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 4.07 avg rating — 135,526 ratings score: 4,632, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 104,537 ratings score: 4,616, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.65 avg rating — 6,587,553 ratings score: 4,487, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith 3.94 avg rating — 91,219 ratings score: 4,482, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 146,178 ratings score: 4,409, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 390,407 ratings score: 4,305, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Silas Marner by George Eliot 3.68 avg rating — 87,083 ratings score: 4,199, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	My Familiar Stranger (Knights of Black Swan, #1) by Victoria Danann (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 9,895 ratings score: 4,093, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Bob (new)

Oct 20, 2012 11:40AM

Curious, Gone with the Wind is not on the list.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 20, 2012 11:47AM

You could add it; it's easy to add books to lists. At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 3: by Rebecca (new)

Mar 07, 2013 10:47AM

Freak: The True Story of an Insecurity Addict

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 07, 2013 12:16PM

You add books to lists at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes," not down in the comments section.

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message 5: by Meredith (new)

Mar 10, 2013 10:31PM

E.B. White is not a woman.

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message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Mar 11, 2013 02:22PM) (new)

Mar 11, 2013 02:21PM

::sigh::

Where is it? I'll remove the E.B. White if I can find it.

ETA: Found Charlotte's Web, will remove it.

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Mar 11, 2013 02:25PM) (new)

Mar 11, 2013 02:24PM

13 more voters than people who rated; that's impressive.

Also not very convincing.

ETA: Whoa, 6 ratings, 35 votes!

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message 8: by Pat (last edited Mar 14, 2013 08:03AM) (new)

Mar 11, 2013 07:55PM

I think all books that have more votes than ratings should be disqualified. These lists really aren't much fun when authors take unfair advantage of the voting system to plug their books.

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message 9: by Schell (new)

May 06, 2013 12:35PM

Susanna wrote: "You could add it; it's easy to add books to lists. At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

Wow, I need to read that...

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message 10: by Yakub (new)

Aug 28, 2013 10:29PM

>Women were once forbidden to read and write

Not exactly.... This was never true in the vast majority of societies.

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message 11: by Melanie (new)

Apr 22, 2014 01:03PM

I added some great literary fiction by important women who are alive and writing today. I feel good about this :)

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message 12: by Lucinda (new)

Aug 03, 2014 10:42AM

This is quite frustrating to find that Lois Lowry features high in the list (while her style is actually quite poor) as compared to Isabel Allende and when you see that there is no book by Zelda Fitzgerald! Save me the Waltz is a must-read, guys!

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message 13: by Lucinda (new)

Aug 03, 2014 10:42AM

(just added it :) )

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message 14: by Rachel (new)

Nov 29, 2014 03:50AM

Is there a way to search for a book on the list? Where is The Flamethrowers?

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message 15: by Aubrey (new)

Nov 29, 2014 09:38AM

Librarians regularly check for duplicates on this list, Rachel, so if you can't find a book you want to vote for, just add it and it will be combined with its other votes in short order.

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message 16: by Rachel (new)

Nov 30, 2014 04:02AM

ok thanks!

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message 17: by Sharmon (new)

Dec 01, 2014 05:12PM

I wish there was a way to search a list because I don't want to make duplicates but it is hard to sort through 20 pages to vote.

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message 18: by Aubrey (new)

Dec 01, 2014 07:05PM

I can guarantee that the duplicates won't last long, Sharmon. You could also try looking at which of the lists the most popular edition of the book you wish to add is on. If the book shows up at a certain position on this list, you can click on the link and it'll take you to the page the book is on.

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message 19: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 01, 2014 08:52PM

I'd just add it; I reflexively combine duplicates pretty much every time I visit a list, and I don't think I'm the only librarian with that habit.

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 05, 2015 10:18PM

No idea who gave this list that tag, so I don't know.

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message 21: by Claire (new)

Apr 09, 2015 04:34PM

Does this list include women who wrote under a pseudonym? A lot of women wrote under males names in certain time periods or if it suited more (e.g George Elliot, lot of female sci-fi/fantasy writers, etc.). Just don't want to miss some of the greats, or finally give women their due.

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message 22: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

Apr 09, 2015 09:00PM

Lauren wrote: "Does this list include women who wrote under a pseudonym? A lot of women wrote under males names in certain time periods or if it suited more (e.g George Elliot, lot of female sci-fi/fantasy write..."

Just slowly scroll down the list which is about 30 pages and you will see them.

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message 23: by Louise Sparrow (new)

Sep 23, 2015 11:28AM

The Wizard's First Rule (currently 992), while a great book, was written by a man.

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message 24: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 23, 2015 07:36PM

Couldn't find that one - another librarian may have gotten it.

Did remove:

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Michael Rosen

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message 25: by Karen (new)

Feb 27, 2016 07:29PM

#953 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs looks for all the world like a man to me in his profile here on Goodreads.

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message 26: by Sandra (new)

Jul 22, 2016 07:46PM

Removed some books written by men...funny how those sneak in there...

