Great Women Authors

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,361 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,841 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,051 ratings
4.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,244 ratings
5.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,949 ratings
6.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,255 ratings
7.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,212 ratings
8.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,186 ratings
9.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,978 ratings
10.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,857 ratings
11.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,961 ratings
12.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,471 ratings
13.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,212 ratings
14.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,531 ratings
15.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,064,578 ratings
16.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,446 ratings
17.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,804 ratings
18.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,922 ratings
19.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,846 ratings
20.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,166 ratings
21.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,791 ratings
22.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,778 ratings
23.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,110 ratings
24.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
25.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,840 ratings
26.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,042 ratings
27.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
28.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,494 ratings
29.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,585 ratings
30.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,024 ratings
31.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,240 ratings
32.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,946 ratings
33.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,602 ratings
34.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,208 ratings
35.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,186 ratings
36.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,980 ratings
37.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,631 ratings
38.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,574 ratings
39.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,530 ratings
40.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,234 ratings
41.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,462 ratings
42.
The Good Earth (House of Earth #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,771 ratings
43.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,751 ratings
44.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,564 ratings
45.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating — 86,759 ratings
46.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,462 ratings
47.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,333 ratings
48.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
49.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,039 ratings
50.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,279 ratings
51.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,455 ratings
52.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,139 ratings
53.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,737 ratings
54.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 4,069,595 ratings
55.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,562 ratings
56.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,155 ratings
57.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,677,730 ratings
58.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,392 ratings
59.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,183 ratings
60.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,772 ratings
61.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,936 ratings
62.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,142 ratings
62.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,801 ratings
64.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,365 ratings
65.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,349,342 ratings
66.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,938 ratings
67.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,563,463 ratings
68.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
69.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,439 ratings
70.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,989 ratings
71.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,253 ratings
72.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,435 ratings
73.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,893 ratings
74.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,163 ratings
75.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
76.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,209 ratings
77.
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 130,568 ratings
78.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
79.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,520 ratings
80.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
81.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,812 ratings
82.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,095 ratings
83.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,163 ratings
84.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,329 ratings
85.
Northanger Abbey / Persuasion
Northanger Abbey / Persuasion 3.99 avg rating — 1,750 ratings
85.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,279 ratings
87.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,766 ratings
88.
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea 3.96 avg rating — 24,394 ratings
89.
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter 4.13 avg rating — 17,744 ratings
90.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,814 ratings
91.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,867 ratings
92.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,155 ratings
93.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,025 ratings
94.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
95.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,538 ratings
96.
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road 4.16 avg rating — 93,097 ratings
96.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,215 ratings
98.
Too Much Happiness: Stories
Too Much Happiness: Stories 3.83 avg rating — 24,578 ratings
99.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,403 ratings
100.
Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence
Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence 4.32 avg rating — 628 ratings
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