Lists of Bests: BBC Women's Watershed Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25566 "Woman's Hour invites you to nominate the novel which has spoken to you on a personal level. It may have changed the way you look at yourself or simply made you happy to be a woman. As a man, it may have affected your understanding of the women in your life. Your selection can be written by a man or a woman, in this country or abroad, as long as it touched your life in some way." ~ www.bbc.co.uk (2004) Winners are listed in this order: #1 (WINNER) #2 - 5 Alphabetical order (TOP 5) #5 - 10 Alphabetical order (TOP 10) #11 - 30 Alphabetical order (TOP 30) #31 - 132 Alphabetical order (NEXT 100 plus 1) Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:48:48 GMT en-us 0 50 131 50 0 Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39298 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39298"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802380.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> The Handmaid's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1188162 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1188162"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771008740.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/907520"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141441143.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Brontë</div> To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Pernnial Moderns Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417364"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061120081.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Women's Room (Virago Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296458 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296458"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860492827.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44273744_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilyn French</div> The Color Purple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671727796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">7</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> Middlemarch (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315000 <div id="position">8</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/76641 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844080382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42238246_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3516 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3516"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> Angelique (Volume 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569935 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2569935"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553135678.01-A3O2K5LMJNT45Z._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47178973_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergeanne Golon</div> Anna Karenina (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/457435 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/457435"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528611.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo Tolstoy</div> The Awakening (Unabridged Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376859 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400100313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Chopin</div> The Bell Jar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5H6WY.01-A336YHK8BZZDZL._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">15</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> Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19108"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43048994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Faulks</div> Bridget Jones's Diary - A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2274674 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Fielding</div> Fear of Flying http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1011714 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1011714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451209435.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erica Jong</div> The Game of Kings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19112 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19112"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679777431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Dunnett</div> The Golden Notebook: Perennial Classics edition (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006093140X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">21</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> I Capture the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482588 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dodie Smith</div> The L-Shaped Room http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2250108 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Reid Banks</div> Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24088 <div id="position">24</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> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">25</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> Precious Bane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1247967 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1247967"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E60TRE.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Webb</div> The Red Tent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967741 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967741"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312353766.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Diamant</div> To the Lighthouse (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2646107 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2646107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140679239X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47016377_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia, Woolf</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">29</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> Woman on the Edge of Time (A Women's Press Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2170467 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2170467"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0704346567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marge Piercy</div> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. M. Montgomery</div> Atlas Shrugged http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Ballet Shoes (Puffin Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818948 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140300414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noel Streatfeild</div> Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5819 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312150601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Atkinson</div> Black Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448404 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448404"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439228905.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anna Sewell</div> The Bloody Chamber http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2745 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2745"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014017821X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Angela Carter</div> The Bone People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/347864 <div id="position">38</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> Bonjour Tristesse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974798 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2266127748.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francoise Sagan</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060929871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> The Bridges of Madison County http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2326751 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2326751"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000IAZOYO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert James Waller</div> Brick Lane: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Ali</div> Brother of the More Famous Jack http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1741333 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1741333"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014027491X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Trapido</div> By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46399 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46399"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679738045.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Smart</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Cat's Eye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10317"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385491026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Chocolat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15489 <div id="position">47</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> The Clan of the Cave Bear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962929 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962929"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553381679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean M. Auel</div> Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3463 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3463"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182652.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stella Gibbons</div> The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3337"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449264.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandre Dumas père</div>