Early Female Fiction Writers

1.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
2.
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
by: Sappho
4.43 avg rating — 20,759 ratings
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The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies 3.80 avg rating — 4,256 ratings
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Oroonoko
Oroonoko 3.01 avg rating — 16,384 ratings
5.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating — 16,588 ratings
6.
The Lais of Marie de France
The Lais of Marie de France 3.83 avg rating — 9,665 ratings
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The Heptameron
The Heptameron 3.59 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
8.
Evelina
Evelina 3.70 avg rating — 18,231 ratings
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Poems of Lady Mary Wroth
Poems of Lady Mary Wroth 3.65 avg rating — 104 ratings
10.
Cecilia
Cecilia 3.77 avg rating — 3,914 ratings
11.
Poems and Fragments
Poems and Fragments
by: Sappho
4.17 avg rating — 10,972 ratings
12.
The Female Quixote
The Female Quixote 3.52 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
13.
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna 4.23 avg rating — 375 ratings
14.
The First Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania (MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEXTS AND STUDIES, Volume 140)
The First Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania (MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEXTS AND STUDIES, Volume 140) 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings
15.
A Book of Women Poets: From Antiquity to Now
A Book of Women Poets: From Antiquity to Now 4.40 avg rating — 189 ratings
16.
The Princesse de Clèves
The Princesse de Clèves 3.35 avg rating — 18,136 ratings
17.
The Italian
The Italian 3.53 avg rating — 6,011 ratings
18.
Camilla
Camilla 3.75 avg rating — 2,883 ratings
19.
Complete Poems
Complete Poems 4.24 avg rating — 143 ratings
20.
Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance
Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
21.
Salve Deus Rex Judæorum
Salve Deus Rex Judæorum 3.67 avg rating — 389 ratings
22.
A Sicilian Romance
A Sicilian Romance 3.39 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
23.
Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Poems of Phillis Wheatley 3.86 avg rating — 431 ratings
23.
Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
25.
The Sylph
The Sylph 3.64 avg rating — 164 ratings
26.
The Coquette
The Coquette 3.36 avg rating — 3,500 ratings
27.
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong 4.14 avg rating — 368 ratings
28.
The Blazing World and Other Writings
The Blazing World and Other Writings 3.26 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
29.
Urania: A Romance
Urania: A Romance 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
29.
The Poems of Sulpicia
The Poems of Sulpicia 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings
31.
Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw
Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
32.
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus and Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus and Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
33.
Sonnets for Michelangelo: A Bilingual Edition
Sonnets for Michelangelo: A Bilingual Edition 3.97 avg rating — 35 ratings
33.
A Simple Story
A Simple Story 3.48 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
35.
Dialogue on the Infinity of Love
Dialogue on the Infinity of Love 3.87 avg rating — 106 ratings
36.
The Works of Anne Bradstreet
The Works of Anne Bradstreet 3.68 avg rating — 580 ratings
37.
Artamène ou Le Grand Cyrus: extraits
Artamène ou Le Grand Cyrus: extraits 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
37.
Śiva's Demon Devotee: Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār
Śiva's Demon Devotee: Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
39.
Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems
Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems 4.14 avg rating — 406 ratings
40.
Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney and Amelia Lanyer: Renaissance Women Poets
Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney and Amelia Lanyer: Renaissance Women Poets 3.59 avg rating — 109 ratings
40.
Classical Women Poets
Classical Women Poets 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
42.
Poems of Queen Elizabeth I
Poems of Queen Elizabeth I 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
43.
The Second Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania, by Lady Mary Wroth (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, vol. 211) (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) (Volume 211)
The Second Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania, by Lady Mary Wroth (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, vol. 211) (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) (Volume 211) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
44.
Corinne, or Italy
Corinne, or Italy 3.60 avg rating — 604 ratings
45.
The New Atalantis
The New Atalantis 3.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
46.
The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim
The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim 3.43 avg rating — 90 ratings
47.
