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Books by Women That Invented/Redefined Entire Genres

Did you know a woman wrote the first sci-if novel? And the first post-apocalyptic novel? Fun fact: it was the same woman, Mary Shelley, and she's only one the many unstoppable women writers on the list who either redefined or entirely invented new genres. These are the books by women that were (and for some, still are) like nothing else there.
Also FYI: the earliest novel (fitting the description of a "lengthy prose work detailing a narrative arc and intimate human experiences") was also invented by a woman?
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Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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Anthem
Anthem
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
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Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red
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The Awakening
The Awakening
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Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear (Marian Engel)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Black Beauty
Black Beauty
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Blood and Guts in High School
Blood and Guts in High School
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Bloodchild
Bloodchild
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The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
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The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
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Carol
Carol
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Ceremony
Ceremony
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Cheri
Cheri
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Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
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Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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The Conservationist
The Conservationist
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Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
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Duplex
Duplex
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Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
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Evelina
Evelina
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Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
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Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
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Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying
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The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
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Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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