The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,643 ratings
2.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,999 ratings
3.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,009 ratings
4.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,219 ratings
5.
Little Women
Little Women 4.04 avg rating — 46,338 ratings
6.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,702 ratings
7.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,006 ratings
8.
A Room Of One's Own
A Room Of One's Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,406 ratings
9.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,625 ratings
10.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,962 ratings
11.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,574 ratings
12.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,443 ratings
13.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.28 avg rating — 105,232 ratings
14.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 255,372 ratings
15.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,492 ratings
16.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,227 ratings
17.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,296 ratings
18.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,261 ratings
19.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,024 ratings
20.
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time 3.89 avg rating — 37,195 ratings
21.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
22.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
23.
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,233 ratings
24.
The Collected Dorothy Parker
The Collected Dorothy Parker 4.25 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
25.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating — 140,063 ratings
26.
The Female Eunuch
The Female Eunuch 3.68 avg rating — 7,401 ratings
27.
Oroonoko
Oroonoko 3.01 avg rating — 16,384 ratings
28.
In a German Pension: 13 Stories
In a German Pension: 13 Stories 3.65 avg rating — 1,195 ratings
29.
Evelina
Evelina 3.70 avg rating — 18,231 ratings
30.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems 4.17 avg rating — 13,798 ratings
31.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
32.
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier 3.69 avg rating — 9,006 ratings
33.
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
by: E. Nesbit
4.02 avg rating — 62,867 ratings
34.
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 3.99 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
35.
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management 3.83 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
36.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince 3.95 avg rating — 6,691 ratings
37.
The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)
The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 45,190 ratings
38.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,344 ratings
39.
Castle Rackrent
Castle Rackrent 3.16 avg rating — 4,280 ratings
40.
The Grasmere Journals
The Grasmere Journals 3.73 avg rating — 211 ratings
41.
The Bottle Factory Outing
The Bottle Factory Outing 3.37 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
42.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
43.
The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu;
The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
44.
Domestic Manners of the Americans
Domestic Manners of the Americans 3.71 avg rating — 509 ratings
45.
Frost in May (Frost in May #1)
Frost in May (Frost in May #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
46.
Pastors and Masters
Pastors and Masters 3.22 avg rating — 146 ratings
47.
French Country Cooking
French Country Cooking 4.31 avg rating — 183 ratings
48.
PLAYS MARY PIX 2VL
PLAYS MARY PIX 2VL liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
49.
The Female Advocate: A Poem Occasioned by Reading Mr. Duncombe's Feminead (1774)
The Female Advocate: A Poem Occasioned by Reading Mr. Duncombe's Feminead (1774) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
50.
Hannah More - Sacred Dramas: English Reprint. New Preface by Kathryn A. Howitt (Children's Books from the Past)
Hannah More - Sacred Dramas: English Reprint. New Preface by Kathryn A. Howitt (Children's Books from the Past) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
51.
Female Biography: Or memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of all Ages and Countries, by Mary Hays
Female Biography: Or memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of all Ages and Countries, by Mary Hays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
52.
Collected Works of Charlotte Mary Yonge
Collected Works of Charlotte Mary Yonge 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
53.
The World's Wife
The World's Wife 4.11 avg rating — 10,605 ratings