BBC Women's Watershed Fiction (2004 poll)

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,841 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,361 ratings
3.
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
4.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,797 ratings
5.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,051 ratings
6.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,116 ratings
7.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,139 ratings
8.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,801 ratings
9.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,235 ratings
10.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,287 ratings
11.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
12.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,662 ratings
13.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,024 ratings
14.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,978 ratings
15.
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
16.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,519 ratings
17.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,806 ratings
18.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,451 ratings
19.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,564 ratings
20.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,857 ratings
21.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
22.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,041 ratings
23.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,936 ratings
24.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,186 ratings
25.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,212 ratings
26.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,617 ratings
27.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,067 ratings
28.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,593 ratings
29.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,949 ratings
30.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,946 ratings
31.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,330 ratings
32.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,532 ratings
33.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,599 ratings
34.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
35.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,778 ratings
36.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,717 ratings
37.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,868 ratings
38.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,446 ratings
39.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,868 ratings
40.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,883 ratings
41.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,625 ratings
42.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,279 ratings
43.
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 129,691 ratings
44.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,961 ratings
45.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,120 ratings
46.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
47.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,535 ratings
48.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,013 ratings
49.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,861 ratings
50.
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,231 ratings
51.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,791 ratings
52.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating — 35,231 ratings
53.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
54.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,487 ratings
55.
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating — 37,979 ratings
56.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,166 ratings
57.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,420 ratings
58.
Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,877 ratings
59.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,528 ratings
60.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,253 ratings
61.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,970,025 ratings
62.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,121 ratings
63.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,697 ratings
64.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 82,679 ratings
65.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,538 ratings
66.
Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett & Montdore, #2)
Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett & Montdore, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 9,901 ratings
67.
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County 3.71 avg rating — 104,267 ratings
68.
Ladder of Years
Ladder of Years 3.73 avg rating — 19,192 ratings
69.
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls 3.86 avg rating — 75,308 ratings
70.
The Women's Room
The Women's Room 3.99 avg rating — 9,269 ratings
71.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,762 ratings
71.
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,238 ratings
73.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,853 ratings
74.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,986 ratings
75.
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,537 ratings
76.
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 9,983 ratings
77.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,983 ratings
78.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,823 ratings
79.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,631 ratings
80.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,208 ratings
81.
South Riding
South Riding 3.99 avg rating — 3,352 ratings
82.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating — 14,769 ratings
83.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,737 ratings
84.
Miss Garnet's Angel
Miss Garnet's Angel 3.70 avg rating — 4,020 ratings
85.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
86.
Praxis
Praxis 3.76 avg rating — 899 ratings
86.
Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating — 101,360 ratings
88.
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 8,299 ratings
89.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
90.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,525 ratings
91.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,595 ratings
92.
The Rector's Wife
The Rector's Wife 3.75 avg rating — 3,740 ratings
93.
P.S. I Love You (P.S. I Love You, #1)
P.S. I Love You (P.S. I Love You, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 393,592 ratings
94.
Martha Quest (Children of Violence, #1)
Martha Quest (Children of Violence, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 2,624 ratings
95.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Paula Spencer, #1)
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Paula Spencer, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 11,663 ratings
96.
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 32,454 ratings
97.
Angelique (Angelique: Original version, #1)
Angelique (Angelique: Original version, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
98.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,838 ratings
99.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating — 42,719 ratings
100.
Precious Bane
Precious Bane
by: Mary Webb
4.23 avg rating — 3,966 ratings
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