Best Woman-Authored Books (8254 books)

Best books by a female author.

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,882,883 ratings score: 91,476, and 935 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.30 avg rating — 4,800,467 ratings score: 88,429, and 904 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,322,538 ratings score: 61,552, and 638 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,190,958 ratings score: 50,799, and 530 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,421,476 ratings score: 45,658, and 479 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.91 avg rating — 1,886,852 ratings score: 44,895, and 473 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,459,627 ratings score: 41,755, and 443 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,049,152 ratings score: 40,856, and 431 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 9,906,036 ratings score: 37,152, and 395 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 3,020,259 ratings score: 31,043, and 330 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.27 avg rating — 1,614,241 ratings score: 30,701, and 327 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,256,608 ratings score: 29,762, and 315 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.17 avg rating — 1,295,794 ratings score: 28,479, and 308 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 1,220,281 ratings score: 28,212, and 298 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 752,026 ratings score: 25,496, and 278 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,807,037 ratings score: 23,809, and 256 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 776,843 ratings score: 23,603, and 252 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.09 avg rating — 1,295,800 ratings score: 23,549, and 260 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,602,181 ratings score: 23,061, and 249 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.33 avg rating — 1,113,036 ratings score: 22,712, and 255 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 720,195 ratings score: 22,077, and 241 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 512,226 ratings score: 18,522, and 202 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 982,766 ratings score: 18,391, and 206 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.97 avg rating — 1,284,933 ratings score: 18,192, and 201 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 580,831 ratings score: 16,246, and 180 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 260,406 ratings score: 15,860, and 172 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 356,506 ratings score: 15,127, and 167 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.21 avg rating — 302,035 ratings score: 14,975, and 166 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 4,378,965 ratings score: 14,184, and 156 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,857,547 ratings score: 14,002, and 159 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie 4.20 avg rating — 731,404 ratings score: 13,518, and 154 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 298,347 ratings score: 13,437, and 152 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 386,405 ratings score: 13,421, and 149 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.98 avg rating — 490,360 ratings score: 13,361, and 148 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 3,445,842 ratings score: 12,580, and 144 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,153,283 ratings score: 12,548, and 141 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 709,546 ratings score: 12,037, and 137 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 4.28 avg rating — 326,628 ratings score: 11,973, and 134 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,352,564 ratings score: 11,639, and 133 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.11 avg rating — 793,410 ratings score: 11,269, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,462,004 ratings score: 11,151, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,097,885 ratings score: 11,146, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3.69 avg rating — 227,285 ratings score: 9,984, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 319,510 ratings score: 9,891, and 109 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.21 avg rating — 285,836 ratings score: 9,866, and 115 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) by Beatrix Potter 4.23 avg rating — 258,445 ratings score: 9,588, and 112 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.29 avg rating — 106,684 ratings score: 9,524, and 109 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.81 avg rating — 214,662 ratings score: 9,437, and 106 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.23 avg rating — 324,461 ratings score: 9,276, and 108 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,700,629 ratings score: 9,128, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley 4.13 avg rating — 212,871 ratings score: 8,979, and 101 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4.07 avg rating — 358,263 ratings score: 8,789, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco 4.31 avg rating — 272,991 ratings score: 8,652, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) by P.L. Travers 4.01 avg rating — 140,850 ratings score: 8,148, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones 4.28 avg rating — 447,398 ratings score: 7,956, and 90 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 453,599 ratings score: 7,863, and 93 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Middlemarch by George Eliot 4.04 avg rating — 179,178 ratings score: 7,680, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 4.19 avg rating — 810,405 ratings score: 7,627, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 119,394 ratings score: 7,588, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 631,835 ratings score: 7,564, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,361,928 ratings score: 7,551, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck 4.01 avg rating — 260,697 ratings score: 7,383, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.26 avg rating — 150,931 ratings score: 7,343, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.13 avg rating — 300,821 ratings score: 7,304, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 255,810 ratings score: 7,290, and 91 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,275,524 ratings score: 7,278, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.02 avg rating — 649,999 ratings score: 7,098, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 4.32 avg rating — 394,936 ratings score: 6,844, and 81 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 287,355 ratings score: 6,667, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) by Jean M. Auel 4.10 avg rating — 282,721 ratings score: 6,578, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) by Johanna Spyri 4.04 avg rating — 211,250 ratings score: 6,474, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 4.02 avg rating — 84,530 ratings score: 6,465, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 325,254 ratings score: 6,461, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.91 avg rating — 233,200 ratings score: 6,377, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 195,633 ratings score: 6,203, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.18 avg rating — 47,343 ratings score: 6,199, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.87 avg rating — 255,070 ratings score: 6,064, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3.80 avg rating — 276,552 ratings score: 5,951, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 220,324 ratings score: 5,923, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.92 avg rating — 242,664 ratings score: 5,856, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 84,417 ratings score: 5,841, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.16 avg rating — 49,724 ratings score: 5,788, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) by Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 131,232 ratings score: 5,735, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.16 avg rating — 127,523 ratings score: 5,706, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	My Ántonia by Willa Cather 3.84 avg rating — 147,614 ratings score: 5,409, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 4.06 avg rating — 54,926 ratings score: 5,158, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.15 avg rating — 183,207 ratings score: 4,952, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3.87 avg rating — 115,063 ratings score: 4,844, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 834,753 ratings score: 4,809, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.98 avg rating — 105,862 ratings score: 4,760, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.94 avg rating — 278,200 ratings score: 4,742, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 163,510 ratings score: 4,734, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3.98 avg rating — 115,300 ratings score: 4,701, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith 3.95 avg rating — 117,075 ratings score: 4,629, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.67 avg rating — 7,310,803 ratings score: 4,572, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 4.07 avg rating — 141,619 ratings score: 4,550, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 152,588 ratings score: 4,502, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 406,932 ratings score: 4,305, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Silas Marner by George Eliot 3.69 avg rating — 93,667 ratings score: 4,116, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 804,602 ratings score: 4,089, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Bob (new)

