Favourite female writers

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,689 ratings
2.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,059 ratings
3.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,929 ratings
4.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,918 ratings
5.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,727 ratings
6.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,266 ratings
7.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,045 ratings
8.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,966 ratings
9.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
10.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,332 ratings
11.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,816 ratings
12.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,921 ratings
13.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,837 ratings
14.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,009 ratings
15.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
16.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,684 ratings
17.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,032 ratings
18.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,070 ratings
19.
Oyster
Oyster 3.79 avg rating — 560 ratings
19.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,199 ratings
21.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
22.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,100 ratings
23.
Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight
by: Jean Rhys
3.86 avg rating — 12,136 ratings
23.
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,139 ratings
25.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,232 ratings
26.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,697 ratings
27.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,640 ratings
28.
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian 4.22 avg rating — 27,689 ratings
29.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,447 ratings
30.
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25) 4.01 avg rating — 36,533 ratings
31.
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 47,929 ratings
31.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,504 ratings
33.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,283 ratings
34.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,939 ratings
35.
Burning Bright
Burning Bright 3.41 avg rating — 15,417 ratings
36.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn & Maggie-Now
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn & Maggie-Now 4.42 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
37.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,202 ratings
38.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,032 ratings
38.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield 4.14 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
38.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,992 ratings
41.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
42.
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays 3.83 avg rating — 6,109 ratings
43.
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 260,172 ratings
44.
The Bell
The Bell 3.92 avg rating — 10,038 ratings
45.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,344 ratings
46.
The Good Terrorist
The Good Terrorist 3.68 avg rating — 4,446 ratings
46.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,125,796 ratings
48.
Home (Gilead, #2)
Home (Gilead, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 29,638 ratings
49.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,779 ratings
50.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
50.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,672 ratings
52.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,214 ratings
53.
The Diviners
The Diviners 4.18 avg rating — 7,915 ratings
54.
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 32,488 ratings
55.
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
by: Mina Loy
4.16 avg rating — 1,889 ratings
56.
Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
57.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 116,988 ratings
58.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,905 ratings
59.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,763 ratings
60.
Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior 3.87 avg rating — 13,207 ratings
61.
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 556,212 ratings
62.
XVI (XVI, #1)
XVI (XVI, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 7,707 ratings
63.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,896 ratings
64.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,985 ratings
65.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,088 ratings
65.
The Female Eunuch
The Female Eunuch 3.68 avg rating — 7,401 ratings
65.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,137 ratings
65.
Linked (Linked, #1)
Linked (Linked, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,921 ratings
69.
America's First Daughter
America's First Daughter 4.23 avg rating — 66,609 ratings
70.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,810 ratings
71.
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread 3.44 avg rating — 99,559 ratings
72.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,171 ratings
73.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,444 ratings
73.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,949 ratings
75.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.04 avg rating — 344,889 ratings
76.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,914 ratings
77.
Only Ever Yours
Only Ever Yours 3.76 avg rating — 17,980 ratings
78.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
79.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 4.14 avg rating — 28,852 ratings
80.
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,843 ratings
81.
Smoky Night
Smoky Night 3.91 avg rating — 7,417 ratings
82.
The Grand Sophy
The Grand Sophy 4.17 avg rating — 35,596 ratings
82.
Arabella
Arabella 4.09 avg rating — 22,362 ratings
84.
Babushka's Doll
Babushka's Doll 4.19 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
85.
Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,235 ratings
85.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,737 ratings
87.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,843 ratings
88.
North of Beautiful
North of Beautiful 3.92 avg rating — 35,782 ratings
89.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,387 ratings
90.
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,751 ratings
91.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,555 ratings
92.
The Complete Collected Poems
The Complete Collected Poems 4.44 avg rating — 13,862 ratings
93.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,942 ratings
94.
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 312,656 ratings
95.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,788 ratings
96.
Unseen
Unseen 3.22 avg rating — 36 ratings
96.
The Ark
The Ark 3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings
96.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,172 ratings
96.
Het Woud der Verwachting: Het leven van Charles van Orléans
Het Woud der Verwachting: Het leven van Charles van Orléans 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
96.
Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving
Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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