100 Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by WOMEN

1.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
2.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
3.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
4.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,011 ratings
5.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,838 ratings
6.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,186 ratings
7.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,945 ratings
8.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,762 ratings
9.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,153 ratings
10.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,937 ratings
11.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
11.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,864 ratings
13.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
14.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,331 ratings
15.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,407 ratings
16.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,558 ratings
17.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,274 ratings
18.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
19.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
20.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,096 ratings
21.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,304 ratings
22.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
A Good Man Is Hard To Find 3.85 avg rating — 12,465 ratings
23.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,398 ratings
24.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,932 ratings
25.
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 — 568,939 ratings
26.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,024 ratings
27.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,371 ratings
28.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
29.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 3.60 avg rating — 6,830 ratings
30.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,510 ratings
31.
The Women's Room
The Women's Room 3.99 avg rating — 9,269 ratings
32.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,583 ratings
33.
Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry 3.96 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
34.
Lives of Girls and Women
Lives of Girls and Women 3.95 avg rating — 15,707 ratings
35.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
36.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,736 ratings
37.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,993 ratings
38.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
39.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
40.
The Radiant Way
The Radiant Way 3.78 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
41.
Stones for Ibarra
Stones for Ibarra really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,296 ratings
42.
When Rain Clouds Gather
When Rain Clouds Gather 3.84 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
43.
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3)
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3) 3.94 avg rating — 13,676 ratings
44.
The Balkan Trilogy
The Balkan Trilogy 4.17 avg rating — 2,855 ratings
45.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
45.
Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating — 8,228 ratings
47.
Second Class Citizen
Second Class Citizen 4.09 avg rating — 4,597 ratings
48.
Anagrams
Anagrams 3.92 avg rating — 4,998 ratings
49.
Lucy
Lucy 3.83 avg rating — 13,950 ratings
50.
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger 3.91 avg rating — 18,393 ratings
51.
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle 3.97 avg rating — 2,554 ratings
51.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 10,101 ratings
53.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,486 ratings
54.
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
54.
The Collected Dorothy Parker
The Collected Dorothy Parker 4.25 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
56.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,849 ratings
57.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 3,131 ratings
58.
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier 3.69 avg rating — 9,006 ratings
59.
The Life and Loves of a She Devil
The Life and Loves of a She Devil 3.76 avg rating — 6,285 ratings
60.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,347 ratings
61.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,520 ratings
62.
The Bottle Factory Outing
The Bottle Factory Outing 3.37 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
63.
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac 3.61 avg rating — 24,745 ratings
64.
So Far from God
So Far from God 3.88 avg rating — 4,451 ratings
65.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,949 ratings
65.
Three Lives
Three Lives 3.07 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
67.
Elders and Betters
Elders and Betters 3.38 avg rating — 45 ratings
67.
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept 3.48 avg rating — 7,536 ratings
69.
Clear Light of Day
Clear Light of Day 3.72 avg rating — 4,002 ratings
70.
At Freddie's
At Freddie's 3.56 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
71.
Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room
Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room 3.93 avg rating — 84 ratings
72.
The Mind-Body Problem
The Mind-Body Problem 3.83 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
73.
The Rest of Life: Three Novellas
The Rest of Life: Three Novellas 3.51 avg rating — 212 ratings
74.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,800 ratings
75.
The Furies (New York Review Books Classics)
The Furies (New York Review Books Classics) 3.98 avg rating — 302 ratings
76.
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust 3.55 avg rating — 8,490 ratings
77.
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 169,157 ratings
78.
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book 3.53 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
79.
The Fire-Dwellers
The Fire-Dwellers 3.91 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
80.
Mama
Mama 4.22 avg rating — 10,251 ratings
81.
Patience and Sarah
Patience and Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
82.
Wife
Wife 3.44 avg rating — 288 ratings
83.
A Severed Head
A Severed Head 3.74 avg rating — 6,551 ratings
84.
House of Splendid Isolation
House of Splendid Isolation 3.63 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
85.
Black Tickets: Stories
Black Tickets: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
86.
Braided Lives
Braided Lives 3.90 avg rating — 885 ratings
87.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools 3.67 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
88.
The Golden Spur
The Golden Spur 3.92 avg rating — 327 ratings
89.
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 3.85 avg rating — 689 ratings
90.
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water 3.65 avg rating — 29,583 ratings
91.
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1)
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
92.
The Age of Grief
The Age of Grief 3.73 avg rating — 3,602 ratings
93.
The Volcano Lover
The Volcano Lover 3.64 avg rating — 3,176 ratings
94.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
95.
Angel
Angel 3.88 avg rating — 3,010 ratings
96.
If Morning Ever Comes
If Morning Ever Comes 3.54 avg rating — 4,679 ratings
97.
Away
Away 3.83 avg rating — 6,212 ratings
98.
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
99.
Frost in May
Frost in May 3.84 avg rating — 2,270 ratings