Excellent Books By Women of All Stripes

1.
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,552 ratings
2.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 3.25 avg rating — 68,151 ratings
3.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,928 ratings
4.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 198,656 ratings
5.
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,826 ratings
5.
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5) 4.55 avg rating — 49 ratings
7.
The Argonauts: Library Edition
The Argonauts: Library Edition 4.02 avg rating — 54,642 ratings
7.
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
9.
Patternmaster (Patternist, #4)
Patternmaster (Patternist, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 10,562 ratings
9.
The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3)
The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 41 ratings
11.
Clay's Ark (Patternist, #3)
Clay's Ark (Patternist, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 11,716 ratings
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The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2)
The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 41 ratings
13.
Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 15,066 ratings
13.
The Devil's Advocate (The Wages of Sin, #1)
The Devil's Advocate (The Wages of Sin, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 79 ratings
13.
Broken
Broken 4.02 avg rating — 45,012 ratings
16.
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #2)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,947 ratings
16.
Your Personal Penguin
Your Personal Penguin 4.03 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
18.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,484 ratings
18.
The Crime Museum Uncovered
The Crime Museum Uncovered 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings
20.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,945 ratings
20.
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 58,390 ratings
22.
Penric's Demon
Penric's Demon 4.20 avg rating — 11,911 ratings
22.
The Man in the Picture
The Man in the Picture 3.64 avg rating — 6,056 ratings
24.
Armistice (The Amberlough Dossier, #2)
Armistice (The Amberlough Dossier, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,263 ratings
24.
Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1)
Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 14,782 ratings
26.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,184 ratings
26.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,568 ratings
28.
Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)
Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 26,659 ratings
28.
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 3.48 avg rating — 35,583 ratings
30.
The City Born Great
The City Born Great 3.80 avg rating — 4,397 ratings
30.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,964 ratings
32.
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 11,407 ratings
33.
Six Wakes
Six Wakes 3.83 avg rating — 19,988 ratings
34.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,018 ratings
35.
The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)
The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 41,757 ratings
36.
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
by: Amy Tan
3.58 avg rating — 3,377 ratings
37.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,763 ratings
38.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
39.
The Misfit's Manifesto
The Misfit's Manifesto 3.84 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
40.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,229 ratings
41.
Miranda and Caliban
Miranda and Caliban 3.72 avg rating — 2,005 ratings
42.
Elysium
Elysium 3.47 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
43.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating — 61,852 ratings
44.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,832 ratings
45.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,024 ratings
46.
Amberlough (The Amberlough Dossier, #1)
Amberlough (The Amberlough Dossier, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,728 ratings
47.
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 159,376 ratings
48.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,495 ratings
49.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,867 ratings
50.
Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight 3.90 avg rating — 22,821 ratings
51.
The Wolf Road
The Wolf Road 3.94 avg rating — 7,058 ratings
52.
Sister Mine
Sister Mine 3.74 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
53.
H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,918 ratings
54.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,236 ratings
55.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir 3.83 avg rating — 36,213 ratings
56.
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3)
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 28,779 ratings
57.
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 38,515 ratings
58.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,199 ratings
59.
Willful Creatures
Willful Creatures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,375 ratings
60.
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Women Who Run With the Wolves 4.11 avg rating — 90,534 ratings
61.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,413 ratings
62.
Redemption in Indigo
Redemption in Indigo 3.88 avg rating — 2,932 ratings
63.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,995 ratings
64.
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45,446 ratings
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The Compass Rose
The Compass Rose 3.89 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
66.
Of Love and Shadows
Of Love and Shadows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36,147 ratings
67.
Negroland: A Memoir
Negroland: A Memoir 3.62 avg rating — 7,832 ratings
68.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,120 ratings
69.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,748 ratings
70.
Life After Life (Todd Family #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,974 ratings
71.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,395 ratings
72.
Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,686 ratings
73.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,593 ratings
74.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,050 ratings
75.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
76.
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 378,310 ratings
77.
The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6)
The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 31,470 ratings
78.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,457 ratings
79.
The Enchanted
The Enchanted 3.95 avg rating — 20,993 ratings
80.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,811 ratings
81.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,927 ratings
82.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,328 ratings
83.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,088 ratings
84.
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting 3.91 avg rating — 289,637 ratings
85.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,101 ratings
86.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,162 ratings
87.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,912 ratings
88.
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
89.
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5)
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 31,221 ratings
90.
Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, #4)
Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 56,908 ratings
91.
Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen 3.84 avg rating — 17,850 ratings
92.
The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #1-4)
The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #1-4) 4.32 avg rating — 5,854 ratings
93.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,985 ratings
94.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 3.61 avg rating — 33,070 ratings
95.
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women 4.05 avg rating — 14,926 ratings
96.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,929 ratings
97.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,763 ratings
98.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
99.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,735 ratings
100.
Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life
Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life 3.98 avg rating — 622 ratings
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