20 oct. 2012 20:40

Curious, Gone with the Wind is not on the list.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

20 oct. 2012 20:47

You could add it; it's easy to add books to lists. At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 3: by Rebecca (new)

07 mar. 2013 19:47

Freak: The True Story of an Insecurity Addict

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

07 mar. 2013 21:16

You add books to lists at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes," not down in the comments section.

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message 5: by Meredith (new)

11 mar. 2013 06:31

E.B. White is not a woman.

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message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited 11 mar. 2013 22:22) (new)

11 mar. 2013 22:21

::sigh::

Where is it? I'll remove the E.B. White if I can find it.

ETA: Found Charlotte's Web, will remove it.

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited 11 mar. 2013 22:25) (new)

11 mar. 2013 22:24

13 more voters than people who rated; that's impressive.

Also not very convincing.

ETA: Whoa, 6 ratings, 35 votes!

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message 8: by Pat (last edited 14 mar. 2013 16:03) (new)

12 mar. 2013 03:55

I think all books that have more votes than ratings should be disqualified. These lists really aren't much fun when authors take unfair advantage of the voting system to plug their books.

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message 9: by Schell (new)

06 mai 2013 21:35

Susanna wrote: "You could add it; it's easy to add books to lists. At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

Wow, I need to read that...

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message 10: by Yakub (new)

29 août 2013 07:29

>Women were once forbidden to read and write

Not exactly.... This was never true in the vast majority of societies.

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message 11: by Melanie (new)

22 avr. 2014 22:03

I added some great literary fiction by important women who are alive and writing today. I feel good about this :)

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message 12: by Lucinda (new)

03 août 2014 19:42

This is quite frustrating to find that Lois Lowry features high in the list (while her style is actually quite poor) as compared to Isabel Allende and when you see that there is no book by Zelda Fitzgerald! Save me the Waltz is a must-read, guys!

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message 13: by Lucinda (new)

03 août 2014 19:42

(just added it :) )

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message 14: by Rachel (new)

29 nov. 2014 12:50

Is there a way to search for a book on the list? Where is The Flamethrowers?

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message 15: by Luke (new)

29 nov. 2014 18:38

Librarians regularly check for duplicates on this list, Rachel, so if you can't find a book you want to vote for, just add it and it will be combined with its other votes in short order.

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message 16: by Rachel (new)

30 nov. 2014 13:02

ok thanks!

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message 17: by Sharmon (new)

02 déc. 2014 02:12

I wish there was a way to search a list because I don't want to make duplicates but it is hard to sort through 20 pages to vote.

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message 18: by Luke (new)

02 déc. 2014 04:05

I can guarantee that the duplicates won't last long, Sharmon. You could also try looking at which of the lists the most popular edition of the book you wish to add is on. If the book shows up at a certain position on this list, you can click on the link and it'll take you to the page the book is on.

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message 19: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

02 déc. 2014 05:52

I'd just add it; I reflexively combine duplicates pretty much every time I visit a list, and I don't think I'm the only librarian with that habit.

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

06 fév. 2015 07:18

No idea who gave this list that tag, so I don't know.

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message 21: by Claire (new)

10 avr. 2015 01:34

Does this list include women who wrote under a pseudonym? A lot of women wrote under males names in certain time periods or if it suited more (e.g George Elliot, lot of female sci-fi/fantasy writers, etc.). Just don't want to miss some of the greats, or finally give women their due.

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message 22: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

10 avr. 2015 06:00

Lauren wrote: "Does this list include women who wrote under a pseudonym? A lot of women wrote under males names in certain time periods or if it suited more (e.g George Elliot, lot of female sci-fi/fantasy write..."

Just slowly scroll down the list which is about 30 pages and you will see them.

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message 23: by Louise Sparrow (new)

23 sept. 2015 20:28

The Wizard's First Rule (currently 992), while a great book, was written by a man.

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message 24: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

24 sept. 2015 04:36

Couldn't find that one - another librarian may have gotten it.

Did remove:

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Michael Rosen

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message 25: by Karen (new)

28 fév. 2016 04:29

#953 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs looks for all the world like a man to me in his profile here on Goodreads.

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message 26: by Sandra (new)

23 juil. 2016 04:46

Removed some books written by men...funny how those sneak in there...

