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Favorite Books Written by Women

This is not intended to be a list of the best books by women, but rather, my personal favorites. As such you will not find Virginia Woolf or George Eliot, nor even Wuthering Heights. Missing are best sellers I did not like at all--Gone Girl, Where the Crawdads Sing, and Educated. Instead there is Little Women, which ignited my love of reading; To Kill a Mockingbird and The Diary of Anne Frank, which opened my younger eyes to issues I needed to learn about; compelling mysteries to solve by Agatha Christie and Louise Penny, and books that stirred my imagination, inspired me, or left me in despair, titles such as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or The Handmaid's Tale. Missing are books I have not (embarrassingly) read yet such as Sense and Sensibility or anything by Isabelle Allende.
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84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
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Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
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All the Devil's Are Here (Louise Penny)
All the Devil's Are Here
Louise Penny
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American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins
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An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
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Anything Is Possible (Elizabeth Strout)
Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
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Away (Amy Bloom)
Away
Amy Bloom
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The Beautiful Mystery (Louise Penny)
The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny
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The Beginner's Goodbye (Anne Tyler)
The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
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Bella Tuscany (Frances Mayes)
Bella Tuscany
Frances Mayes
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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A Better Man (Louise Penny)
A Better Man
Louise Penny
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Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
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The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie
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The Book of Lost Friends (Lisa Wingate)
The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate
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The Bookseller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad)
The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad
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The Brutal Telling (Louise Penny)
The Brutal Telling
Louise Penny
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The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
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Bury Your Dead (Louise Penny)
Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny
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A Change in Altitude (Anita Shreve)
A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
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Chocolat
Chocolat
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Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
Madeline Miller
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean Auel
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Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
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The Cruelest Month (Louise Penny)
The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny
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The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey
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Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
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The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
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Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
daphne du maurier
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Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
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Eloise
Eloise
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The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim
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