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message 27: by Karen (last edited Jul 23, 2016 05:31AM) (new)

Jul 23, 2016 05:25AM

#11 & #573 - The Help. Just FYI. Great list and well maintained!

And Miss Peregrine is back at 1018!

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message 28: by Lumturi (new)

Sep 11, 2016 02:17PM

Meredith wrote: "E.B. White is not a woman."

I scroll past this and crack up. LOL

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 16, 2017 09:51PM

You add books at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 30: by Judith (new)

Feb 16, 2017 10:41PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "You add books at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

Thank you, Susanna. I apologize for doing it the wrong way. I will try to correct this tomorrow.

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message 31: by Donna (new)

Dec 02, 2017 12:33PM

Oh hot damn, it worked. 3 duplicates were discovered and removed by the system.

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message 32: by Aubrey (new)

Dec 03, 2017 02:12PM

Donna wrote: "Oh hot damn, it worked. 3 duplicates were discovered and removed by the system."

Oh good, I was wondering about that. Thanks Donna.

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message 33: by Greg (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:39AM

Twilight is better than Fountainhead? Well, okay. But Hunger Games is BEST BOOK EVER in the history of the world according to goodreads BEST EVER, so why isn't it #1 here?

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message 34: by Greg (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:41AM

Oh, and Go Set a Watchman (#225, and possibly the worst book ever written) is better than Goldfinch, which won a Pulitzer? Sometimes I just don't get it.

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message 35: by Greg (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:43AM

Mockingjay at 352 makes sense, but in what world is it better than Dame Agatha Christie's brilliant "Murder of Roger Akroyd"?

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message 36: by Greg (last edited Dec 08, 2017 03:58AM) (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:48AM

Tale of Genji, over 1000 years old, is at 873. Okay, I sorta get it, anything over 250 pages is no good. Good to know. Still, Tale of Genji now has Three, count em, 3 WHOLE VOTES as I voted for it.

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message 37: by Greg (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:50AM

The Nightengale has a rating of 4.54 but is #955. This is good for a laugh, certainly.

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message 38: by Greg (new)

Dec 08, 2017 03:52AM

There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!

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message 39: by Aubrey (new)

Dec 08, 2017 08:14AM

Greg wrote: "There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!"

If you're going to rant rather than contribute to the discussion regarding efforts to maintain this list, at least confine yourself to a single comment box rather than mewling and puking everywhere.

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message 40: by Donna (new)

Dec 08, 2017 12:38PM

Aubrey wrote: "Greg wrote: "There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!"

If you're going to rant rather than contribute to the discussion regarding efforts to maintain this list,..."

Amen.

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message 41: by Elyse (last edited Dec 09, 2017 08:14PM) (new)

Dec 09, 2017 08:01PM

Argh. I am a librarian and I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to delete the Harry Potter book set. The single titles are listed farther down in the list so basically they are being voted on twice. I even voted for one of the single volumes so it's not that I don't like J.K. Rawling's books. But jeeze, this Harry Potter thing is a bit much. The creator of the list did not instruct "no book sets". And I don't want to get banned. Maybe as the Harry Potter readers get older and wiser they'll see the error of their ways and come back to this list and remove their votes for the book set. One can only hope.

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message 42: by Aubrey (new)

Dec 09, 2017 08:59PM

I agree, we could have far more women of color in the top 100 than we currently do.

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message 43: by Lucinda (new)

Dec 13, 2017 04:43PM

Oh my God, Twilight in the list? Come on!

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message 44: by Lucinda (new)

Dec 13, 2017 04:44PM

Elyse wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "I agree, we could have far more women of color in the top 100 than we currently do."

Thanks for reminding me. I finished Mama Day by Gloria Naylor last month, gave it 5 stars, and j..."

It's also incredibly English speaking centred I thought...

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message 45: by Dr (new)

Dec 27, 2017 12:48AM

Silver Linings True stories of resilience from a General Practice By Dr Mrin Nayagam.

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message 46: by Donna (new)

Dec 27, 2017 01:08AM

Dr wrote: "Silver Linings True stories of resilience from a General Practice By Dr Mrin Nayagam."
Nobody will add this title for you. If you want to add it, go to the top of the list. On the right hand side, above the list, is a tab that you click on to add books. Then put the title in the little bar that appears and click the button that will be offered that says Vote for this book (or something similar). Cluttering up the technical discussion queue is not only a complete fail in terms of getting your book on the list, but it summons volunteer librarians like me, who think the list needs editing. We come along to help and discover it's just someone either spamming the list with their own book (bad author behavior), or else someone that hasn't checked the directions. I'm going back to bed now. Goodbye.

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message 47: by Caitlin (new)

Jan 07, 2018 12:14AM

John Green is also on here, who is not a women.

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message 48: by Donna (new)

Jan 07, 2018 12:20AM

Caitlin wrote: "John Green is also on here, who is not a women."
Where? Give me a page number and a book title and I'll take care of it, but I don't want to sift through 53 pages.

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message 49: by Donna (new)

Jul 13, 2019 07:26PM

Holy Toledo! The system found and removed 22 duplicates.

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message 50: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 14, 2019 09:18AM

Wow, that's a lot.

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