Female Authors Before JK Rowling

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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,090 ratings
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Wedding Song
Wedding Song 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Five Children and It (The Psammead Trilogy, #1)
Five Children and It (The Psammead Trilogy, #1)
by: E. Nesbit
3.86 avg rating — 27,832 ratings
103.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,507 ratings
103.
Don't Blame the Music
Don't Blame the Music 3.68 avg rating — 112 ratings
106.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,129 ratings
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The Rescuers (The Rescuers, #1)
The Rescuers (The Rescuers, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
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Wedding Pictures
Wedding Pictures 3.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting 3.91 avg rating — 289,665 ratings
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The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1)
The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1) 3.33 avg rating — 84,724 ratings
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 3.87 avg rating — 35,725 ratings
109.
Someone at the Door
Someone at the Door 3.87 avg rating — 742 ratings
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Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 90,472 ratings
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Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)
Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34,918 ratings
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Right Behind the Rain
Right Behind the Rain 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden, #1)
The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 10,036 ratings
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,968 ratings
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The Rose
The Rose 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins, #1)
Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,246 ratings
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Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White and Rose Red 3.76 avg rating — 8,559 ratings
119.
Valentine Delights
Valentine Delights 3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,990 ratings
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The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
122.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,972 ratings
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House Of Destiny
House Of Destiny 3.11 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating — 8,228 ratings
126.
The Fur Person
The Fur Person 4.19 avg rating — 2,941 ratings
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Jirel of Joiry
Jirel of Joiry 3.71 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
128.
The Grand Sophy
The Grand Sophy 4.17 avg rating — 35,602 ratings
128.
Star
Star 3.90 avg rating — 10,989 ratings
131.
In Another Place, Not Here
In Another Place, Not Here 3.79 avg rating — 466 ratings
131.
Imagine Love
Imagine Love 3.90 avg rating — 284 ratings
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Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,519 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,675 ratings
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Waiting Games
Waiting Games 3.90 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Striped Ice Cream
Striped Ice Cream 4.27 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,818 ratings
136.
Hollywood Husbands (Hollywood Series, #2)
Hollywood Husbands (Hollywood Series, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 5,379 ratings
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The Questor Tapes
The Questor Tapes 3.71 avg rating — 82 ratings
139.
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 138,003 ratings
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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 152,249 ratings
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,434 ratings
141.
How to Draw a Radish: And Other Fun Things to Do at Work
How to Draw a Radish: And Other Fun Things to Do at Work 4.40 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Between
The Between 4.04 avg rating — 5,590 ratings
144.
The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners 4.06 avg rating — 10,598 ratings
144.
Blinded by the Light
Blinded by the Light 3.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Tam Lin
Tam Lin 3.84 avg rating — 5,795 ratings
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Bridge to Teribithia
Bridge to Teribithia 4.06 avg rating — 580,013 ratings
147.
On My Honor
On My Honor 3.69 avg rating — 6,508 ratings
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Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand
Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand 3.96 avg rating — 791 ratings
150.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,452 ratings
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How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art 3.66 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,990 ratings
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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 — 568,992 ratings
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Catch a Falling Star : Showcase (Harlequin Superromance No. 623)
Catch a Falling Star : Showcase (Harlequin Superromance No. 623) 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating — 16,589 ratings
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Echoes Of Roses
Echoes Of Roses 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
158.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,482 ratings
158.
Them That Glitter and Them That Don't
Them That Glitter and Them That Don't 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings
160.
The Invasion (Animorphs, #1)
The Invasion (Animorphs, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 19,229 ratings
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Loves Music, Loves to Dance
Loves Music, Loves to Dance 3.95 avg rating — 30,335 ratings
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The Wakefields of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High Magna Editions #1)
The Wakefields of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High Magna Editions #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Writings
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Writings 4.11 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 252,310 ratings
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Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol 3.74 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,468 ratings
166.
Born to Run (SERRAted Edge, #1)
Born to Run (SERRAted Edge, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 3,145 ratings
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The Adept (Adept #1)
The Adept (Adept #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,831 ratings
168.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,290 ratings
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War for the Oaks
War for the Oaks
by: Emma Bull
4.01 avg rating — 10,595 ratings
170.
Bimbos of the Death Sun (Jay Omega, #1)
Bimbos of the Death Sun (Jay Omega, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
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Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,458 ratings
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Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,838 ratings
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The Wheel Spins
The Wheel Spins 3.75 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer 3.40 avg rating — 19,568 ratings
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,245 ratings
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
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Mistaken Identity
Mistaken Identity 3.56 avg rating — 495 ratings
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 66,731 ratings
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Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy 3.95 avg rating — 100,378 ratings
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Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street, #1)
Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street, #1)
by: Eve Titus
3.92 avg rating — 2,699 ratings
182.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,051 ratings
183.
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1) 3.86 avg rating — 190,134 ratings
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A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone 3.89 avg rating — 7,916 ratings
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Annie Allen
Annie Allen 4.14 avg rating — 248 ratings
186.
Gnome Man's Land
Gnome Man's Land 3.66 avg rating — 127 ratings
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North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,598 ratings
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,771 ratings
189.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,288 ratings
190.
The Stream of Life
The Stream of Life 4.27 avg rating — 19,030 ratings
191.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour 4.06 avg rating — 25,994 ratings
192.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,231 ratings
193.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,392 ratings
194.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
195.
The Talisman
The Talisman 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
196.
Cherry Ames, Student Nurse (Cherry Ames, #1)
Cherry Ames, Student Nurse (Cherry Ames, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
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A Respectable Trade
A Respectable Trade 3.81 avg rating — 9,591 ratings
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Save Me the Waltz
Save Me the Waltz 3.52 avg rating — 4,454 ratings
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