Great Books for Women

1.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,475 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,799 ratings
3.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,671 ratings
4.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,356 ratings
5.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,643 ratings
6.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,880 ratings
7.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,722 ratings
8.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,898 ratings
9.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,359 ratings
10.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,980 ratings
11.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,702 ratings
12.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,941 ratings
13.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,978 ratings
14.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,134 ratings
15.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,971 ratings
16.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,727 ratings
17.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,764 ratings
18.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,438 ratings
19.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,065 ratings
20.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,510 ratings
21.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,853 ratings
22.
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
23.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,920 ratings
24.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,933 ratings
25.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,006 ratings
26.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,054 ratings
27.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,543 ratings
28.
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 923,888 ratings
29.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,564 ratings
30.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,905 ratings
31.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,249 ratings
32.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,763 ratings
33.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 57,769 ratings
34.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,048 ratings
35.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,426 ratings
36.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,604 ratings
37.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,209 ratings
38.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,163 ratings
39.
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating — 251,780 ratings
40.
Beauty
Beauty 4.05 avg rating — 82,279 ratings
41.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,901 ratings
42.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,155 ratings
42.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,921 ratings
44.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,540 ratings
45.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,970 ratings
46.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,938 ratings
47.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,865 ratings
47.
Brother of the More Famous Jack
Brother of the More Famous Jack 3.88 avg rating — 5,616 ratings
49.
The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride 3.83 avg rating — 49,004 ratings
50.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
51.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,571 ratings
51.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,394 ratings
53.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,394 ratings
54.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,103 ratings
55.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,237 ratings
56.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,860 ratings
57.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,568 ratings
58.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,059 ratings
59.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,095 ratings
60.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,760 ratings
61.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,472 ratings
62.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,069 ratings
63.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,148 ratings
64.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,158 ratings
65.
Hannah Coulter
Hannah Coulter 4.39 avg rating — 20,412 ratings
66.
How Not to Be Popular
How Not to Be Popular 3.72 avg rating — 4,207 ratings
67.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,838 ratings
68.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,968 ratings
69.
A Girl of the Limberlost (Limberlost, #2)
A Girl of the Limberlost (Limberlost, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 22,313 ratings
70.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,760 ratings
70.
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior 3.82 avg rating — 100,157 ratings
70.
The Art Forger
The Art Forger 3.75 avg rating — 91,768 ratings
73.
Above All Things
Above All Things 3.69 avg rating — 3,905 ratings
74.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,626 ratings
74.
Longbourn
Longbourn
by: Jo Baker
3.67 avg rating — 61,403 ratings
74.
The Chaperone
The Chaperone 3.88 avg rating — 63,776 ratings
77.
Paradise
Paradise 3.86 avg rating — 28,533 ratings
77.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,846 ratings
77.
The Lifeboat
The Lifeboat 3.20 avg rating — 25,241 ratings
80.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,448 ratings
80.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,999 ratings
82.
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad 3.72 avg rating — 83,721 ratings
82.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2) 3.95 avg rating — 59,182 ratings
84.
Four Letters of Love
Four Letters of Love really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,620 ratings
84.
Angels and Insects
Angels and Insects 3.64 avg rating — 6,055 ratings
86.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,385 ratings
86.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,052 ratings
88.
Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle 3.67 avg rating — 15,291 ratings
88.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,686 ratings
90.
Jemima J
Jemima J 3.69 avg rating — 120,671 ratings
90.
Rachel's Holiday (Walsh Family, #2)
Rachel's Holiday (Walsh Family, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,606 ratings
90.
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women 4.04 avg rating — 9,232 ratings
93.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,617 ratings
94.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,599 ratings
94.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 28,024 ratings
96.
Shining Through
Shining Through 3.96 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
97.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,477 ratings
97.
Garden Spells
Garden Spells 4.07 avg rating — 106,099 ratings
99.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,776 ratings
100.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,903 ratings
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