The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. GortnerCorrag by Susan  FletcherSexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Best Female Lead Characters
4,845 books — 5,873 voters

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,279 books — 7,895 voters
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 967 voters

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,838 voters
The Passion by Jeanette WintersonSexing the Cherry by Jeanette WintersonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,304 books — 4,515 voters
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters