Flavorwire: 50 Books by Women Authors to Read for #ReadWomen2014

1.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,905 ratings
2.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,134 ratings
3.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,734 ratings
4.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,312 ratings
5.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,119 ratings
6.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,675 ratings
7.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,100 ratings
8.
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea 3.96 avg rating — 24,390 ratings
9.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,249 ratings
10.
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] 3.74 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
11.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,274 ratings
12.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,024 ratings
13.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,037 ratings
14.
Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight
by: Jean Rhys
3.86 avg rating — 12,135 ratings
15.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,194 ratings
16.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,274 ratings
17.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,844 ratings
18.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
19.
Ceremony
Ceremony 3.84 avg rating — 25,792 ratings
20.
Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights 3.62 avg rating — 4,115 ratings
21.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,688 ratings
22.
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart 4.02 avg rating — 15,024 ratings
23.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,469 ratings
24.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,592 ratings
25.
Complete Stories
Complete Stories 4.11 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
26.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,485 ratings
27.
Broken Harbour
Broken Harbour 3.95 avg rating — 107,803 ratings
28.
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2)
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,027 ratings
29.
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You 4.06 avg rating — 4,238 ratings
30.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,397 ratings
31.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
32.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
33.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating — 16,398 ratings
34.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
35.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,929 ratings
36.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country 4.06 avg rating — 15,422 ratings
37.
The Shawl
The Shawl 3.90 avg rating — 4,787 ratings
38.
Twilight of the Superheroes
Twilight of the Superheroes 3.62 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
39.
Heartburn
Heartburn 3.62 avg rating — 79,664 ratings
40.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,082 ratings
41.
Blood and Guts in High School
Blood and Guts in High School 3.46 avg rating — 6,851 ratings
42.
Beyond Black
Beyond Black 3.43 avg rating — 9,883 ratings
43.
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating — 13,311 ratings
44.
Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters
by: Paula Fox
3.52 avg rating — 9,439 ratings
45.
Lightning Rods
Lightning Rods 3.46 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
46.
Blaming
Blaming 3.88 avg rating — 827 ratings
47.
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation 4.14 avg rating — 9,993 ratings
48.
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower 3.43 avg rating — 6,492 ratings
49.
The Faraway Nearby
The Faraway Nearby 4.21 avg rating — 7,556 ratings
50.
The Judge
The Judge 3.57 avg rating — 116 ratings