Amanda Nelson´s IWD2016 list - I

1.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,428 ratings
2.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,957 ratings
3.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,718 ratings
4.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,840 ratings
5.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,205 ratings
6.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,189 ratings
7.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,171 ratings
8.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
9.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,690 ratings
9.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,555 ratings
11.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,505 ratings
12.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,235 ratings
13.
The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy 3.31 avg rating — 335,339 ratings
14.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,017 ratings
15.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,951 ratings
16.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,561 ratings
17.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,162 ratings
18.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
19.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,853 ratings
20.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,365 ratings
21.
The Body Where I Was Born
The Body Where I Was Born 3.86 avg rating — 5,719 ratings
22.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 33,955 ratings
23.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,882 ratings
24.
Contents May Have Shifted
Contents May Have Shifted 3.60 avg rating — 1,744 ratings
25.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,809 ratings
26.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,810 ratings
27.
The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us 4.03 avg rating — 52,230 ratings
28.
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1)
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 24,827 ratings
29.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,667 ratings
30.
Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters 3.59 avg rating — 23,646 ratings
31.
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
by: Eula Biss
3.94 avg rating — 11,713 ratings
32.
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books 3.77 avg rating — 1,612 ratings
33.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,774 ratings
34.
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary 3.97 avg rating — 3,609 ratings
35.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,674 ratings
36.
The Architect's Apprentice
The Architect's Apprentice 4.03 avg rating — 27,233 ratings
37.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 4.27 avg rating — 25,457 ratings
38.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,796 ratings
39.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,976 ratings
40.
Bonjour tristesse
Bonjour tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,227 ratings
41.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,625 ratings
42.
Lumberjanes: Up All Night (Lumberjanes, #1)
Lumberjanes: Up All Night (Lumberjanes, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 12,038 ratings
43.
Glutton for Pleasure (Pleasure Series, #1)
Glutton for Pleasure (Pleasure Series, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 1,942 ratings
44.
Clarice Lispector: Entrevistas
Clarice Lispector: Entrevistas 4.33 avg rating — 82 ratings
45.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 3.61 avg rating — 33,070 ratings
46.
The Fair Fight
The Fair Fight 3.93 avg rating — 3,143 ratings
47.
The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)
The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 12,985 ratings
48.
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 333,853 ratings
49.
Carry the One
Carry the One 3.12 avg rating — 10,098 ratings
50.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,772 ratings
51.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,163 ratings
52.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating — 9,508 ratings
53.
Summer and Bird
Summer and Bird 3.59 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
54.
Sphinx's Princess (Sphinx's Princess, #1)
Sphinx's Princess (Sphinx's Princess, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
55.
Shine Shine Shine
Shine Shine Shine 3.43 avg rating — 8,684 ratings
56.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat 3.59 avg rating — 494 ratings
57.
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice 4.20 avg rating — 9,148 ratings
58.
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
59.
Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,456 ratings
60.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,470 ratings
61.
Year of Yes
Year of Yes 4.06 avg rating — 97,925 ratings
62.
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1)
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 98,066 ratings
63.
Nevada
Nevada 3.94 avg rating — 17,554 ratings
64.
Re Jane
Re Jane 3.50 avg rating — 4,303 ratings
65.
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 184,561 ratings
66.
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 41,352 ratings
67.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,858 ratings
68.
Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning 3.37 avg rating — 5,306 ratings
69.
The Interestings
The Interestings 3.60 avg rating — 122,188 ratings
70.
Wolf Winter (Svartåsen #1)
Wolf Winter (Svartåsen #1) 3.72 avg rating — 6,892 ratings
71.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel 3.81 avg rating — 11,137 ratings
72.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,325 ratings
73.
Born Confused (Born Confused #1)
Born Confused (Born Confused #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,332 ratings
74.
My Fair Concubine (Tang Dynasty, #3)
My Fair Concubine (Tang Dynasty, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
75.
Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained
Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 612 ratings
76.
How to Be a Victorian
How to Be a Victorian 4.25 avg rating — 7,474 ratings
77.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,726 ratings
78.
The Walls Around Us
The Walls Around Us 3.69 avg rating — 10,607 ratings
79.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,266 ratings
80.
Almost Famous Women: Stories
Almost Famous Women: Stories 3.46 avg rating — 3,247 ratings
81.
Everything Leads to You
Everything Leads to You 3.84 avg rating — 35,080 ratings
82.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,454 ratings
83.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
84.
The Siren (The Original Sinners, #1)
The Siren (The Original Sinners, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,442 ratings
85.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 381,935 ratings
86.
The Engagements
The Engagements 3.62 avg rating — 19,597 ratings
87.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal 4.10 avg rating — 92,189 ratings
88.
The Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1)
The Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,180 ratings
89.
Bright Lines
Bright Lines 3.58 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
90.
Ghost Summer
Ghost Summer 4.20 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
91.
Think of England (Think of England #1)
Think of England (Think of England #1) 4.22 avg rating — 8,131 ratings
92.
Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own
Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own 3.66 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
93.
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children 3.90 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
94.
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar 4.15 avg rating — 137,877 ratings
95.
Diving Belles
Diving Belles
by: Lucy Wood
3.50 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
96.
Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter 3.73 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
97.
Dept. of Speculation
Dept. of Speculation 3.76 avg rating — 58,094 ratings
98.
Monstress #1
Monstress #1 4.17 avg rating — 3,600 ratings
99.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,551 ratings
100.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,038 ratings