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

101.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,202,536 ratings
102.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,026 ratings
103.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating β€” 189,920 ratings
104.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,733,135 ratings
104.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating β€” 304,623 ratings
106.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10,850 ratings
107.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,850 ratings
108.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating β€” 179,585 ratings
109.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating β€” 126,451 ratings
110.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,325,639 ratings
111.
The Ballad of the Sad CafΓ© and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad CafΓ© and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,467 ratings
112.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 281,978 ratings
113.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating β€” 105,232 ratings
114.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating β€” 70,302 ratings
115.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,603 ratings
116.
Little Women
Little Women 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,393,079 ratings
117.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley 3.95 avg rating β€” 110,514 ratings
118.
Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1)
Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 12,659 ratings
119.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating β€” 312,384 ratings
120.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,107 ratings
121.
The Eighth Sister (Charles Jenkins, #1)
The Eighth Sister (Charles Jenkins, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 40,158 ratings
122.
The Body Reader (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries, #1)
The Body Reader (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 33,063 ratings
123.
Midnight Exposure (Midnight, #1)
Midnight Exposure (Midnight, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 26,079 ratings
124.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating β€” 46,995 ratings
125.
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,155 ratings
125.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,716 ratings
127.
Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5)
Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5) 4.31 avg rating β€” 44,488 ratings
128.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,184 ratings
129.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating β€” 131,691 ratings
129.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating β€” 34,186 ratings
131.
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea 3.96 avg rating β€” 24,392 ratings
131.
The Garden Party
The Garden Party 3.80 avg rating β€” 13,137 ratings
131.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,068,428 ratings
134.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 435,542 ratings
135.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,266,169 ratings
136.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating β€” 176,926 ratings
137.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating β€” 473,461 ratings
138.
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,743 ratings
139.
The Unit
The Unit 3.75 avg rating β€” 11,557 ratings
140.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating β€” 213,868 ratings
141.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,292 ratings
142.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,364 ratings
142.
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy 3.81 avg rating β€” 267 ratings
142.
Black Indian: A Memoir
Black Indian: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
145.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating β€” 489,785 ratings
146.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,284 ratings
147.
Nine Elms (Kate Marshall, #1)
Nine Elms (Kate Marshall, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 29,326 ratings
148.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,235 ratings
148.
The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3)
The Killer Collective (John Rain, #10; Ben Treven, #4; Livia Lone, #3) 4.03 avg rating β€” 26,402 ratings
150.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating β€” 95,613 ratings
151.
False Step
False Step 3.62 avg rating β€” 17,509 ratings
152.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating β€” 14,348 ratings
152.
One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1)
One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,263 ratings
154.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum
by: Mo Yan
3.80 avg rating β€” 8,540 ratings
155.
The King Must Die
The King Must Die 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,101 ratings
156.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating β€” 592,717 ratings
157.
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating β€” 43,683 ratings
158.
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind 4.30 avg rating β€” 696,710 ratings
159.
Ice
Ice 3.65 avg rating β€” 11,090 ratings
160.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,572 ratings
161.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating β€” 8,891 ratings
162.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,052 ratings
163.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,962,120 ratings
164.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating β€” 167,140 ratings
165.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating β€” 269,405 ratings
166.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,498 ratings
167.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,698 ratings
168.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating β€” 68,154 ratings
169.
Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,805 ratings
170.
The Dark Bones (A Dark Lure, #2)
The Dark Bones (A Dark Lure, #2) 4.23 avg rating β€” 23,783 ratings
171.
Thin Air (Jessica Shaw, #1)
Thin Air (Jessica Shaw, #1)
by: Lisa Gray
3.94 avg rating β€” 51,177 ratings
172.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,521 ratings
172.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating β€” 702,481 ratings
174.
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood 3.98 avg rating β€” 336,750 ratings
175.
Cold Waters (Normal, Alabama #1)
Cold Waters (Normal, Alabama #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 17,580 ratings
176.
What You Did
What You Did 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,286 ratings
177.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye 3.84 avg rating β€” 7,040 ratings
177.
The Last Time I Saw You
The Last Time I Saw You 3.51 avg rating β€” 33,768 ratings
179.
Blood and Guts in High School
Blood and Guts in High School 3.46 avg rating β€” 6,852 ratings
179.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 335,212 ratings
181.
So Big
So Big 4.08 avg rating β€” 12,242 ratings
182.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction 3.72 avg rating β€” 50,553 ratings
183.
The Blade Artist (Mark Renton, #4)
The Blade Artist (Mark Renton, #4) 3.83 avg rating β€” 7,937 ratings
184.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating β€” 195,800 ratings
185.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,206 ratings
186.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 80,280 ratings
187.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating β€” 117,011 ratings
188.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating β€” 59,333 ratings
189.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating β€” 114,176 ratings
189.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating β€” 32,887 ratings
191.
Intuition
Intuition 3.33 avg rating β€” 4,212 ratings
192.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 3.60 avg rating β€” 6,830 ratings
192.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,980 ratings
192.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating β€” 768,696 ratings
195.
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels 4.40 avg rating β€” 38,969 ratings
196.
Epitaph of a Small Winner
Epitaph of a Small Winner 4.26 avg rating β€” 36,385 ratings
197.
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 96,151 ratings
198.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating β€” 49,513 ratings
199.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating β€” 62,009 ratings
200.
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling 4.25 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
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