Female-Authored Weird Fiction

1.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,207 ratings
2.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,263 ratings
3.
Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body and Other Parties 3.82 avg rating — 102,304 ratings
4.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
5.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,770 ratings
6.
White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,888 ratings
7.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,060 ratings
8.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,332 ratings
9.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,351 ratings
10.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,488 ratings
11.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories 3.68 avg rating — 23,817 ratings
12.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,306 ratings
13.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,453 ratings
14.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,848 ratings
15.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
16.
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.48 avg rating — 288,320 ratings
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Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating — 15,465 ratings
18.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
19.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,891 ratings
20.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 120,805 ratings
21.
Mouthful of Birds
Mouthful of Birds 3.72 avg rating — 14,865 ratings
22.
Stranger Things Happen
Stranger Things Happen 3.83 avg rating — 6,347 ratings
23.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,094 ratings
24.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,236 ratings
25.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,447 ratings
26.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,810 ratings
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Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 58,032 ratings
28.
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 45,569 ratings
29.
Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,686 ratings
30.
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,354 ratings
30.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,403 ratings
32.
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 42,633 ratings
33.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 3.25 avg rating — 68,151 ratings
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The Secret Books of Paradys (Secret Books of Paradys, #1-4)
The Secret Books of Paradys (Secret Books of Paradys, #1-4) 4.03 avg rating — 378 ratings
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The Red Tree
The Red Tree 3.64 avg rating — 3,674 ratings
36.
Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners 3.80 avg rating — 10,116 ratings
37.
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Don't Look Now and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating — 9,390 ratings
38.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating — 12,778 ratings
39.
Faces Under Water (The Secret Books of Venus, #1)
Faces Under Water (The Secret Books of Venus, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 343 ratings
40.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,452 ratings
41.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
42.
She Walks in Shadows
She Walks in Shadows 3.76 avg rating — 954 ratings
43.
Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh 3.78 avg rating — 338,526 ratings
44.
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls 3.81 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
45.
The Drowning Girl
The Drowning Girl 3.71 avg rating — 5,726 ratings
46.
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky 4.09 avg rating — 16,027 ratings
47.
Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)
Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1) 4.06 avg rating — 3,572 ratings
48.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 3.80 avg rating — 56,787 ratings
49.
Experimental Film
Experimental Film 3.54 avg rating — 3,710 ratings
49.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating — 37,402 ratings
51.
Randalls Round
Randalls Round 3.89 avg rating — 287 ratings
51.
Radiance
Radiance 3.72 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
53.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,377 ratings
54.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.86 avg rating — 4,874 ratings
55.
In the Dream House: A Memoir
In the Dream House: A Memoir 4.40 avg rating — 153,015 ratings
56.
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 3.64 avg rating — 14,301 ratings
57.
The Citadel of Fear
The Citadel of Fear 3.35 avg rating — 177 ratings
58.
Furnace
Furnace 3.88 avg rating — 483 ratings
58.
Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
58.
Strange Evil
Strange Evil 3.38 avg rating — 64 ratings
61.
The Birds and Other Stories
The Birds and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 14,192 ratings
62.
Black Magic
Black Magic 3.84 avg rating — 180 ratings
63.
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology 4.13 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
63.
She Said Destroy
She Said Destroy 4.14 avg rating — 572 ratings
65.
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead 3.82 avg rating — 2,903 ratings
66.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating — 65,654 ratings
67.
Farewell, Everything
Farewell, Everything 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
67.
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
69.
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories 3.88 avg rating — 281 ratings
70.
Dreaming the Marsh
Dreaming the Marsh 3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings
71.
Come Closer
Come Closer
by: Sara Gran
3.66 avg rating — 44,861 ratings
72.
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1)
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
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Hangsaman
Hangsaman 3.77 avg rating — 10,882 ratings
74.
Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5)
Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5) 3.94 avg rating — 11,616 ratings
75.
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
76.
A Human Stain
A Human Stain 3.57 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
77.
Ghost Wall
Ghost Wall 3.72 avg rating — 28,350 ratings
78.
We Will All Go Down Together
We Will All Go Down Together 3.78 avg rating — 184 ratings
78.
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Pretty Monsters: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 6,163 ratings
80.
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night 3.70 avg rating — 3,464 ratings
81.
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories 4.28 avg rating — 2,795 ratings
81.
Comfort Me with Apples
Comfort Me with Apples 3.57 avg rating — 34,865 ratings
83.
The Beauty
The Beauty 3.52 avg rating — 3,824 ratings
83.
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 793 ratings
85.
Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories
Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 594 ratings
85.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,515 ratings
85.
A Nest of Nightmares
A Nest of Nightmares 3.93 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
85.
The Heads of Cerberus
The Heads of Cerberus 3.36 avg rating — 403 ratings
89.
Winter Tide (The Innsmouth Legacy, #1)
Winter Tide (The Innsmouth Legacy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
90.
Final Girls
Final Girls 3.67 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
90.
The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)
The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
90.
Wylding Hall
Wylding Hall 3.79 avg rating — 8,202 ratings
93.
Six-Gun Snow White
Six-Gun Snow White 3.63 avg rating — 4,469 ratings
94.
The Iliac Crest
The Iliac Crest 3.64 avg rating — 3,725 ratings
95.
Made for Love
Made for Love 3.47 avg rating — 8,033 ratings
96.
To Charles Fort, with Love
To Charles Fort, with Love 4.30 avg rating — 251 ratings
96.
The House Next Door
The House Next Door 3.89 avg rating — 13,317 ratings
98.
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe 4.30 avg rating — 569 ratings
99.
Dark Dance (Blood Opera Sequence, #1)
Dark Dance (Blood Opera Sequence, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
100.
The Magic Toyshop
The Magic Toyshop 3.79 avg rating — 13,385 ratings
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