Best Books by Female Authors

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,235 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,942 ratings
3.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,809 ratings
4.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,143 ratings
5.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,064,347 ratings
6.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,191 ratings
7.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,072 ratings
8.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,806 ratings
9.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,656 ratings
10.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,215 ratings
11.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,127 ratings
12.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,951 ratings
13.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,159 ratings
14.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,943 ratings
15.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,873 ratings
16.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,130 ratings
17.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,776 ratings
18.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,457 ratings
19.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,557 ratings
20.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,117 ratings
21.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,800 ratings
22.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 4,069,507 ratings
23.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,103 ratings
23.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,976 ratings
25.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,571 ratings
26.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,180 ratings
27.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,677,609 ratings
28.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,451 ratings
29.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,196 ratings
30.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,691,076 ratings
31.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,920 ratings
32.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,032 ratings
33.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,839 ratings
34.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,777 ratings
35.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,349,249 ratings
36.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,563,400 ratings
37.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,018 ratings
38.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,240 ratings
39.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,382 ratings
40.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,036 ratings
41.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,782 ratings
42.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,333 ratings
43.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,788 ratings
44.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,511 ratings
45.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,970 ratings
46.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,057 ratings
47.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,943 ratings
48.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,934 ratings
49.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,451 ratings
50.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,838 ratings
51.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,453 ratings
52.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,183 ratings
53.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,154 ratings
54.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,161 ratings
55.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,934 ratings
56.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,746 ratings
57.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,979 ratings
58.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,688 ratings
59.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,444 ratings
60.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
61.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,425 ratings
62.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,772 ratings
63.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,209 ratings
64.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,621 ratings
65.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,831 ratings
66.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,434 ratings
67.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,693 ratings
68.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
69.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,647 ratings
70.
Syrian Brides
Syrian Brides 4.21 avg rating — 248 ratings
71.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,037 ratings
72.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,866 ratings
73.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,340 ratings
74.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,637 ratings
75.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,237 ratings
76.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
77.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,585 ratings
78.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
79.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,105 ratings
80.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,457 ratings
81.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,278 ratings
82.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
83.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
84.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,736 ratings
85.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,580 ratings
86.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,450 ratings
87.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,153 ratings
87.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,525 ratings
89.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,161 ratings
90.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,522 ratings
91.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,406 ratings
92.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
93.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,769 ratings
94.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,967 ratings
95.
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
96.
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
97.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,853 ratings
98.
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
99.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,090 ratings
100.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,024 ratings
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