Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,671 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,356 ratings
3.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,799 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,643 ratings
5.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,737 ratings
6.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,880 ratings
7.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,582 ratings
8.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,999 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,134 ratings
10.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,973 ratings
11.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,915 ratings
12.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,941 ratings
13.
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
14.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,155 ratings
15.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,540 ratings
16.
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
17.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,065 ratings
18.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,763 ratings
19.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,406 ratings
20.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,702 ratings
21.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,755 ratings
22.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,905 ratings
23.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,009 ratings
24.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,006 ratings
25.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,466 ratings
26.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,623 ratings
27.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,860 ratings
28.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,568 ratings
29.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,201 ratings
30.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,296 ratings
31.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,898 ratings
32.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,163 ratings
33.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,213 ratings
34.
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues 3.87 avg rating — 37,996 ratings
35.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,760 ratings
36.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,237 ratings
37.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,393 ratings
38.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,024 ratings
39.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating — 11,889 ratings
40.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,261 ratings
41.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,488 ratings
42.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,199 ratings
43.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,478 ratings
44.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,722 ratings
45.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,527 ratings
46.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,980 ratings
47.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,411 ratings
48.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,933 ratings
49.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,316 ratings
50.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,013 ratings
51.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,256 ratings
52.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,901 ratings
53.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,659 ratings
54.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,052 ratings
55.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,543,959 ratings
56.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
57.
The Beauty Myth
The Beauty Myth 3.91 avg rating — 30,478 ratings
58.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,931 ratings
59.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,962 ratings
60.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,829 ratings
61.
Delta of Venus
Delta of Venus 3.61 avg rating — 24,712 ratings
62.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,852 ratings
63.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,119 ratings
64.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,604 ratings
65.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 78,066 ratings
66.
The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,143 ratings
67.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,432 ratings
68.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,148 ratings
69.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,227 ratings
70.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
70.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,514 ratings
72.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,849 ratings
73.
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence 3.89 avg rating — 10,594 ratings
74.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,359 ratings
75.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,127 ratings
76.
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
77.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
78.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,195 ratings
79.
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 4.05 avg rating — 18,773 ratings
80.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,734 ratings
81.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,312 ratings
82.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,289 ratings
83.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,570 ratings
84.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,753 ratings
85.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,247 ratings
86.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,726 ratings
87.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,233 ratings
88.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,324 ratings
89.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,371 ratings
90.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,067 ratings
91.
Excellent Women
Excellent Women 3.91 avg rating — 19,590 ratings
92.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,138 ratings
93.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating — 71,369 ratings
94.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,220 ratings
95.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,555 ratings
96.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,443 ratings
97.
The Awakening and Selected Stories
The Awakening and Selected Stories 3.92 avg rating — 10,668 ratings
98.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,517 ratings
99.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,564 ratings
100.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,270 ratings
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