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Female Protagonist

Description: Women or girls as lead characters

Based on tag: female protagonist

Members: 40 participating members (show all)

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1
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
43,513 members, 719 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1), Cecrow (1), AnnaClaire (1), perellia (1), kara.shamy (1), mspixieears (1), kceccato (1), zjakkelien (1), varielle (3), macha (3), ahef1963 (10) — 5 more, roby72 (12), bytheseabchcmbr (17), thecoroner (22), FranzK72 (23), cej1027

Score: 49.79

2
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
59,458 members, 1,078 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), gypsysmom (2), Cecrow (2), el_len (2), AnnaClaire (3), kara.shamy (3), mspixieears (3), zjakkelien (3), kceccato (5), ahef1963 (8), roby72 (10) — 4 more, FranzK72 (15), varielle (15), macha (17), thecoroner (27)

Score: 41.34

3
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
58,197 members, 1,165 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: ashcval (1), bytheseabchcmbr (1), mspixieears (2), kceccato (2), gypsysmom (3), Cecrow (3), chgstrom (4), hipdeep (6), varielle (7), macha (7), ahef1963 (16) — 4 more, roby72 (22), merrystar (26), thecoroner (29), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 38.12

Explanations:

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

4
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
28,158 members, 393 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: el_len (1), merrystar (2), AnnaClaire (2), kara.shamy (2), zjakkelien (2), ahef1963 (2), kceccato (3), gypsysmom (4), aulsmith (4), varielle (8), macha (8) — 2 more, inge87 (22), roby72 (33)

Score: 37.79

5
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
20,937 members, 417 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (1), merrystar (3), AnnaClaire (4), kceccato (4), gypsysmom (5), kara.shamy (5), mspixieears (5), inge87 (15), varielle (16), FranzK72 (17) — 2 more, macha (18), roby72 (51)

Score: 34.16

6
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
19,638 members, 298 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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

Score: 30.19

7
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
23,085 members, 414 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: el_len (3), bytheseabchcmbr (3), Cecrow (4), mspixieears (4), gypsysmom (6), kceccato (7), merrystar (8), varielle (18), inge87 (21), macha (21), ahef1963 (33) — 2 more, roby72 (52), cej1027

Score: 29.64

8
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
20,137 members, 375 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: perellia (2), Cecrow (6), el_len (6), kceccato (6), gypsysmom (8), varielle (9), macha (9), ahef1963 (14), thecoroner (16), roby72 (17), bytheseabchcmbr (19) — 2 more, FranzK72 (20), cej1027

Score: 29.54

9
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Signet Classics)
by Lewis Carroll
17,967 members, 253 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: varielle (2), macha (2), el_len (4), Cecrow (5), mspixieears (6), gypsysmom (7), thecoroner (13), ahef1963 (13), roby72 (16), merrystar (21), bytheseabchcmbr (25) — 1 more, cej1027 (46)

Score: 28.65

10
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
12,253 members, 189 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), Cecrow (8), mspixieears (8), merrystar (9), gypsysmom (10), kceccato (10), bytheseabchcmbr (12), varielle (17), macha (20), ahef1963 (25), thecoroner (38) — 1 more, roby72 (38)

Score: 25.14

11
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
15,286 members, 265 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

Score: 24.39

12
Emma
by Jane Austen
27,850 members, 386 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: zjakkelien (4), AnnaClaire (7), kara.shamy (8), Cecrow (9), el_len (11), gypsysmom (12), varielle (19), macha (22), FranzK72 (25), ahef1963 (28), roby72 (42)

Score: 23.18

13
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
33,410 members, 1,558 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: chgstrom (1), KimarieBee (3), gypsysmom (11), varielle (11), macha (11), kara.shamy (13), mspixieears (15), thecoroner (40), ahef1963 (43), cej1027

Score: 22.59

14
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
26,318 members, 285 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: Kuiperdolin (2), thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (6), roby72 (6), kara.shamy (7), bytheseabchcmbr (7), FranzK72 (9), gypsysmom (14), cej1027

Score: 22

15
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
16,926 members, 280 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (6), thecoroner (8), el_len (9), ahef1963 (9), kara.shamy (11), roby72 (11), gypsysmom (15), varielle (20), FranzK72 (29), macha (29)

Score: 21.32

16
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
14,713 members, 201 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: varielle (6), macha (6), thecoroner (7), ahef1963 (7), roby72 (8), kara.shamy (10), FranzK72 (12), Cecrow (12), gypsysmom (16)

Score: 20.96

17
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
17,779 members, 397 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

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

Score: 20.61

18
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,217 members, 108 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

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

Score: 20.59

19
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
3,900 members, 58 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

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

Score: 19.04

20
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
14,415 members, 339 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: el_len (7), mspixieears (12), Cecrow (14), gypsysmom (20), merrystar (23), thecoroner (31), ahef1963 (32), FranzK72 (38), roby72 (49), cej1027

