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Female Protagonist

Based on tag: female protagonist

Members: 48 participating members (show all)

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1
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
51,940 members, 834 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1), krisnelson (1), gypsysmom (1), Cecrow (1), AnnaClaire (1), perellia (1), mspixieears (1), kceccato (1), zjakkelien (1), varielle (3), macha (3) — 10 more, alsocass (4), ahef1963 (10), roby72 (12), bytheseabchcmbr (17), thecoroner (22), FranzK72 (25), alex68 (30), DeusXMachina (35), merrystar (133), cej1027

Score: 61.09

2
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
70,674 members, 1,248 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1), merrystar (1), krisnelson (2), gypsysmom (2), Cecrow (2), el_len (2), AnnaClaire (3), mspixieears (3), zjakkelien (3), kceccato (5), alsocass (7) — 8 more, ahef1963 (8), DeusXMachina (9), roby72 (10), alex68 (13), varielle (15), FranzK72 (16), macha (17), thecoroner (27)

Score: 52.51

3
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
33,646 members, 473 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: el_len (1), merrystar (2), AnnaClaire (2), zjakkelien (2), ahef1963 (2), krisnelson (3), kceccato (3), gypsysmom (4), aulsmith (4), varielle (8), macha (8) — 4 more, alsocass (10), inge87 (22), alex68 (26), roby72 (33)

Score: 41.48

4
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
25,441 members, 474 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (2), perellia (2), Cecrow (6), el_len (6), kceccato (6), gypsysmom (8), varielle (9), macha (9), ahef1963 (14), alex68 (15), thecoroner (16) — 7 more, roby72 (17), bytheseabchcmbr (19), alsocass (21), FranzK72 (21), DeusXMachina (40), merrystar (132), cej1027

Score: 39.53

5
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
69,454 members, 1,345 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: bytheseabchcmbr (1), mspixieears (2), kceccato (2), gypsysmom (3), Cecrow (3), chgstrom (4), hipdeep (6), varielle (7), macha (7), alsocass (11), ahef1963 (16) — 5 more, roby72 (22), merrystar (26), thecoroner (29), kara.shamy (102), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 37.55

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Or is s/he a genderqueer?

6
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,776 members, 1,055 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: lily1958 (1), kara.shamy (2), elkiedee (4), Brandy1411 (9), AnnaClaire (9), Bretzky1 (13), alsocass (14), bytheseabchcmbr (16), ahef1963 (17), gypsysmom (23), roby72 (23) — 6 more, alex68 (31), FranzK72 (33), Cecrow (33), thecoroner (41), pwaites (43), cej1027

Score: 36.43

7
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
22,075 members, 276 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: varielle (2), macha (2), elkiedee (3), el_len (4), Cecrow (5), mspixieears (6), gypsysmom (7), thecoroner (13), ahef1963 (13), roby72 (16), merrystar (21) — 4 more, alsocass (23), alex68 (25), bytheseabchcmbr (25), cej1027 (46)

Score: 35.31

8
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
25,134 members, 474 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (1), merrystar (3), AnnaClaire (4), kceccato (4), alsocass (5), gypsysmom (5), mspixieears (5), inge87 (15), varielle (16), FranzK72 (18) — 2 more, macha (18), roby72 (51)

Score: 34.13

9
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
29,589 members, 504 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: el_len (3), bytheseabchcmbr (3), Cecrow (4), mspixieears (4), gypsysmom (6), kceccato (7), merrystar (8), alsocass (16), varielle (18), inge87 (21), macha (21) — 3 more, ahef1963 (33), roby72 (52), cej1027

Score: 31.61

10
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
23,545 members, 347 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Kuiperdolin (1), HeddaLo (1), FranzK72 (2), thecoroner (2), alsocass (3), alex68 (3), roby72 (3), ahef1963 (4), Cecrow (7), gypsysmom (9), macha (16)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 31.44

11
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
23,985 members, 386 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5), Cecrow (8), mspixieears (8), merrystar (9), gypsysmom (10), kceccato (10), bytheseabchcmbr (12), alsocass (15), varielle (17), macha (20), ahef1963 (25) — 4 more, alex68 (33), thecoroner (38), roby72 (38), kara.shamy (103)

