Lists of Bests: Orange's "Top 50 books written by women in English" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/17306 A list of the United Kingdom's top 50 books written by women in English, as compiled by the Orange cellular phone company, sponsors of the Orange Prize for Fiction. _Note: There are more than 50 books because of ties._ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:58:19 GMT en-us 0 50 51 50 0 Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3511 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3511"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439513.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138676361_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3704"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437204.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> Wuthering Heights (Classic Novels Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042684 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042684"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0764111485.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056484062_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Middlemarch (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315000 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315000"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/631641 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206912 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/206912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802631.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Emma (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4214 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007154615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115951817_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/713466 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/713466"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307264602.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> White Teeth: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51207 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51207"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747573603.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> To the Lighthouse (Annotated) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007836 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007836"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1119999750_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12260 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12260"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439139600.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Silas Marner (Enriched Classics Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/364061 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/364061"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416500340.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Possession: A Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18800"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735909.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.S. Byatt</div> The God of Small Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18550 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18550"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679457313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464824_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arundhati Roy</div> Mrs. Dalloway http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3816 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3816"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151009988.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59437 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59437"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Bridget Jones's Diary - A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2274674 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Fielding</div> Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4230 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4230"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192804782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Blind Assassin: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385720955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Chocolat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15489 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15489"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552998486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanne Harris</div> Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1646463 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1646463"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/068485791X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192875_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Proulx</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> The Sea, The Sea (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3473 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3473"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118616X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div> I Capture the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119020 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031231616X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057189617_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dodie Smith</div> Family Bites http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2375735 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Williams</div> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/845691 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/845691"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554896.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1061443430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> The Shell Seekers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030627 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030627"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/051722285X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosamunde Pilcher</div> Orlando: A Biography (Wordsworth Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2040528 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2040528"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1853262390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056529064_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> The Thorn Birds (Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14959 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14959"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517201658.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colleen McCullough</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573229725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> Girl with a Pearl Earring: (Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132465 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132465"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287022.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Chevalier</div> Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802135161.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanette Winterson</div> Jean Rhys: Wide Sargasso Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971105 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971105"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/184046268X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Clan of the Cave Bear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1540615 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Auel</div> Bell Jar (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2066760"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061148512.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> The Secret History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71029"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400031702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Tartt</div> Five Quarters of the Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1463 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1463"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060958022.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanne Harris</div> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96032 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/043965548X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1076450886_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Bel Canto (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> Hotel Du Lac http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87900 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87900"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140147470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Brookner</div> The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3475 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141186690.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iris Murdoch</div> Regeneration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14040 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452270073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132610379_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> The Bone People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347864 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347864"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807130729.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keri Hulme</div>