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message 27: by Karen (last edited 23 juil. 2016 14:31) (new)

23 juil. 2016 14:25

#11 & #573 - The Help. Just FYI. Great list and well maintained!

And Miss Peregrine is back at 1018!

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message 28: by Lumturi (new)

11 sept. 2016 23:17

Meredith wrote: "E.B. White is not a woman."

I scroll past this and crack up. LOL

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

17 fév. 2017 06:51

You add books at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 30: by Judith (new)

17 fév. 2017 07:41

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "You add books at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

Thank you, Susanna. I apologize for doing it the wrong way. I will try to correct this tomorrow.

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message 31: by Donna (new)

02 déc. 2017 21:33

Oh hot damn, it worked. 3 duplicates were discovered and removed by the system.

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message 32: by Luke (new)

03 déc. 2017 23:12

Donna wrote: "Oh hot damn, it worked. 3 duplicates were discovered and removed by the system."

Oh good, I was wondering about that. Thanks Donna.

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message 33: by Greg (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:39

Twilight is better than Fountainhead? Well, okay. But Hunger Games is BEST BOOK EVER in the history of the world according to goodreads BEST EVER, so why isn't it #1 here?

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message 34: by Greg (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:41

Oh, and Go Set a Watchman (#225, and possibly the worst book ever written) is better than Goldfinch, which won a Pulitzer? Sometimes I just don't get it.

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message 35: by Greg (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:43

Mockingjay at 352 makes sense, but in what world is it better than Dame Agatha Christie's brilliant "Murder of Roger Akroyd"?

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message 36: by Greg (last edited 08 déc. 2017 12:58) (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:48

Tale of Genji, over 1000 years old, is at 873. Okay, I sorta get it, anything over 250 pages is no good. Good to know. Still, Tale of Genji now has Three, count em, 3 WHOLE VOTES as I voted for it.

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message 37: by Greg (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:50

The Nightengale has a rating of 4.54 but is #955. This is good for a laugh, certainly.

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message 38: by Greg (new)

08 déc. 2017 12:52

There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!

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message 39: by Luke (new)

08 déc. 2017 17:14

Greg wrote: "There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!"

If you're going to rant rather than contribute to the discussion regarding efforts to maintain this list, at least confine yourself to a single comment box rather than mewling and puking everywhere.

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message 40: by Donna (new)

08 déc. 2017 21:38

Aubrey wrote: "Greg wrote: "There are 4,990 books by female writers better than Woolf's "The Waves"!!!!!"

If you're going to rant rather than contribute to the discussion regarding efforts to maintain this list,..."

Amen.

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message 41: by Elyse (last edited 10 déc. 2017 05:14) (new)

10 déc. 2017 05:01

Argh. I am a librarian and I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to delete the Harry Potter book set. The single titles are listed farther down in the list so basically they are being voted on twice. I even voted for one of the single volumes so it's not that I don't like J.K. Rawling's books. But jeeze, this Harry Potter thing is a bit much. The creator of the list did not instruct "no book sets". And I don't want to get banned. Maybe as the Harry Potter readers get older and wiser they'll see the error of their ways and come back to this list and remove their votes for the book set. One can only hope.

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message 42: by Luke (new)

10 déc. 2017 05:59

I agree, we could have far more women of color in the top 100 than we currently do.

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message 43: by Lucinda (new)

14 déc. 2017 01:43

Oh my God, Twilight in the list? Come on!

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message 44: by Lucinda (new)

14 déc. 2017 01:44

Elyse wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "I agree, we could have far more women of color in the top 100 than we currently do."

Thanks for reminding me. I finished Mama Day by Gloria Naylor last month, gave it 5 stars, and j..."

It's also incredibly English speaking centred I thought...

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message 45: by Dr (new)

27 déc. 2017 09:48

Silver Linings True stories of resilience from a General Practice By Dr Mrin Nayagam.

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message 46: by Donna (new)

27 déc. 2017 10:08

Dr wrote: "Silver Linings True stories of resilience from a General Practice By Dr Mrin Nayagam."
Nobody will add this title for you. If you want to add it, go to the top of the list. On the right hand side, above the list, is a tab that you click on to add books. Then put the title in the little bar that appears and click the button that will be offered that says Vote for this book (or something similar). Cluttering up the technical discussion queue is not only a complete fail in terms of getting your book on the list, but it summons volunteer librarians like me, who think the list needs editing. We come along to help and discover it's just someone either spamming the list with their own book (bad author behavior), or else someone that hasn't checked the directions. I'm going back to bed now. Goodbye.

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message 47: by Caitlin (new)

07 jan. 2018 09:14

John Green is also on here, who is not a women.

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message 48: by Donna (new)

07 jan. 2018 09:20

Caitlin wrote: "John Green is also on here, who is not a women."
Where? Give me a page number and a book title and I'll take care of it, but I don't want to sift through 53 pages.

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message 49: by Donna (new)

14 juil. 2019 04:26

Holy Toledo! The system found and removed 22 duplicates.

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message 50: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

14 juil. 2019 18:18

Wow, that's a lot.

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