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Good Housekeeping's 100 Best Books Written by Women

There have been many lists of the 100 best books to read, but few focusing solely on female writers. From gripping works of fiction to literary classics, this list of 100 books to read by women was selected by the Good Housekeeping team and shows that women's writing is complex, brilliant, moving, innovative – everything the best writing should be. FYI the list is ranked in line with the list items (i.e. 1 is the best book, gradually descending to 100).
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
2
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
4
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
5
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
6
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
7
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
8
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
9
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
10
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
11
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
12
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
13
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
14
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
15
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
16
Swimming Home (Deborah Levy)
Swimming Home (Deborah Levy)
17
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
18
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
19
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
20
Selected Stories 1 and 2 (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories 1 and 2 (Alice Munro)
21
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
22
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
23
City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert)
City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert)
24
The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
25
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
26
Trans (Juliet Jacques)
Trans (Juliet Jacques)
27
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
28
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street (Ann Petry)
29
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
30
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
31
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
32
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
33
Five Steps to Happy (Ella Dove)
Five Steps to Happy (Ella Dove)
34
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
35
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
36
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
37
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
38
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
39
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
40
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
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