The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Memoirs by Women
3,098 books — 3,115 voters
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonIt's Always Something by Gilda Radner
Funny Women Memoirs
461 books — 1,552 voters

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Hours by Michael CunninghamFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggWritten on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,783 books — 2,177 voters
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
345 books — 70 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Young Adult Books
13,159 books — 80,231 voters
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter NaslundTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Girls disguised as Boys
852 books — 961 voters