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50 Books by Women That Everyone Should Read

Here are atleast 50 books that everyone should read by female writers than spans centuries. There are classics, and pop fiction books- but all are notable.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
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The Optimists Daughter
The Optimists Daughter
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Silas Marner
Silas Marner
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
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Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
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O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
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OLIVE KITTERIDGE
OLIVE KITTERIDGE
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Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
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House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods
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Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Sula
Sula
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
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"Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
"Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
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Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
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The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Kentucky)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Kentucky)
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The White Album
The White Album
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
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