Best Novels in Female Perspective

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,809 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,098 ratings
3.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,772 ratings
4.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,068 ratings
5.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,406 ratings
6.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,150 ratings
7.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,761 ratings
8.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,977 ratings
9.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,072 ratings
10.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
11.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
12.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
13.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,984 ratings
14.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,066 ratings
15.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,676 ratings
16.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,183 ratings
17.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,693 ratings
18.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,802 ratings
19.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,448 ratings
20.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,084 ratings
21.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,420 ratings
22.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,341 ratings
23.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,372 ratings
24.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,820 ratings
25.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,783 ratings
26.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,281 ratings
27.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,422 ratings
28.
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 94,356 ratings
29.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,223 ratings
30.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,247 ratings
31.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,318 ratings
32.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,753 ratings
33.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,342 ratings
34.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 579,968 ratings
35.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,096 ratings
36.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,753 ratings
37.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,957 ratings
38.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,212 ratings
39.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,570 ratings
40.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,972 ratings
41.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,380 ratings
42.
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating — 138,052 ratings
43.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,581 ratings
44.
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 94,555 ratings
45.
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 378,236 ratings
46.
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
Voyager (Outlander, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 325,468 ratings
47.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,094 ratings
48.
The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) 4.26 avg rating — 223,049 ratings
49.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,204 ratings
50.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,009 ratings
51.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
52.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,692 ratings
53.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,852 ratings
54.
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 264,741 ratings
55.
A Tempest Soul
A Tempest Soul 4.11 avg rating — 297 ratings
56.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,026 ratings
57.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
58.
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating — 67,612 ratings
59.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,602 ratings
60.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating — 6,393 ratings
61.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,666 ratings
62.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,686 ratings
63.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,557 ratings
64.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
65.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,372 ratings
66.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,685 ratings
67.
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
68.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
69.
Sundowners
Sundowners 4.15 avg rating — 1,408 ratings
70.
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,388 ratings
71.
The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine, #1)
The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 10,052 ratings
72.
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls 3.86 avg rating — 75,301 ratings
73.
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 76,470 ratings
74.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,941 ratings
75.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,959 ratings
75.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,132 ratings
77.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 158,981 ratings
78.
A Place Called Freedom
A Place Called Freedom 4.07 avg rating — 44,371 ratings
79.
House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog 3.86 avg rating — 135,353 ratings
80.
Summer Sisters
Summer Sisters 3.86 avg rating — 126,038 ratings
81.
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating — 46,857 ratings
82.
Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River 4.03 avg rating — 99,194 ratings
83.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,555 ratings
84.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,673 ratings
85.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
86.
Beneath a Marble Sky
Beneath a Marble Sky 4.02 avg rating — 15,284 ratings
87.
Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,852 ratings
88.
The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
by: Meg Cabot
3.81 avg rating — 260,723 ratings
89.
...And Ladies of the Club
...And Ladies of the Club 4.15 avg rating — 13,116 ratings
90.
Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating — 355,942 ratings
91.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,381 ratings
91.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,396 ratings
93.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,987 ratings
94.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,156 ratings
95.
Illuminating Gracie
Illuminating Gracie 3.98 avg rating — 94 ratings
96.
The Aloha Spirit
The Aloha Spirit 4.17 avg rating — 127 ratings
97.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,782 ratings
98.
Slow Burn (Lost Kings MC, #1)
Slow Burn (Lost Kings MC, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
99.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,534 ratings
100.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,699 ratings
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