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Classics That Pass the Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test is a method for evaluating the portrayal of women in fiction. It asks whether the work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. A lot of classics don't pass. Here are 45 great books that do.
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
4
L.M. Montgomery
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
6
Alessandro Manzoni
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
7
Charles Dickens
The Bone Setter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bone Setter's Daughter
8
Amy Tan
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
9
Alice Walker
Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban
10
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
11
Jane Austen
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
12
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
13
Doris Lessing
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
15
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
16
Charles Dickens
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
17
Kathryn Stockett
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
18
E. M. Forster
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
19
Julia Alvarez
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
20
Charlotte Bronte
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
21
Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
22
Amy Tan
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan
23
Oscar Wilde
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
24
Louisa May Alcott
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
25
Jane Austen
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
26
Carson McCullers
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
27
George Eliot
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
28
Virginia Woolf
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
29
Willa Cather
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
30
Willa Cather
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
31
Joy Kogawa
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
32
Sophocles
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
33
Eudora Welty
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
35
E.M. Forster
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
36
Nella Larsen
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
37
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
38
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
39
Lorraine Hansberry
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
40
E.M. Forster
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