Score: 18.56

21
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
28,739 members, 799 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (9), bytheseabchcmbr (16), ahef1963 (17), gypsysmom (23), roby72 (23), FranzK72 (30), Cecrow (33), thecoroner (41), pwaites (43), cej1027

Score: 18.12

22
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
15,926 members, 332 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (8), el_len (8), kara.shamy (12), gypsysmom (17), mspixieears (19), varielle (21), ahef1963 (27), macha (36), roby72 (40)

Score: 17.64

23
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
23,650 members, 832 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: perellia (3), chgstrom (5), kara.shamy (15), gypsysmom (18), varielle (25), cej1027 (39), mspixieears (47), macha (55), ahef1963 (58)

Score: 17.52

24
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
14,544 members, 258 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: laurenms (1), kceccato (8), Cecrow (13), gypsysmom (19), ahef1963 (20), bytheseabchcmbr (23), roby72 (30), thecoroner (39)

Score: 17.43

25
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
8,547 members, 157 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: varielle (5), macha (5), kara.shamy (9), mspixieears (11), ahef1963 (22), thecoroner (30), FranzK72 (31), roby72 (34)

Score: 16.76

26
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
13,296 members, 512 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 16.74

27
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
by Philip Pullman
27,658 members, 603 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ashcval (3), zjakkelien (5), mspixieears (13), Cecrow (16), el_len (21), gypsysmom (22), macha (39), ahef1963 (48)

Score: 16.66

28
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
12,045 members, 348 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: Cindy1954 (1), kceccato (16), Cecrow (17), ahef1963 (24), merrystar (25), gypsysmom (26), FranzK72 (32), roby72 (36)

Score: 16.65

29
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
14,566 members, 437 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (1), mspixieears (16), ahef1963 (21), FranzK72 (27), Cecrow (27), thecoroner (32), roby72 (32), gypsysmom (35)

Score: 16.39

30
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
13,557 members, 200 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

Score: 15.67

31
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
45,431 members, 3,124 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

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

Score: 15.5

32
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson
19,355 members, 636 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: perellia (4), chgstrom (7), kara.shamy (18), gypsysmom (25), varielle (26), cej1027 (40), macha (59), ahef1963 (63)

Score: 15.24

33
Kushiel's Dart
by Jacqueline Carey
5,624 members, 188 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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

Score: 14.36

34
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
5,071 members, 105 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

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

Score: 13.92

35
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
23,152 members, 1,376 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

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

Score: 13.91

36
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,495 members, 335 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ashcval (2), kara.shamy (16), mspixieears (22), ahef1963 (29), gypsysmom (30), FranzK72 (33), roby72 (43)

Score: 13.87

37
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
8,522 members, 99 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (4), thecoroner (4), roby72 (4), kara.shamy (19), Cecrow (21), macha (40)

Score: 13.86

38
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
6,014 members, 572 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: chgstrom (3), pwaites (4), Cindy1954 (7), kara.shamy (17), gypsysmom (28), ahef1963 (149)

Score: 13.18

39
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
10,093 members, 237 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 12.96

40
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
10,611 members, 184 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), kara.shamy (14), mspixieears (20), FranzK72 (34), gypsysmom (34), ahef1963 (40), roby72 (64)

Score: 12.59

41
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
11,245 members, 153 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (6), thecoroner (9), ahef1963 (11), roby72 (13), mspixieears (26), gypsysmom (38)

Score: 12.55

42
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
12,913 members, 233 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (10), FranzK72 (11), kara.shamy (21), Cecrow (28), gypsysmom (36), kceccato (43), ahef1963 (137)

Score: 12.42

43
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
11,410 members, 335 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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

Score: 12.27

44
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
17,103 members, 185 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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

Score: 12.09

45
Orlando
by Virginia Woolf
7,619 members, 130 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 11.95

Explanations:

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

46
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
17,717 members, 369 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

47
Sabriel
by Garth Nix
8,064 members, 256 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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

Score: 11.8

48
Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
8,370 members, 110 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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

Score: 11.8

49
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
27,357 members, 711 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), Cecrow (18), kara.shamy (22), merrystar (27), ahef1963 (52), cej1027

Score: 11.53

50
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
7,831 members, 314 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

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

Score: 11.5

51
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
14,570 members, 368 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

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

Score: 11.38

52
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
28,628 members, 496 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: roby72 (2), thecoroner (3), Cecrow (31), FranzK72 (35), gypsysmom (41)

Score: 11.32

53
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
4,596 members, 189 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Score: 10.68

54
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
6,203 members, 127 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 10.29

55
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
6,707 members, 134 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: perellia (6), KimarieBee (8), bytheseabchcmbr (15), gypsysmom (39), roby72 (67)

Score: 9.97

56
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
30,721 members, 484 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

