Women authors who don't write chick lit

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,390 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,827 ratings
3.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,409 ratings
4.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,101 ratings
5.
Revenge in 3 Parts (Angeline Porter Trilogy #1)
Revenge in 3 Parts (Angeline Porter Trilogy #1) 4.33 avg rating — 45 ratings
6.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,333 ratings
7.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,909 ratings
8.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,942 ratings
9.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,758 ratings
9.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,032 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 — 135,448 ratings
12.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,325 ratings
13.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,054 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,319 ratings
15.
Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet
Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet 4.26 avg rating — 94 ratings
16.
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,511 ratings
17.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,574 ratings
18.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,134 ratings
19.
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 172,595 ratings
19.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,943 ratings
21.
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers 4.20 avg rating — 118,231 ratings
22.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,201 ratings
23.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,291 ratings
24.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,927 ratings
25.
Terrier (Beka Cooper, #1)
Terrier (Beka Cooper, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 69,770 ratings
26.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,986 ratings
26.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,714 ratings
28.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,052 ratings
29.
Hiroshima mon amour
Hiroshima mon amour 3.87 avg rating — 6,837 ratings
30.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,904 ratings
31.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating — 11,889 ratings
32.
The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln
The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln 3.87 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
33.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,271 ratings
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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,214 ratings
35.
A Gentle Hell
A Gentle Hell 4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings
35.
In the Land of Cotton
In the Land of Cotton 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Stony Kill
Stony Kill 3.86 avg rating — 58 ratings
38.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,261 ratings
39.
The Crooked God Machine
The Crooked God Machine 3.87 avg rating — 490 ratings
40.
Ghosts Can Bleed
Ghosts Can Bleed 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
41.
Let It Bleed
Let It Bleed 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Sunshine
Sunshine 3.84 avg rating — 43,830 ratings
41.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
44.
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks: (American Poets Project #19)
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks: (American Poets Project #19) 4.35 avg rating — 906 ratings
44.
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes 4.17 avg rating — 409,028 ratings
44.
The Days of the Deer
The Days of the Deer 3.91 avg rating — 3,777 ratings
44.
The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 60,003 ratings
48.
Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My!
Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My! 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
48.
Birds in the Mouth
Birds in the Mouth 3.72 avg rating — 14,865 ratings
50.
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 252,285 ratings
50.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.16 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
50.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,843 ratings
50.
Regarding the Pain of Others
Regarding the Pain of Others 4.10 avg rating — 20,918 ratings
50.
A Time to Wail: An Indian Country Novel
A Time to Wail: An Indian Country Novel 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
55.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,776 ratings
56.
Homeland
Homeland 3.78 avg rating — 323 ratings
56.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating — 134,371 ratings
58.
Gentlemen and Players (Malbry, #1)
Gentlemen and Players (Malbry, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 18,947 ratings
59.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.30 avg rating — 4,026 ratings
59.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,171 ratings
61.
The Choir
The Choir 3.80 avg rating — 2,712 ratings
62.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,024 ratings
63.
Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating — 2,806 ratings
63.
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
65.
Soul/Mate
Soul/Mate 3.44 avg rating — 136 ratings
65.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,373 ratings
67.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,894 ratings
67.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,150 ratings
69.
Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York
Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York 3.78 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
69.
Fire and Hemlock
Fire and Hemlock 3.96 avg rating — 10,994 ratings
71.
Skylight Confessions
Skylight Confessions 3.72 avg rating — 9,740 ratings
71.
First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
First Test (Protector of the Small, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 62,895 ratings
71.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,198 ratings
74.
Bellwether
Bellwether 3.93 avg rating — 13,558 ratings
74.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,448 ratings
74.
Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales 4.10 avg rating — 15,539 ratings
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At the Edge of the Orchard
At the Edge of the Orchard 3.68 avg rating — 22,763 ratings
78.
Cleopatra's Daughter
Cleopatra's Daughter 4.12 avg rating — 30,535 ratings
79.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.32 avg rating — 7,024 ratings
79.
Falling Angels
Falling Angels 3.63 avg rating — 26,804 ratings
81.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,660 ratings
82.
A Grave Talent (Kate Martinelli, #1)
A Grave Talent (Kate Martinelli, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 7,908 ratings
82.
The Birds
The Birds 3.90 avg rating — 6,260 ratings
82.
Guinevere (Guinevere, #1)
Guinevere (Guinevere, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 693 ratings
85.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,766 ratings
86.
Letters: Summer 1926
Letters: Summer 1926 4.23 avg rating — 354 ratings
87.
Briar Rose
Briar Rose 3.80 avg rating — 14,984 ratings
87.
Those Who Hunt the Night (James Asher #1)
Those Who Hunt the Night (James Asher #1) 3.87 avg rating — 5,026 ratings
89.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,772 ratings
89.
The Grey King (The Dark is Rising, #4)
The Grey King (The Dark is Rising, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 39,978 ratings
91.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,142 ratings
92.
One True Thing
One True Thing 4.05 avg rating — 39,903 ratings
92.
Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5)
Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 35,770 ratings
94.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,449 ratings
95.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,492 ratings
96.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,163 ratings
97.
The Pandora Principle (Star Trek: The Original Series #49)
The Pandora Principle (Star Trek: The Original Series #49) 3.83 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
98.
Star Wars: Children of the Jedi (The Callista Trilogy, #1)
Star Wars: Children of the Jedi (The Callista Trilogy, #1) 3.26 avg rating — 9,823 ratings
99.
Star Wars: Planet of Twilight (The Callista Trilogy, #3)
Star Wars: Planet of Twilight (The Callista Trilogy, #3) 3.04 avg rating — 4,862 ratings
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Star Wars: The Crystal Star
Star Wars: The Crystal Star 3.09 avg rating — 8,689 ratings
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