Score: 30.22

12
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
38,892 members, 1,673 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: chgstrom (1), kara.shamy (1), sarahemmm (2), KimarieBee (3), Brandy1411 (8), gypsysmom (11), varielle (11), macha (11), mspixieears (15), thecoroner (40), ahef1963 (43) — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 30.2

13
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
18,248 members, 304 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: varielle (1), thecoroner (1), macha (1), roby72 (1), alex68 (2), FranzK72 (3), ahef1963 (3), alsocass (9), mspixieears (9)

Score: 30.06

14
Emma
by Jane Austen
33,223 members, 462 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: alsocass (1), zjakkelien (4), AnnaClaire (7), Cecrow (9), el_len (11), Bretzky1 (12), gypsysmom (12), varielle (19), macha (22), FranzK72 (26), ahef1963 (28) — 3 more, alex68 (34), roby72 (42), merrystar (136)

Score: 29.76

15
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
32,260 members, 341 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: Kuiperdolin (2), Bretzky1 (4), alex68 (5), thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (6), roby72 (6), bytheseabchcmbr (7), FranzK72 (10), gypsysmom (14), alsocass (17), merrystar (174) — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 28.03

16
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
20,027 members, 333 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (6), alex68 (7), thecoroner (8), el_len (9), ahef1963 (9), roby72 (11), alsocass (13), gypsysmom (15), varielle (20), macha (29), FranzK72 (30) — 1 more, merrystar (135)

Score: 24.85

17
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
17,421 members, 307 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: laurenms (1), kara.shamy (3), kceccato (8), Brandy1411 (10), Cecrow (13), gypsysmom (19), ahef1963 (20), bytheseabchcmbr (23), roby72 (30), alex68 (32), thecoroner (39)

Score: 24.4

18
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,982 members, 133 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: sarahemmm (3), aulsmith (3), AnnaClaire (5), el_len (5), inge87 (5), ahef1963 (5), merrystar (6), varielle (12), macha (12)

Score: 23.63

19
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
24,721 members, 502 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), mspixieears (7), kceccato (9), el_len (10), Cecrow (11), gypsysmom (13), alsocass (18), bytheseabchcmbr (24), ahef1963 (34), roby72 (53), cej1027

Score: 22.53

20
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
17,235 members, 231 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: varielle (6), macha (6), thecoroner (7), ahef1963 (7), roby72 (8), Cecrow (12), FranzK72 (13), alex68 (14), gypsysmom (16), merrystar (144)

Score: 21.89

21
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
4,829 members, 77 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: HeddaLo (2), Kuiperdolin (3), Cecrow (10), mspixieears (10), ahef1963 (12), roby72 (14), aulsmith (16), thecoroner (19), alex68 (28), merrystar (185)

Score: 21.86

22
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
10,058 members, 199 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: varielle (5), macha (5), DeusXMachina (11), mspixieears (11), alsocass (19), ahef1963 (22), thecoroner (30), FranzK72 (34), roby72 (34), alex68 (36), merrystar (134)

Score: 21.34

23
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
16,212 members, 240 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: alex68 (1), FranzK72 (1), varielle (4), macha (4), thecoroner (5), mspixieears (25), ahef1963 (44), merrystar (139)

Score: 20.84

24
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
34,135 members, 587 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: alsocass (2), roby72 (2), thecoroner (3), alex68 (4), FranzK72 (5), Bretzky1 (10), Cecrow (31), gypsysmom (41)

Score: 20.8

25
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
18,074 members, 547 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (1), mspixieears (16), ahef1963 (21), Cecrow (27), FranzK72 (28), thecoroner (32), roby72 (32), gypsysmom (35), alex68 (39), kara.shamy (104), merrystar (138)

Score: 20.39

26
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
55,085 members, 3,346 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), perellia (5), chgstrom (6), kceccato (11), Brandy1411 (12), Cecrow (20), alsocass (22), gypsysmom (24), ahef1963 (45)

Score: 19.5

27
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
19,070 members, 387 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: alsocass (6), AnnaClaire (8), el_len (8), gypsysmom (17), mspixieears (19), varielle (21), ahef1963 (27), macha (36), roby72 (40), merrystar (137)

Score: 19.21

28
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
18,718 members, 415 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: el_len (7), mspixieears (12), Cecrow (14), gypsysmom (20), merrystar (23), thecoroner (31), ahef1963 (32), FranzK72 (39), roby72 (49), cej1027

