75 Books All Women Should Read by Jezebel

1.
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,088 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,894 ratings
3.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,144 ratings
4.
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 — 568,941 ratings
5.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
5.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,794 ratings
7.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,332 ratings
8.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
9.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,953 ratings
10.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,866 ratings
11.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,052 ratings
12.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,446 ratings
13.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,195 ratings
14.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,949 ratings
15.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,209 ratings
16.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating — 11,889 ratings
17.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,781 ratings
18.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,587 ratings
19.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,852 ratings
20.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,520 ratings
21.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
22.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,653 ratings
23.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,978 ratings
24.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,016 ratings
24.
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls 3.86 avg rating — 75,303 ratings
26.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,175 ratings
27.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,537 ratings
28.
Runaway: Stories
Runaway: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 27,362 ratings
28.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,617 ratings
30.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,837 ratings
30.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
32.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
33.
The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man 3.95 avg rating — 2,120 ratings
34.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,202 ratings
35.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,502 ratings
36.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
36.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories 4.01 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
38.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,148 ratings
38.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
40.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
41.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,218 ratings
42.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
43.
Spending
Spending 3.74 avg rating — 929 ratings
43.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
45.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
45.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,275 ratings
47.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,932 ratings
48.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
49.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
50.
Three Lives
Three Lives 3.07 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
51.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,035 ratings
52.
The Harsh Voice
The Harsh Voice 3.90 avg rating — 67 ratings
53.
Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior 3.87 avg rating — 13,207 ratings
54.
Earthly Paradise
Earthly Paradise
by: Colette
4.33 avg rating — 257 ratings
54.
Property
Property 3.70 avg rating — 5,850 ratings
54.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,516 ratings
54.
You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This 3.76 avg rating — 2,441 ratings
58.
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays 4.14 avg rating — 9,995 ratings
59.
Excellent Women
Excellent Women 3.91 avg rating — 19,594 ratings
60.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
61.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,159 ratings
62.
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle 3.97 avg rating — 2,554 ratings
63.
The Face of War
The Face of War 4.32 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
63.
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2)
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,027 ratings
63.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,746 ratings
66.
Three Junes
Three Junes 3.57 avg rating — 45,079 ratings
66.
Delta of Venus
Delta of Venus 3.61 avg rating — 24,714 ratings
68.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,749 ratings
69.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,039 ratings
70.
Like Life
Like Life 4.06 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
71.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,276 ratings
71.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,736 ratings
73.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating — 71,373 ratings
74.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,838 ratings
75.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings