500 Great Books by Women

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This list is a great way to discover a range of women’s writing.

From the book 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide by Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larsen, & Holly Smith.

Note: There are actually more than 500 books listed in the original book (and on this list.)

The list is alphabetical by author.

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  1. 51.
    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Dover Value Editions)
    by Isabella L. Bird

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  2. 52.
    Lovers' Choice: Stories
    by Becky Birtha

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  3. 53.
    The Collected Prose
    by Elizabeth Bishop

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  4. 54.
    The Curve of Time
    by M. Wylie Blanchet

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  5. 56.
    Annapurna: A Woman's Place (20th Anniversary Edition)
    by Arlene Blum

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  7. 58.
    New Islands: And Other Stories
    by Maria Luisa Bombal

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  8. 59.
    Why Not Me?: The Story of Gladys Milton, Midwife
    by Wendy L. Bovard

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  9. 60.
    The Revolution of Little Girls
    by Blanche Mccrary Boyd

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  10. 61.
    The Mists of Avalon
    by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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  11. 62.
    Sans Souci: And Other Stories
    by Dionne Brand

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  12. 63.
    Mohawk Trail
    by Beth Brant

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  13. 64.
    Testament of Youth (Penguin Classics)
    by Vera Brittain

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  14. 65.
    A Weave of Women (Midland Books)
    by E. M. Broner

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  15. 66.
    The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall
    by Anne Bronte

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  16. 67.
    Jane Eyre
    by Charlotte Bronte

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  17. 68.
    Wuthering Heights (Classic Novels Series)
    by Emily Bronte

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  18. 69.
    Hotel Du Lac
    by Anita Brookner

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  19. 70.
    Maud Martha
    by Gwendolyn Brooks

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  20. 71.
    The Clay That Breathes: A Novella and Stories
    by Browder

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  21. 72.
    A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story
    by Elaine Brown

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  22. 73.
    Six of One
    by Rita Mae Brown

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  23. 74.
    Street Games: Stories
    by Rosellen Brown

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  24. 75.
    Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape
    by Susan Brownmiller

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  25. 76.
    Pavilion of Women
    by Pearl S. Buck

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  26. 77.
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  27. 80.
    The Threshing Floor: Short Stories
    by Barbara Burford

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  28. 81.
    Call Home The Heart: A Novel of the Thirties
    by Fielding Burke

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  29. 82.
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    Evelina
    by Fanny Burney

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  30. 83.
    Cold Sassy Tree
    by Olive Ann Burns

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  31. 84.
    Kindred (Bluestreak Black Women Writers)
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  32. 85.
    Possession: A Romance
    by A.S. Byatt

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  33. 86.
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    Child of Her People
    by Anne Cameron

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  34. 87.
    Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad
    by Bebe Moore Campbell

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  35. 88.
    Halfbreed
    by Maria Campbell

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  36. 89.
    Cartucho and My Mother's Hands (Texas Pan American Series)
    by Nellie Campobello

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  37. 90.
    The Home Maker
    by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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  38. 92.
    Silent Spring
    by Rachel Carson

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  39. 93.
    Saints and Strangers (King Penguin)
    by Angela Carter

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  40. 94.
    Black Ice
    by Lorene Cary

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  41. 95.
    Paradise
    by Elena Castedo

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  42. 96.
    Ciudad Real/city of Kings
    by Rosario Castellanos

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  43. 97.
    The Mixquiahuala Letters
    by Ana Castillo

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  44. 98.
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    Solitude
    by Victor Catala

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  45. 99.
    MY ANTONIA
    by Willa Cather

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  46. 100.
    Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
    by Jung Chang

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