Score: 18.53

29
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
27,666 members, 892 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: perellia (3), kara.shamy (4), chgstrom (5), gypsysmom (18), varielle (25), cej1027 (39), mspixieears (47), macha (55), ahef1963 (58)

Score: 18.32

30
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
5,867 members, 115 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (1), HChilcat (3), merrystar (12), el_len (16), Cecrow (23), pwaites (25), kceccato (32), macha (60)

Score: 17.92

31
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
27,295 members, 1,448 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: chgstrom (2), Cindy1954 (2), KimarieBee (9), Brandy1411 (11), alsocass (24), gypsysmom (27), ahef1963 (35), roby72 (54)

Score: 17.92

32
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
14,738 members, 580 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (10), mspixieears (14), Cecrow (15), kceccato (18), gypsysmom (21), varielle (23), pwaites (34), cej1027 (41), macha (49), merrystar (189)

Score: 17.82

33
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
24,954 members, 444 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: alsocass (8), kara.shamy (8), FranzK72 (14), ahef1963 (19), mspixieears (21), elkiedee (23), thecoroner (25), alex68 (27), roby72 (27)

Score: 17.73

34
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
13,291 members, 182 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (7), alex68 (8), thecoroner (9), ahef1963 (11), roby72 (13), alsocass (20), mspixieears (26), gypsysmom (38)

Score: 16.72

35
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
14,632 members, 404 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Cindy1954 (1), kceccato (16), Cecrow (17), ahef1963 (24), merrystar (25), gypsysmom (26), FranzK72 (36), roby72 (36)

Score: 16.6

36
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
32,595 members, 691 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: zjakkelien (5), mspixieears (13), Cecrow (16), el_len (21), gypsysmom (22), elkiedee (24), macha (39), ahef1963 (48), merrystar (140)

Score: 16.59

37
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
13,063 members, 375 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Cindy1954 (3), krisnelson (4), aulsmith (8), pwaites (12), gypsysmom (29), cej1027 (43), ahef1963 (64), merrystar (188)

Score: 16.18

38
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,698 members, 295 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (2), alex68 (9), thecoroner (10), FranzK72 (12), Cecrow (28), gypsysmom (36), kceccato (43), ahef1963 (137)

Score: 16.18

39
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
22,627 members, 695 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: perellia (4), kara.shamy (5), chgstrom (7), gypsysmom (25), varielle (26), cej1027 (40), macha (59), ahef1963 (63)

Score: 15.98

40
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
10,082 members, 119 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (4), thecoroner (4), roby72 (4), alex68 (6), Cecrow (21), macha (40)

Score: 14.5

41
Kushiel's Dart
by Jacqueline Carey
6,450 members, 219 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (2), Kiddboyblue (2), zjakkelien (9), kceccato (14), Cecrow (22), macha (65)

Score: 14.36

42
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
8,084 members, 168 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: perellia (6), KimarieBee (8), elkiedee (9), Brandy1411 (14), bytheseabchcmbr (15), gypsysmom (39), roby72 (67)

Score: 14.34

43
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
7,160 members, 622 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: chgstrom (3), pwaites (4), kara.shamy (6), Cindy1954 (7), gypsysmom (28), ahef1963 (149)

Score: 13.77

44
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
9,318 members, 154 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: rplinke (1), varielle (10), macha (10), thecoroner (18), roby72 (26), mspixieears (28), DeusXMachina (34)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 13.61

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): S/he doesn't start out as female.

45
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
8,494 members, 150 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10), el_len (23), thecoroner (34), ahef1963 (38), alex68 (41), DeusXMachina (42), cej1027 (48), roby72 (61)

Score: 13.45

46
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
8,438 members, 284 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: sarahemmm (4), bytheseabchcmbr (4), amberwitch (5), mspixieears (29), merrystar (32), ahef1963 (112)

Score: 12.97

47
Sabriel
by Garth Nix
9,367 members, 272 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (5), hipdeep (10), el_len (17), pwaites (23), kceccato (34), macha (62), merrystar (141)

Score: 12.96

48
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
11,769 members, 269 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (4), Kuiperdolin (4), zjakkelien (6), Cecrow (29), gypsysmom (37), ahef1963 (67)

