500 Great Books By Women Group - Summer of Women 2015

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,551 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,453 ratings
3.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,285 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,844 ratings
5.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,439 ratings
6.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,546 ratings
7.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,173 ratings
8.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,192 ratings
9.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,554 ratings
10.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,056 ratings
11.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,943 ratings
12.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,689 ratings
13.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,461 ratings
14.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,487 ratings
15.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,866 ratings
16.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,729 ratings
16.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating — 2,954 ratings
18.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,946 ratings
19.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,817 ratings
20.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,843 ratings
20.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,980 ratings
22.
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 — 568,987 ratings
23.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,998 ratings
24.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,104 ratings
25.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,477 ratings
26.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,185 ratings
27.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Complete
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Complete
by: Anonymous
4.20 avg rating — 148 ratings
28.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,026 ratings
29.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating — 14,772 ratings
30.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
31.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,335 ratings
32.
The Story of Gösta Berling
The Story of Gösta Berling 3.63 avg rating — 6,282 ratings
33.
Ladivine
Ladivine 3.34 avg rating — 885 ratings
34.
There but for the
There but for the
by: Ali Smith
3.50 avg rating — 9,880 ratings
34.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,640 ratings
36.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
37.
Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,546 ratings
38.
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,505 ratings
39.
Chéri
Chéri
by: Colette
3.67 avg rating — 6,014 ratings
40.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,467 ratings
41.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,173 ratings
42.
Daughters of Africa
Daughters of Africa 4.29 avg rating — 109 ratings
42.
Under the Sea-Wind
Under the Sea-Wind 4.15 avg rating — 1,588 ratings
44.
The Quest for Christa T.
The Quest for Christa T. 3.71 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
45.
On the Abolition of All Political Parties
On the Abolition of All Political Parties 4.04 avg rating — 1,706 ratings
46.
The Flight from the Enchanter
The Flight from the Enchanter 3.71 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
47.
The Comforters
The Comforters 3.59 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
47.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,876 ratings
47.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,067 ratings
50.
Too Much Happiness
Too Much Happiness 3.83 avg rating — 24,580 ratings
51.
Pitch Dark
Pitch Dark 3.79 avg rating — 1,623 ratings
52.
Wilderness Tips
Wilderness Tips 3.82 avg rating — 9,604 ratings
52.
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth 4.11 avg rating — 12,165 ratings
54.
The Complete Poems 1927-1979
The Complete Poems 1927-1979 4.20 avg rating — 12,966 ratings
54.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,661 ratings
56.
Ice
Ice 3.65 avg rating — 11,092 ratings
57.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
57.
When Rain Clouds Gather
When Rain Clouds Gather 3.84 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
57.
The Artificial Silk Girl: A Novel
The Artificial Silk Girl: A Novel 3.61 avg rating — 5,154 ratings
60.
Textermination
Textermination 3.77 avg rating — 140 ratings
61.
The Beauties and Furies
The Beauties and Furies 3.72 avg rating — 57 ratings
62.
Bluebeard's Egg
Bluebeard's Egg 3.74 avg rating — 7,693 ratings
63.
The Weather in the Streets
The Weather in the Streets 3.96 avg rating — 999 ratings
63.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,986 ratings
65.
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda 3.86 avg rating — 26,590 ratings
66.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,291 ratings
67.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,933 ratings
68.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,151 ratings
69.
The Bees
The Bees 3.71 avg rating — 43,123 ratings
69.
Offshore
Offshore 3.59 avg rating — 7,636 ratings
71.
Falling Angels
Falling Angels 3.63 avg rating — 26,802 ratings
72.
Ru
Ru
by: Kim Thúy
3.82 avg rating — 24,631 ratings
73.
Heatwave and Crazy Birds
Heatwave and Crazy Birds 4.08 avg rating — 51 ratings
73.
Der Hals der Giraffe
Der Hals der Giraffe 3.20 avg rating — 2,434 ratings
73.
The Blue Between Sky and Water
The Blue Between Sky and Water 4.18 avg rating — 7,209 ratings
73.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,928 ratings
77.
The Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Journals of Sylvia Plath 4.26 avg rating — 3,824 ratings
77.
The Jade Cabinet (American Literature Series)
The Jade Cabinet (American Literature Series) 4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
77.
Selected Stories of Xiao Hong (Panda Books)
Selected Stories of Xiao Hong (Panda Books)
by: Xiao Hong
3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
77.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,029 ratings
77.
Why Don't You Stop Talking
Why Don't You Stop Talking 3.78 avg rating — 338 ratings
77.
Victoire: My Mother's Mother
Victoire: My Mother's Mother 3.84 avg rating — 385 ratings
77.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,575 ratings
84.
Thorn
Thorn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,849 ratings
84.
Changes: A Love Story
Changes: A Love Story 3.79 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
84.
Second Words: Selected Critical Prose
Second Words: Selected Critical Prose 3.97 avg rating — 60 ratings
84.
The Silk Road: A New History
The Silk Road: A New History 3.77 avg rating — 832 ratings
84.
Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman 3.31 avg rating — 286,819 ratings
84.
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales 3.90 avg rating — 503 ratings
90.
The Color of our Sky
The Color of our Sky 4.24 avg rating — 12,285 ratings
90.
True Stories
True Stories 3.97 avg rating — 283 ratings
90.
An American Childhood
An American Childhood 3.91 avg rating — 10,426 ratings
90.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,085 ratings
94.
The American Woman in the Chinese Hat
The American Woman in the Chinese Hat 4.05 avg rating — 350 ratings
94.
Those Bones Are Not My Child
Those Bones Are Not My Child 3.52 avg rating — 541 ratings
94.
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 713 ratings
97.
Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems 3.65 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
97.
My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats 4.03 avg rating — 20,797 ratings
97.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,043 ratings
100.
Islanders
Islanders 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
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