Anti-Pamela and Shamela
Anti-Pamela and Shamela 3.34 avg rating — 275 ratings
48.
The Adventures of a Young Lady and Other Works
The Adventures of a Young Lady and Other Works 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
49.
De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart
De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart 3.06 avg rating — 894 ratings
49.
Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present, II: The Twentieth Century
Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present, II: The Twentieth Century 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings
49.
Poems, Emblems, and The Unfortunate Florinda (Volume 32) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)
Poems, Emblems, and The Unfortunate Florinda (Volume 32) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series) 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
49.
The Prodigious Muse: Women's Writing in Counter-Reformation Italy
The Prodigious Muse: Women's Writing in Counter-Reformation Italy 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
53.
Sonetos y villancicos (Fondo 2000) (Spanish Edition)
Sonetos y villancicos (Fondo 2000) (Spanish Edition) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
53.
The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha
The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings
53.
A History of Women's Writing in Italy
A History of Women's Writing in Italy 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
56.
Novelas amorosas y ejemplares
Novelas amorosas y ejemplares 3.80 avg rating — 265 ratings
56.
Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance: Courtly Ladies & Courtesans
Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance: Courtly Ladies & Courtesans 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings
58.
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of her Works
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of her Works 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings
58.
The Poems of Anyte of Tegea
The Poems of Anyte of Tegea
by: Anyte
3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
58.
Liefdesliederen
Liefdesliederen
by: Hadewijch
3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
61.
Gaspara Stampa, Selected Poems
Gaspara Stampa, Selected Poems 4.14 avg rating — 81 ratings
61.
The Old English Baron
The Old English Baron 3.02 avg rating — 873 ratings
63.
The Secret Garland: Antal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli
The Secret Garland: Antal's Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
63.
Clermont
Clermont 3.64 avg rating — 116 ratings
65.
Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (Medium Aevum monographs)
Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc (Medium Aevum monographs) 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
65.
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan 4.39 avg rating — 1,870 ratings
65.
The Children of the Abbey
The Children of the Abbey 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
68.
The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan
The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan 3.32 avg rating — 190 ratings
68.
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne 3.22 avg rating — 450 ratings
70.
The Tragedy of Mariam
The Tragedy of Mariam 3.16 avg rating — 1,298 ratings
71.
The Romance of the Forest
The Romance of the Forest 3.50 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
72.
The Story of Sapho
The Story of Sapho 3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings
72.
Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz 4.12 avg rating — 458 ratings
74.
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 3.74 avg rating — 334 ratings
75.
The Adventures of Rivella
The Adventures of Rivella 2.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
75.
The Fairy Tales Of Madame d'Aulnoy
The Fairy Tales Of Madame d'Aulnoy 3.69 avg rating — 248 ratings
77.
Love in Excess
Love in Excess 3.33 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
77.
Old Norse Women's Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds
Old Norse Women's Poetry: The Voices of Female Skalds 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
79.
A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies
A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
80.
A Sor Juana Anthology
A Sor Juana Anthology 4.10 avg rating — 187 ratings
81.
Celestina
Celestina 3.53 avg rating — 47 ratings
82.
Ethelinde, or, the Recluse of the Lake
Ethelinde, or, the Recluse of the Lake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
83.
Anti-Pamela; Or, Feign'd Innocence Detected
Anti-Pamela; Or, Feign'd Innocence Detected 2.83 avg rating — 41 ratings
84.
Fantomina and Other Works
Fantomina and Other Works 3.52 avg rating — 963 ratings
85.
The Beau Defeated; Or, the Lucky Younger Brother
The Beau Defeated; Or, the Lucky Younger Brother
by: Mary Pix
2.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
86.
Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology
Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology 3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings
87.
Women and Writing in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook: A Sourcebook
Women and Writing in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook: A Sourcebook 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
87.
Emmeline
Emmeline 3.78 avg rating — 237 ratings
89.
The Penguin Book of Women Poets
The Penguin Book of Women Poets 4.11 avg rating — 131 ratings