Excellent Contemporary Female Authors

1.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating — 16,399 ratings
2.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 4.24 avg rating — 6,878 ratings
3.
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? 3.83 avg rating — 14,383 ratings
4.
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Chilly Scenes of Winter 3.87 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
5.
Adult Gummies
Adult Gummies 4.24 avg rating — 46 ratings
6.
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist 3.70 avg rating — 88,154 ratings
7.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,595 ratings
8.
Self-Help
Self-Help 4.11 avg rating — 15,452 ratings
8.
How Should a Person Be?
How Should a Person Be? 3.33 avg rating — 16,644 ratings
8.
Varieties of Disturbance
Varieties of Disturbance 3.82 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
8.
Lucinella
Lucinella 3.64 avg rating — 280 ratings
12.
Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating — 54,812 ratings
13.
I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together
I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together 4.17 avg rating — 1,476 ratings
14.
McGlue
McGlue 3.31 avg rating — 15,437 ratings
15.
What Purpose Did I Serve in Your Life
What Purpose Did I Serve in Your Life 3.67 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
15.
Until Thy Wrath be Past (Rebecka Martinsson, #4)
Until Thy Wrath be Past (Rebecka Martinsson, #4) 3.89 avg rating — 7,891 ratings
15.
Island Roulette
Island Roulette 2.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
15.
Unwifeable: A Memoir
Unwifeable: A Memoir 3.58 avg rating — 3,265 ratings
15.
Very Cold People
Very Cold People 3.38 avg rating — 6,735 ratings
15.
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 11,126 ratings
15.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 3.61 avg rating — 524,855 ratings
15.
When Walls Talk
When Walls Talk 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
23.
selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee
selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee 3.95 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
23.
Ice Road
Ice Road 3.56 avg rating — 498 ratings
23.
My Policeman
My Policeman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,495 ratings
23.
The Guest
The Guest 3.28 avg rating — 106,975 ratings
23.
R&R: A Feast of Words
R&R: A Feast of Words 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
28.
The Witch of Cologne
The Witch of Cologne 3.70 avg rating — 2,221 ratings
28.
The Lie
The Lie 3.64 avg rating — 4,239 ratings
28.
Jane: A Murder
Jane: A Murder 4.31 avg rating — 5,981 ratings
28.
Milk Fed
Milk Fed 3.56 avg rating — 74,745 ratings
32.
The Betrayal (The Siege #2)
The Betrayal (The Siege #2) 4.04 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
32.
Secrets of the Tides
Secrets of the Tides 3.79 avg rating — 4,338 ratings
32.
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing 3.79 avg rating — 8,737 ratings
32.
Death in Her Hands
Death in Her Hands 3.24 avg rating — 51,842 ratings
36.
King Hereafter
King Hereafter 4.25 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
36.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 238,003 ratings
36.
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
by: Mona Awad
3.09 avg rating — 19,474 ratings
39.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,485 ratings
39.
The Lifeboat
The Lifeboat 3.20 avg rating — 25,242 ratings
39.
If Only You People Could Follow Directions: A Memoir
If Only You People Could Follow Directions: A Memoir 3.64 avg rating — 406 ratings
42.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,484 ratings
42.
Upstream: Selected Essays
Upstream: Selected Essays 4.16 avg rating — 24,013 ratings
44.
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1)
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating — 7,729 ratings
44.
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
Fairytales for Wilde Girls 4.19 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
44.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,755 ratings
44.
The Wander Society
The Wander Society 3.71 avg rating — 2,057 ratings
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When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,214 ratings
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Friendship
Friendship 3.05 avg rating — 5,599 ratings
48.
Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
48.
I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems
I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 4.15 avg rating — 850 ratings
52.
Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs
Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs 3.84 avg rating — 361 ratings
52.
The Siege (The Siege, #1)
The Siege (The Siege, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 6,883 ratings
52.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
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The Academy of Hay
The Academy of Hay 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
52.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,385 ratings
57.
The New Yorker Stories
The New Yorker Stories 3.79 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
57.
Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life
Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life 3.91 avg rating — 680 ratings
57.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating — 19,192 ratings
57.
Something In the Water
Something In the Water 3.55 avg rating — 223,424 ratings
61.
You'll Grow Out of It
You'll Grow Out of It 3.80 avg rating — 26,780 ratings
61.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating — 32,862 ratings
61.
The River Home
The River Home 3.95 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
64.
The Girls
The Girls 3.51 avg rating — 237,230 ratings
64.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating — 9,509 ratings
64.
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock 3.75 avg rating — 13,783 ratings
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Devil and the Bluebird
Devil and the Bluebird 3.80 avg rating — 641 ratings
67.
The Bridge
The Bridge 3.91 avg rating — 677 ratings
69.
The Argonauts
The Argonauts 4.02 avg rating — 54,650 ratings
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Goodwood
Goodwood 3.60 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
71.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.61 avg rating — 14,254 ratings
72.
The Woman Destroyed
The Woman Destroyed 4.02 avg rating — 41,644 ratings
73.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,431 ratings