500 Great Books by Women

Add to my lists | Print this list

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.

Pages: 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

  1. 101.
    The Last of the Menu Girls
    by Denise Chavez

    Drag me to re-order


  2. 102.
    ?
    The Scent of the Gods
    by Fiona Cheong

    Drag me to re-order


  3. 103.
    In My Mother's House: A Memoir
    by Kim Chernin

    Drag me to re-order


  4. 104.
    Like One of the Family (Black Women Writers Series)
    by Childress

    Drag me to re-order


  5. 105.
    The Awakening
    by Kate Chopin

    Drag me to re-order


  6. 106.
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot)
    by Agatha Christie

    Drag me to re-order


  7. 107.
    ?
    Sofia Petrovna (European Classics)
    by Lydia Chukovskaya

    Drag me to re-order


  8. 108.
    LA Casa En Mango Street/the House on Mango Street
    by Sandra Cisneros

    Drag me to re-order


  9. 109.
    ?
    Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot
    by Pearl Cleage

    Drag me to re-order


  10. 110.
    ?
    The Land of Look Behind: Prose and Poetry
    by Michelle Cliff

    Drag me to re-order


  11. 111.
    Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood
    by Judith Ortiz Cofer

    Drag me to re-order


  12. 112.
    ?
    A War of Eyes: And Other Stories
    by Wanda Coleman

    Drag me to re-order


  13. 113.
    My Mother's House and Sido
    by Colette

    Drag me to re-order


  14. 114.
    ?
    The District Governor's Daughters
    by Camilla Collett

    Drag me to re-order


  15. 116.
    The Lone Pilgrim
    by Laurie Colwin

    Drag me to re-order


  16. 117.
    I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
    by Maryse Conde

    Drag me to re-order


  17. 118.
    The Road from Coorain
    by Jill Ker Conway

    Drag me to re-order


  18. 119.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    by Blanche Wiesen Cook

    Drag me to re-order


  19. 120.
    The Power of Horses And Other Stories (Sun Tracks)
    by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

    Drag me to re-order


  20. 122.
    Homemade Love
    by J. California Cooper

    Drag me to re-order


  21. 123.

  22. 126.
    I Heard the Owl Call My Name
    by Margaret Craven

    Drag me to re-order


  23. 127.
    The Lamplighter (American Women Writers)
    by Maria S. Cummins

    Drag me to re-order


  24. 128.
    ?
    A Persian Requiem
    by Simin Daneshvar

    Drag me to re-order


  25. 129.
    ?
    Nervous Conditions
    by Tsitsi Dangarembga

    Drag me to re-order


  26. 130.
    The Painted Alphabet
    by Diana Darling

    Drag me to re-order


  27. 132.
    Tracks
    by Robyn Davidson

    Drag me to re-order


  28. 133.
    ?
    Women, Culture & Politics
    by Angela Y. Davis

    Drag me to re-order


  29. 134.
    Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories: Second Edition
    by Rebecca Harding Davis

    Drag me to re-order


  30. 135.
    The Second Sex (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Simone De Beauvoir

    Drag me to re-order


  31. 136.
    Child Of The Dark: The Diary Of Carolina Maria De Jesus
    by Carolina Maria de Jesus

    Drag me to re-order


  32. 137.
    ?

  33. 138.
    Margins (Djuna Books)
    by Terri de la Peña

    Drag me to re-order


  34. 139.
    ?
    Singing Softly/Cantando Bajito
    by Carmen de Monteflores

    Drag me to re-order


  35. 140.
    The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics)
    by Christine de Pizan

    Drag me to re-order


  36. 141.
    ?
    Dôra, Doralina
    by Rachel de Queiroz

    Drag me to re-order


  37. 142.
    ?
    Jerusalem Plays Hide and Seek
    by Ariella Deem

    Drag me to re-order


  38. 143.
    Cosima
    by Grazia Deledda

    Drag me to re-order


  39. 144.
    Waterlily
    by Ella Cara Deloria

    Drag me to re-order


  40. 145.
    Clear Light of Day
    by Anita Desai

    Drag me to re-order


  41. 146.
    Fortunate Lives: A Novel
    by Robb Forman Dew

    Drag me to re-order


  42. 147.
    One Pair of Hands
    by Monica Dickens

    Drag me to re-order


  43. 148.
    After Henry
    by Joan Didion

    Drag me to re-order


  44. 149.
    Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
    by Annie Dillard

    Drag me to re-order


  45. 150.
    Out of Africa (Modern Library)
    by Isak Dinesen

    Drag me to re-order


Pages: 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists.
Created by desertlizard on Jul 17, 2006.
 

Comments