Score: 9.95

57
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
10,147 members, 205 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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

Score: 9.83

58
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
5,045 members, 111 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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

Score: 9.79

59
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
10,490 members, 171 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

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

Score: 9.79

60
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
9,632 members, 129 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 9.54

61
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
21,307 members, 373 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (13), ahef1963 (19), mspixieears (21), thecoroner (25), roby72 (27)

Score: 9.44

62
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
31,579 members, 1,810 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

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

Score: 9.37

63
Nana
by Émile Zola
2,973 members, 45 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: HChilcat (8), roby72 (24), thecoroner (26), FranzK72 (28), gypsysmom (55)

Score: 9.17

64
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
9,737 members, 280 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (14), ahef1963 (15), macha (19), roby72 (21), kara.shamy (38), gypsysmom (43)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 9.06

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I thought the man was the major protagonist in the book.

65
Moll Flanders: The Fortunes and Misfortunes
by Daniel Defoe
5,845 members, 82 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15), ahef1963 (18), roby72 (25), FranzK72 (36), kara.shamy (37)

Score: 9.02

66
Romola
by George Eliot
1,075 members, 13 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), kara.shamy (28), FranzK72 (37), thecoroner (43)

Score: 8.92

67
Medea
by Christa Wolf
324 members, 8 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (5), thecoroner (20), roby72 (20), thorold

Score: 8.84

68
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
13,503 members, 233 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), kara.shamy (24), kceccato (37), ahef1963 (74)

Score: 8.79

69
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
14,568 members, 281 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 8.68

70
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
14,747 members, 1,080 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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

Score: 8.57

71
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
17,994 members, 693 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: Brian710 (1), kara.shamy (40), gypsysmom (46), ahef1963 (79)

Score: 8.47

72
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
by Astrid Lindgren
1,689 members, 35 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: alvaret (1), mkbird (6), merrystar (31)

Score: 8.25

73
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
7,288 members, 142 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (18), bytheseabchcmbr (18), gypsysmom (47), kara.shamy (49), ahef1963 (97)

Score: 8.2

74
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
16,585 members, 295 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), thecoroner (28), roby72 (35), FranzK72 (39), gypsysmom (80)

Score: 8.15

75
Light a Penny Candle
by Maeve Binchy
1,629 members, 22 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

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

Score: 8.11

76
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
15,016 members, 570 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 8.1

77
Hogfather
by Terry Pratchett
8,758 members, 111 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 8.07

78
Ange'el
by Jamie Le Fay
3 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: JamieLeFay (1), GabrielWarren (1)

Score: 8

79
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
23,874 members, 775 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), kara.shamy (25), gypsysmom (49), ahef1963 (89)

Score: 7.97

80
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
1,749 members, 22 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (17), FranzK72 (18), mspixieears (30)

Score: 7.93

81
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
4,782 members, 221 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

Score: 7.48

82
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
7,218 members, 253 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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

Score: 7.46

83
Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson
6,415 members, 269 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

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

Score: 7.44

84
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
8,368 members, 113 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Score: 7.35

85
Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,178 members, 67 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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

Score: 7.09

86
Dealing with Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
4,138 members, 106 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: ashcval (4), pwaites (5), kceccato (51)

Score: 7

87
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
14,096 members, 156 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

Score: 6.97

88
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
10,907 members, 585 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (11), pwaites (36), ahef1963 (60), cej1027

Score: 6.94

89
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,261 members, 195 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kceccato (19), kara.shamy (20), roby72 (44), macha (48)

Score: 6.88

90
And Both Were Young
by Madeleine L'Engle
656 members, 20 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1), mkbird (5)

Score: 6.68

91
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
6,126 members, 285 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), pwaites (27), merrystar (48), gypsysmom (81)

Score: 6.64

92
Thérèse Raquin
by Émile Zola
2,384 members, 61 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 6.58

93
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
23,538 members, 577 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (13), mspixieears (42), pwaites (54), gypsysmom (79)

Score: 6.5

94
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
30,254 members, 864 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: bytheseabchcmbr (13), mspixieears (41), ahef1963 (72), gypsysmom (78)

Score: 6.41

95
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
4,902 members, 114 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: merrystar (20), kceccato (35), pwaites (60), macha (63)

Score: 6.39

96
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Truman Capote
1,694 members, 39 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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

Score: 6.33

97
History
by Elsa Morante
1,035 members, 22 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), FranzK72 (14), roby72 (15)

Score: 6.3

98
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
13,190 members, 362 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (23), mspixieears (39), ahef1963 (136), cej1027

Score: 6.27

99
One Fine Day
by Mollie Panter-Downes
276 members, 13 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: inge87 (2), mkbird (4)

Score: 6.19

100
The Long Winter
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
6,306 members, 69 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (17), gypsysmom (77), ahef1963 (147), cej1027

Score: 6.14

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