Epic Bechdel Fails (9 books)

This list is slightly sarcastic...

Let's find fiction books that, against all odds, managed to fail the Bechdel test (2 named females, who talk to each other, about something besides a man).

Female protagonist never meets other women? Thousands of pages but not a single women in sight? Women talk to each other a bunch but only about men? Here is the place for those stories!

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to create hate towards specific books, but rather some awareness in general, combined with some humour and salt ;)

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1	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,462,315 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 2,869,229 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4) by Ian Doescher (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 20,839 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 731,664 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 308,667 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose 4.07 avg rating — 37,559 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3.95 avg rating — 282,947 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,858,758 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) by Tahereh Mafi 3.84 avg rating — 1,227,755 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars