Best Women's Fiction to Read at the Holidays

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Hometown Girl at Heart (Hometown, #1)
Hometown Girl at Heart (Hometown, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 3,954 ratings
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Société
Société 4.27 avg rating — 387 ratings
100.
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna 4.29 avg rating — 8,747 ratings
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February
February 3.71 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
104.
The Postmistress (Maiden's Creek #1)
The Postmistress (Maiden's Creek #1) 4.10 avg rating — 942 ratings
106.
Dirt Music
Dirt Music 3.87 avg rating — 15,188 ratings
106.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,630 ratings
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Twisted Love
Twisted Love 4.16 avg rating — 203 ratings
106.
The Kennedy Debutante
The Kennedy Debutante 3.88 avg rating — 7,265 ratings
110.
Godenslaap
Godenslaap 3.69 avg rating — 2,238 ratings
110.
Raincheck
Raincheck 4.17 avg rating — 492 ratings
110.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock 3.66 avg rating — 29,098 ratings
113.
The Country Girls Trilogy & Epilogue (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1-3)
The Country Girls Trilogy & Epilogue (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1-3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,341 ratings
113.
Fed Up! A Relatable Memoir
Fed Up! A Relatable Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 177 ratings
113.
Christmas in Smithville (Hometown, #4)
Christmas in Smithville (Hometown, #4) 4.31 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
113.
Hometown Girl at Heart (Hometown, #1)
Hometown Girl at Heart (Hometown, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 3,954 ratings
113.
A Single Thread
A Single Thread 3.75 avg rating — 32,353 ratings
118.
Gitte
Gitte 3.29 avg rating — 156 ratings
118.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,071 ratings
118.
The Summer Queen
The Summer Queen 3.92 avg rating — 111 ratings
121.
For the Love of Armin
For the Love of Armin 4.30 avg rating — 1,140 ratings
121.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,830 ratings
121.
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel 4.02 avg rating — 5,994 ratings
124.
De thuiskomst
De thuiskomst 3.83 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
124.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,257 ratings
124.
Lady Clementine
Lady Clementine 3.84 avg rating — 32,318 ratings
127.
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad 3.72 avg rating — 83,730 ratings
127.
The Undomestic Goddess
The Undomestic Goddess 3.86 avg rating — 309,069 ratings
127.
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 180,210 ratings
130.
The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride 3.83 avg rating — 49,007 ratings
130.
The Last Grand Duchess
The Last Grand Duchess 3.74 avg rating — 3,165 ratings
132.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,264 ratings
133.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
134.
A Jest of God
A Jest of God 3.96 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
135.
The Fire-Dwellers
The Fire-Dwellers 3.91 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
136.
A Bird in the House
A Bird in the House 3.95 avg rating — 2,868 ratings
137.
The Diviners
The Diviners 4.18 avg rating — 7,915 ratings
138.
Clara Morison
Clara Morison 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings
139.
Scented Gardens for the Blind
Scented Gardens for the Blind 3.94 avg rating — 326 ratings
140.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The Sound of One Hand Clapping 3.77 avg rating — 5,370 ratings
141.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
142.
Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle 3.67 avg rating — 15,291 ratings
143.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,572 ratings
144.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,134 ratings
145.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,799 ratings
146.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,692 ratings
147.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,091 ratings
148.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,977 ratings
149.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
150.
Sophy / Léon-Léonie / Nachtelijk Avontuur
Sophy / Léon-Léonie / Nachtelijk Avontuur 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
151.
Frederica
Frederica 4.19 avg rating — 24,342 ratings
152.
Faro's Daughter
Faro's Daughter 3.97 avg rating — 15,582 ratings
153.
The Grand Sophy
The Grand Sophy 4.17 avg rating — 35,598 ratings
154.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,197 ratings
155.
The Colour
The Colour 3.86 avg rating — 6,444 ratings
156.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,487 ratings
157.
Arabella
Arabella 4.09 avg rating — 22,363 ratings
158.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,762 ratings
159.
De tweeling
De tweeling 3.61 avg rating — 6,270 ratings
160.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,098 ratings
161.
Lilian's Story
Lilian's Story 3.70 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
162.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,582 ratings
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