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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 437 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,431,658 ratings — published 1985
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 397 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,439,511 ratings — published 1997
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 381 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,816,562 ratings — published 1813
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 354 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,900,521 ratings — published 1960
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 336 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,896,938 ratings — published 1818
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 326 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,854,243 ratings — published 1999
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 323 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,504,366 ratings — published 1998
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 316 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,226,824 ratings — published 1963
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,328,620 ratings — published 1847
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 313 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,934,940 ratings — published 2008
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 297 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,067,898 ratings — published 1847
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 295 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,202,588 ratings — published 2000
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 283 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,802,529 ratings — published 2003
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 281 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,116,747 ratings — published 2007
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 279 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,663,793 ratings — published 2005
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 253 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,166,137 ratings — published 2009
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 242 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,729,350 ratings — published 2010
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,199,923 ratings — published 1947
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 226 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,466,127 ratings — published 1868
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,033,673 ratings — published 1992
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,353,997 ratings — published 2018
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 206 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 753,435 ratings — published 1982
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,454,368 ratings — published 2012
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,298,594 ratings — published 1811
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 198 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.25 — 723,080 ratings — published 1938
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.78 — 357,597 ratings — published 1925
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,116,322 ratings — published 2017
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.98 — 491,629 ratings — published 1987
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,996,655 ratings — published 2011
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 182 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 331,239 ratings — published 2012
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,621,080 ratings — published 1939
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 179 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,326,618 ratings — published 2005
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,874,362 ratings — published 2018
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Emma Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.05 — 985,584 ratings — published 1815
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.07 — 615,505 ratings — published 2014
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 261,895 ratings — published 1929
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 158 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 413,453 ratings — published 2013
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Persuasion Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.15 — 778,966 ratings — published 1817
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 155 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,638,820 ratings — published 2018
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,866,920 ratings — published 2018
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,042,847 ratings — published 2013
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,315,669 ratings — published 2017
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,296,055 ratings — published 2015
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.99 — 387,232 ratings — published 1937
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,813,992 ratings — published 1993
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.65 — 385,637 ratings — published 2007
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,100,716 ratings — published 2011
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 146 times as female-authors)
avg rating 4.30 — 582,521 ratings — published 1969
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.91 — 296,882 ratings — published 1962
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 144 times as female-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,287,396 ratings — published 1962
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Virginie Despentes
“In much the same way, motherhood has become the essential female experience, valued above all others: giving life is where it's at. "Pro-maternity" propaganda has rarely been so extreme. They must be joking, the modern equivalent of the double constraint: "Have babies, it's wonderful, you'll feel more fulfilled and feminine than ever," but do it in a society in freefall in which waged work is a condition of social survival but guaranteed to no one, and especially not to women. Give birth in cities where accommodation is precarious, schools have surrendered the fight and children are subject to the most vicious mental assault through advertising, TV, internet, fizzy drink manufacturers and so on. Without children you will never be fulfilled as a woman, but bringing up kids in decent conditions is almost impossible.”
Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

Maggie Georgiana Young
“You can't exploit a woman who has based her entire career on exploiting herself.”
Maggie Young

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