Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,067 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,081 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,809 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,767 ratings
5.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,943 ratings
6.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,150 ratings
7.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,182 ratings
8.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,186 ratings
9.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,753 ratings
10.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
11.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,170 ratings
12.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,179 ratings
13.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,043 ratings
14.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,970 ratings
15.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,761 ratings
16.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,450 ratings
17.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,936 ratings
18.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,023 ratings
19.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
20.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,837 ratings
21.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,795 ratings
22.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,833 ratings
23.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,744 ratings
24.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,486 ratings
25.
The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle, #4)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 209,441 ratings
26.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,467 ratings
27.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
28.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,575 ratings
29.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,555 ratings
30.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,452 ratings
31.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,908 ratings
32.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,367 ratings
33.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,519 ratings
34.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
35.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,418 ratings
36.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,406 ratings
36.
House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17)
House of Spies (Gabriel Allon, #17) 4.31 avg rating — 33,804 ratings
38.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
39.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,821 ratings
40.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,906 ratings
41.
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,440 ratings
42.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,795 ratings
43.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,929 ratings
44.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,438 ratings
45.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,165 ratings
46.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,274 ratings
47.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,084 ratings
48.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,728 ratings
49.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,153 ratings
50.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,977 ratings
51.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,152 ratings
52.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,203 ratings
53.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,965 ratings
54.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,282 ratings
55.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,937 ratings
56.
Midnight Sacrifice (Midnight, #2)
Midnight Sacrifice (Midnight, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 20,430 ratings
57.
The 7th Canon
The 7th Canon 4.28 avg rating — 26,903 ratings
58.
Her Final Breath (Tracy Crosswhite, #2)
Her Final Breath (Tracy Crosswhite, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 68,586 ratings
59.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,862 ratings
60.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,430 ratings
61.
Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,316 ratings
62.
Factotum
Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 74,337 ratings
63.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,273 ratings
64.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating — 30,298 ratings
65.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,100 ratings
66.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,632 ratings
67.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,735 ratings
68.
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 163,949 ratings
69.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,536 ratings
70.
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17,411 ratings
71.
In Farleigh Field
In Farleigh Field 4.01 avg rating — 70,782 ratings
72.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
73.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,599 ratings
74.
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 — 568,930 ratings
75.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
76.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,367 ratings
77.
Watchers
Watchers 4.19 avg rating — 170,060 ratings
78.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,503 ratings
79.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,042 ratings
80.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,697 ratings
81.
A Merciful Truth (Mercy Kilpatrick, #2)
A Merciful Truth (Mercy Kilpatrick, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 31,808 ratings
82.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,598 ratings
83.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,052 ratings
84.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,984 ratings
85.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,771 ratings
86.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
87.
Midnight Obsession (Midnight, #4)
Midnight Obsession (Midnight, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 17,290 ratings
88.
Regeneration (Regeneration #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,024 ratings
89.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,215 ratings
90.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,932 ratings
91.
The Good Earth (House of Earth #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
92.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 4.24 avg rating — 6,877 ratings
93.
In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3)
In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 60,213 ratings
94.
Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1)
Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 102,078 ratings
95.
A Merciful Secret (Mercy Kilpatrick, #3)
A Merciful Secret (Mercy Kilpatrick, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 28,682 ratings
96.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,904 ratings
97.
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 180,455 ratings
98.
A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick, #1)
A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 55,723 ratings
99.
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,709 ratings
100.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,036 ratings
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