Score: 12.96

49
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
18,614 members, 432 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: el_len (12), mspixieears (17), kceccato (17), Cecrow (19), ahef1963 (26), roby72 (39), alex68 (42)

Score: 12.95

50
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
by Astrid Lindgren
2,088 members, 40 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: alvaret (1), amberwitch (3), mkbird (6), merrystar (31), DeusXMachina (41)

Score: 12.87

51
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
5,328 members, 209 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (11), elkiedee (22), mspixieears (23), merrystar (24), roby72 (59), ahef1963 (234), thorold

Score: 12.52

52
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
13,372 members, 198 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: sarahemmm (5), merrystar (7), bytheseabchcmbr (8), el_len (20), ahef1963 (68), cej1027

Score: 12.44

53
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
11,856 members, 213 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), mspixieears (20), gypsysmom (34), alex68 (35), FranzK72 (35), ahef1963 (40), roby72 (64)

Score: 12.15

54
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
34,002 members, 873 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), kara.shamy (7), Cecrow (18), merrystar (27), ahef1963 (52), cej1027

Score: 12.12

55
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
21,318 members, 225 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: kceccato (12), el_len (18), Cecrow (24), merrystar (29), gypsysmom (31), ahef1963 (172), cej1027

Score: 12.07

56
Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
3,285 members, 242 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (2), kara.shamy (11), zjakkelien (27), pwaites (28), kceccato (28), merrystar (130)

Score: 11.98

57
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
17,538 members, 1,175 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Brandy1411 (2), bytheseabchcmbr (2), Cindy1954 (6), gypsysmom (45), ahef1963 (173)

Score: 11.93

58
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
22,647 members, 426 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: el_len (13), varielle (22), Cecrow (25), gypsysmom (32), macha (44), cej1027 (47), ahef1963 (80)

Score: 11.84

59
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
20,151 members, 733 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: Brian710 (1), Brandy1411 (5), kara.shamy (10), gypsysmom (46), ahef1963 (79)

Score: 11.8

60
Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
10,707 members, 125 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: el_len (14), Cecrow (26), merrystar (30), gypsysmom (33), mspixieears (37), kceccato (38), ahef1963 (77)

Score: 11.8

61
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
10,163 members, 397 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (6), merrystar (11), el_len (15), pwaites (39), ahef1963 (59), cej1027

Score: 11.47

62
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
38,993 members, 2,029 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), pwaites (10), Brandy1411 (13), ahef1963 (41), gypsysmom (42), roby72 (65)

Score: 11.47

63
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
33,311 members, 913 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: sarahemmm (6), amberwitch (7), bytheseabchcmbr (13), mspixieears (41), ahef1963 (72), gypsysmom (78)

Score: 11.42

64
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
2,115 members, 28 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (17), FranzK72 (19), alex68 (20), mspixieears (30), DeusXMachina (43)

Score: 11.36

65
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
5,652 members, 128 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (6), Brandy1411 (15), merrystar (20), kceccato (35), pwaites (60), macha (63)

Score: 10.98

66
Medea
by Christa Wolf
414 members, 8 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (6), alex68 (11), thecoroner (20), roby72 (20), thorold

Score: 10.91

67
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
16,225 members, 302 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: Cindy1954 (5), elkiedee (12), mspixieears (38), gypsysmom (44), ahef1963 (135), cej1027

Score: 10.81

68
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
15,330 members, 368 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), mspixieears (22), ahef1963 (29), gypsysmom (30), FranzK72 (37), roby72 (43)

Score: 10.77

69
Nana
by Émile Zola
3,547 members, 58 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (8), roby72 (24), elkiedee (25), thecoroner (26), FranzK72 (29), alex68 (37), gypsysmom (55)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 10.56

70
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
5,290 members, 236 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: pwaites (1), amberwitch (4), merrystar (14), macha (64)

Score: 10.31

71
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
17,796 members, 646 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: DeusXMachina (21), macha (24), ahef1963 (36), mspixieears (46), roby72 (57), cej1027

Score: 9.95

72
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
33,992 members, 524 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Cindy1954 (4), chgstrom (8), ahef1963 (37), roby72 (58), cej1027

