Female Biographies
101. 
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
by:
Jennifer Worth
4.19 avg rating — 77,378 ratings 
103. 
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 4.03 avg rating — 8,270 ratings
107. 
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.
by:
Sarah Helm
4.09 avg rating — 2,065 ratings 
110. 
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
by:
Allie Brosh
4.17 avg rating — 213,864 ratings 
113. 
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
by:
Anne Sebba
3.44 avg rating — 4,656 ratings 
116. 
118. 
An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
by:
Janet Frame
4.21 avg rating — 2,516 ratings 120. 
122. 
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
by:
Gail Collins
4.16 avg rating — 4,836 ratings 123. 
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating — 4,657 ratings 
125. 
The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia
by:
Greg King
4.16 avg rating — 448 ratings 126. 
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
by:
Eleanor Herman
3.89 avg rating — 5,178 ratings 127. 
130. 
See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era
by:
Tara T. Green
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 130. 
Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra
by:
Ericka Kim Verba
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
134. 
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
by:
Alice Echols
3.83 avg rating — 2,276 ratings 135. 
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
by:
Joy Adamson
4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings 136. 
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
by:
Jung Chang
3.91 avg rating — 10,431 ratings 137. 
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale
by:
Gillian Gill
3.80 avg rating — 435 ratings 
141. 
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
by:
Jill Lepore
3.67 avg rating — 4,735 ratings 142. 
143. 
Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
by:
Tracy Borman
4.03 avg rating — 2,773 ratings 144. 
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
by:
Caroline Weber
4.17 avg rating — 3,562 ratings 145. 
148. 
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
by:
Janet Mock
4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings 
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156. 
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
by:
Wendy Moore
3.92 avg rating — 1,852 ratings 157. 
The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English 3.93 avg rating — 135 ratings
159. 
159. 
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by:
Vicki Myron
3.87 avg rating — 62,008 ratings 161. 
164. 
Straight on Till Morning: the Biography of Beryl Markham
by:
Mary S. Lovell
4.15 avg rating — 2,301 ratings 165. 
166. 
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
by:
Kara Cooney
3.65 avg rating — 7,513 ratings 
168. 
Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley
by:
Alison Weir
4.05 avg rating — 5,888 ratings 
171. 
Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter
by:
Susan Nagel
3.98 avg rating — 2,772 ratings 172. 
No Pressure, No Diamonds: Mining for Gifts in Illness and Loss
by:
Teri A. Dillion
4.65 avg rating — 161 ratings 
175. 
A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton
by:
Carl Bernstein
3.93 avg rating — 3,376 ratings 176. 
183. 
The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter
by:
Matthew Dennison
3.81 avg rating — 1,056 ratings 183. 
The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings, Prayers, and Sayings of St. Thérèse 4.43 avg rating — 19,749 ratings
185. 
Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World
by:
Andrea Barnet
4.28 avg rating — 564 ratings 
186. 
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
by:
Adeline Yen Mah
4.08 avg rating — 40,817 ratings 188. 
From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847--1928
by:
Julia P. Gelardi
4.01 avg rating — 865 ratings 188. 
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson
by:
Paula Byrne
3.78 avg rating — 668 ratings 
198. 
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
by:
William Souder
3.91 avg rating — 933 ratings 
