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40 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She's 40

"From Harper Lee's cult classic To Kill A Mockingbird, to childhood adventures like Alice in Wonderland, via the modern day masterpieces of Donna Tartt and Zadie Smith, these are the novels that every woman should read at least once in a lifetime."
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
3
Virginia Woolf
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
5
Edith Wharton
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
6
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
7
Erich Maria Remarque
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
9
Maya Angelou
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10
Louis De Bernieres
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
12
Leo Tolstoy
Crazy Salad
Crazy Salad
13
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
14
Elizabeth Gilbert
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
17
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He's Just Not That Into You - Behrendt and Tuccilllo
He's Just Not That Into You - Behrendt and Tuccilllo
18
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Bronte
Lace (Shirley Conran)
Lace
20
Shirley Conran
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
21
Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
22
William Golding
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
23
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
24
Salman Rushdie
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
25
J.M. Barrie
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
26
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
27
Daphne Du Maurier
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
28
Donna Tartt
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
30
John Fowles
The Paris Wife (Paula McLain)
The Paris Wife
31
Paula McLain
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
32
Harper Lee
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
33
Richard Adams
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
34
Zadie Smith
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
35
Cheryl Strayed
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
36
Emily Bronte
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
37
William Shakespeare
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
38
Helen Fielding
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
39
Patti Smith
Night at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Night at the Circus
40
Angela Carter
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