Score: 9.92

73
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
13,432 members, 254 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14), Cecrow (30), gypsysmom (40), merrystar (50), ahef1963 (92), cej1027

Score: 9.81

74
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
5,743 members, 133 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (7), mspixieears (27), roby72 (31), gypsysmom (50), thorold

Score: 9.79

75
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,177 members, 377 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), thecoroner (28), roby72 (35), FranzK72 (40), alex68 (47), gypsysmom (80)

Score: 9.67

76
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
11,235 members, 165 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: pwaites (3), el_len (22), merrystar (28), kceccato (40), ahef1963 (84)

Score: 9.54

77
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
6,547 members, 223 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (7), kara.shamy (15), kceccato (19), roby72 (44), macha (48)

Score: 9.48

78
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
6,956 members, 98 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15), alex68 (16), ahef1963 (18), roby72 (25), FranzK72 (31)

Score: 9.46

79
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
10,824 members, 627 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), elkiedee (26), mspixieears (33), gypsysmom (62), thorold

Score: 9.39

80
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
16,023 members, 878 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: bytheseabchcmbr (10), kara.shamy (13), Brandy1411 (16), gypsysmom (57), ahef1963 (73)

Score: 9.18

81
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
9,946 members, 135 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39), merrystar (44), alex68 (48), cej1027 (63), roby72 (63), gypsysmom (75)

Score: 8.87

82
Thérèse Raquin
by Émile Zola
2,836 members, 69 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: roby72 (7), alex68 (10), FranzK72 (11), thecoroner (21)

Score: 8.77

83
Romola
by George Eliot
1,284 members, 15 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), FranzK72 (38), thecoroner (43), alex68 (49)

Score: 8.69

84
History
by Elsa Morante
1,228 members, 25 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), alex68 (12), FranzK72 (15), roby72 (15)

Score: 8.41

85
Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,641 members, 85 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: varielle (14), macha (15), el_len (19), merrystar (101), ahef1963 (193)

Score: 8.35

86
Light a Penny Candle
by Maeve Binchy
1,828 members, 23 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), bytheseabchcmbr (11), gypsysmom (48), ahef1963 (226)

Score: 8.11

87
Hogfather
by Terry Pratchett
10,186 members, 142 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), merrystar (13), pwaites (22), kceccato (59)

Score: 8.07

88
Ange'el
by Jamie Le Fay
4 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: JamieLeFay (1), GabrielWarren (1)

Score: 8

89
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Truman Capote
2,355 members, 58 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: HeddaLo (3), thecoroner (33), roby72 (37), alex68 (40)

Score: 7.92

90
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey
8,197 members, 146 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Brandy1411 (17), DeusXMachina (26), merrystar (72), gypsysmom (93), ahef1963 (113)

Score: 7.63

91
Blonde
by Joyce Carol Oates
1,919 members, 55 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), roby72 (19), FranzK72 (23), alex68 (29)

Score: 7.62

92
Kristin Lavransdatter
by Sigrid Undset
2,682 members, 70 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: roby72 (18), alex68 (19), FranzK72 (20), thecoroner (23)

Score: 7.58

93
Testament of Youth
by Vera Brittain
1,929 members, 50 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (14), kceccato (15), ahef1963 (201), thorold

Score: 7.54

94
Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson
9,526 members, 376 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: pwaites (13), zjakkelien (22), kceccato (24), Cecrow (32)

Score: 7.44

95
Shards of Honor
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,879 members, 116 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sarahemmm (1), amberwitch (20), macha (57)

Score: 7.35

Explanations:

sarahemmm (1): How to deal with honour, even when it may mean losing love.

96
Manon Lescaut
by Abbé Prévost
1,818 members, 48 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: alex68 (21), FranzK72 (22), thecoroner (24), roby72 (28)

Score: 7.26

97
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
10,864 members, 238 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (12), kara.shamy (14), gypsysmom (56), roby72 (60)

Score: 7.12

98
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
16,937 members, 314 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), kceccato (37), ahef1963 (74)

Score: 6.99

99
The Privilege of the Sword
by Ellen Kushner
1,397 members, 58 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5), pwaites (37), macha (47), merrystar (142)

Score: 6.98

100
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
16,206 members, 182 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: varielle (13), macha (14), gypsysmom (51), ahef1963 (91)

Score: 6.97

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