Feminista's 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women

1.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,618 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,390 ratings
3.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,848 ratings
4.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,543 ratings
5.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,909 ratings
6.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,904 ratings
7.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,362 ratings
8.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,227 ratings
9.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,985 ratings
10.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,396 ratings
11.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,142 ratings
12.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,596 ratings
13.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,515 ratings
14.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,762 ratings
15.
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 — 568,908 ratings
16.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
17.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,904 ratings
18.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,254 ratings
19.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,119 ratings
20.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,989 ratings
21.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,923 ratings
22.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,580 ratings
23.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
24.
Anagrams
Anagrams 3.92 avg rating — 4,997 ratings
25.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,264 ratings
26.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,133 ratings
27.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,713 ratings
28.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,023 ratings
29.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
30.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,758 ratings
31.
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,135 ratings
32.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,466 ratings
33.
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle 3.97 avg rating — 2,554 ratings
34.
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
35.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,344 ratings
36.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,484 ratings
37.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,843 ratings
38.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
39.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,856 ratings
40.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
41.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
42.
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac 3.61 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
43.
So Far from God
So Far from God 3.88 avg rating — 4,450 ratings
44.
The Women's Room
The Women's Room 3.99 avg rating — 9,269 ratings
45.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,249 ratings
46.
Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry 3.96 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
47.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,496 ratings
47.
Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating — 8,228 ratings
49.
A Severed Head
A Severed Head 3.74 avg rating — 6,551 ratings
50.
Black Tickets: Stories
Black Tickets: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
51.
Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker 4.12 avg rating — 290 ratings
52.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools 3.67 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
53.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,727 ratings
53.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 10,100 ratings
55.
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water 3.65 avg rating — 29,583 ratings
56.
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1)
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
56.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
58.
The Age of Grief
The Age of Grief 3.73 avg rating — 3,602 ratings
59.
You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This 3.76 avg rating — 2,441 ratings
60.
Frost in May (Frost in May #1)
Frost in May (Frost in May #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
61.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,927 ratings
62.
The Bottle Factory Outing
The Bottle Factory Outing 3.37 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
63.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,274 ratings
64.
Elders and Betters
Elders and Betters 3.38 avg rating — 45 ratings
65.
Clear Light of Day
Clear Light of Day 3.72 avg rating — 4,002 ratings
66.
Stones for Ibarra
Stones for Ibarra really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,296 ratings
67.
The Radiant Way
The Radiant Way 3.78 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
68.
Second Class Citizen
Second Class Citizen 4.09 avg rating — 4,597 ratings
69.
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3)
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3) 3.94 avg rating — 13,676 ratings
70.
At Freddie's
At Freddie's 3.56 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
71.
The Mind-Body Problem
The Mind-Body Problem 3.83 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
72.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,096 ratings
73.
The Rest of Her Life
The Rest of Her Life 3.43 avg rating — 8,049 ratings
74.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,800 ratings
75.
When Rain Clouds Gather
When Rain Clouds Gather 3.84 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
76.
The Furies (New York Review Books Classics)
The Furies (New York Review Books Classics) 3.98 avg rating — 302 ratings
77.
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust 3.55 avg rating — 8,489 ratings
78.
Lucy
Lucy 3.83 avg rating — 13,948 ratings
79.
The Fire-Dwellers
The Fire-Dwellers 3.91 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
80.
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger 3.91 avg rating — 18,393 ratings
81.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 3.60 avg rating — 6,830 ratings
82.
The Balkan Trilogy
The Balkan Trilogy 4.17 avg rating — 2,855 ratings
83.
Mama
Mama 4.22 avg rating — 10,251 ratings
84.
Patience & Sarah
Patience & Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
85.
Wife
Wife 3.44 avg rating — 288 ratings
86.
Lives of Girls and Women
Lives of Girls and Women 3.95 avg rating — 15,707 ratings
87.
House of Splendid Isolation
House of Splendid Isolation 3.63 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
88.
Braided Lives
Braided Lives 3.90 avg rating — 884 ratings
89.
The Golden Spur
The Golden Spur 3.92 avg rating — 327 ratings
90.
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 3.85 avg rating — 689 ratings
91.
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept 3.48 avg rating — 7,536 ratings
92.
The Volcano Lover
The Volcano Lover 3.64 avg rating — 3,176 ratings
93.
Angel
Angel 3.88 avg rating — 3,010 ratings
94.
If Morning Ever Comes
If Morning Ever Comes 3.54 avg rating — 4,678 ratings
95.
The Life and Loves of a She Devil
The Life and Loves of a She Devil 3.76 avg rating — 6,284 ratings
96.
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier 3.69 avg rating — 9,006 ratings
97.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 3,130 ratings
98.
Saints and Sinners: Stories
Saints and Sinners: Stories 3.63 avg rating — 923 ratings
99.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
100.
Away
Away 3.83 avg rating — 6,212 ratings