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87 Books by Women You Should Read Before You Die

"Without women, some pretty amazing things wouldn't exist. Book-lovers know best that women have changed the world in so many important ways — oftentimes, with their words. We've rounded up more than 80 novels, essays, poem collections, and memoirs written by female writers. Everyone should read these literary works in their lifetimes."
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On Beauty
On Beauty
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
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Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
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The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
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Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
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The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet
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A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
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Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
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The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
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We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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The Mandarins
The Mandarins
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
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Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
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The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
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The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
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Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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