Skip to main content

Come join our latest LibraryThing Hunt!

Bibliography for How to be a Heroine

Description: The workds discussed in Samantha Ellis' How to be a Heroine, or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much

1 2

Rank Title Author Added

1

Pride and Prejudice

80,524 members

1,366 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, emiliacavero

2

by Charlotte Brontë

58,871 members

913 reviews

4.2

6 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,151 members

1,747 reviews

4

6 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

28,664 members

532 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,509 members

279 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, emiliacavero

6

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

16,184 members

287 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, brenzi, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15,766 members

214 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

15,547 members

227 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, brenzi, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,764 members

221 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

64,365 members

3,479 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, emiliacavero

11

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

51,897 members

699 reviews

3.9

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,427 members

432 reviews

3.9

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

37,918 members

505 reviews

4.1

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Sylvia Plath

28,063 members

500 reviews

4

5 Members: brenzi, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nerkriva

15

22,460 members

357 reviews

3.8

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Northanger Abbey

21,605 members

418 reviews

3.8

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,789 members

177 reviews

4

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,695 members

334 reviews

4.1

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

17,562 members

268 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,170 members

103 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

11,157 members

222 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

22

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

8,709 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

23

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,445 members

254 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,313 members

557 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

25

by Louisa May Alcott

26,395 members

398 reviews

4

4 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

26

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

23,425 members

441 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54

27

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,149 members

244 reviews

3.8

4 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

28

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

16,947 members

263 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: brenzi, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

29

Anne of Avonlea

by L. M. Montgomery

12,517 members

143 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

30

Anne of the Island

by L. M. Montgomery

10,719 members

119 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

31

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,074 members

96 reviews

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,635 members

67 reviews

4.1

4 Members: BonnieJune54, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,162 members

75 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

8,825 members

63 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Anne of Windy Poplars

by L. M. Montgomery

8,442 members

78 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

36

Anne's House of Dreams

by L. M. Montgomery

8,392 members

78 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

37

The First Four Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

8,009 members

71 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Anne of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

7,241 members

49 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

39

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

6,158 members

191 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

40

by Henrik Ibsen

5,370 members

90 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Louisa May Alcott

4,907 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

42

by Eleanor H. Porter

4,753 members

65 reviews

3.8

4 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

Emily of New Moon

by L. M. Montgomery

4,072 members

74 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

44

by L. M. Montgomery

2,968 members

35 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

45

by Louisa May Alcott

2,305 members

28 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

46

by Gustave Flaubert

26,188 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: brenzi, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

47

by Charles Dickens

24,198 members

240 reviews

3.8

3 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

48

by Louisa May Alcott

8,083 members

65 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

49

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

7,673 members

240 reviews

3.8

3 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

50

by P. L. Travers

6,341 members

162 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, BonnieJune54

51

Rilla of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

6,337 members

69 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

52

by L. M. Montgomery

6,277 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

53

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

5,488 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: brenzi, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

54

by Daphne Du Maurier

3,811 members

116 reviews

3.8

3 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

55

by L. M. Montgomery

2,819 members

35 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963

56

Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

2,771 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: BonnieJune54, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

57

Excellent Women

2,731 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, brenzi, souloftherose

58

by Susan Coolidge

2,096 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ahef1963

59

Grimm's Fairy Tales

1,622 members

17 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Stephenie Meyer

58,225 members

2,264 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

61

38,410 members

623 reviews

4.1

2 Members: souloftherose, BonnieJune54

62

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

14,811 members

169 reviews

4

2 Members: brenzi, ManWithAnAgenda

63

A Room of One's Own

by Virginia Woolf

12,386 members

168 reviews

4.1

2 Members: brenzi, ManWithAnAgenda

64

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

by Edward Albee

4,682 members

69 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Noel Streatfeild

3,487 members

71 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

66

Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

1,502 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

67

All Passion Spent

by Vita Sackville-West

1,184 members

56 reviews

4

2 Members: brenzi, souloftherose

68

by Winifred Holtby

932 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: brenzi, souloftherose

69

by Antonia White

923 members

23 reviews

3.9

2 Members: brenzi, souloftherose

70

The Portable Dorothy Parker

by Dorothy Parker

509 members

6 reviews

4.1

2 Members: brenzi, ahef1963

71

The Story of Henny Penny (Read Along with Me Series I)

45 members

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

by Hans Christian Andersen

24 members

5

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

73

Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf

10,592 members

174 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,512 members

150 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

75

5,479 members

238 reviews

4.1

Member: brenzi

76

Maurice: A Novel

by E. M. Forster

4,152 members

71 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Sylvia Plath

4,117 members

50 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

Valley of the Dolls

by Jacqueline Susann

3,751 members

81 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

79

3,460 members

81 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: brenzi

80

Where Angels Fear to Tread

by E. M. Forster

3,118 members

51 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: BonnieJune54

81

Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

2,712 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: BonnieJune54

82

1,876 members

77 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: BonnieJune54

83

Jane Austen: A Life

by Claire Tomalin

1,603 members

33 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

84

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,527 members

69 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors

by Juliet Barker

856 members

17 reviews

4.2

Member: brenzi

86

by Jilly Cooper

567 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

87

How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much

by Samantha Ellis

548 members

22 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

88

by Jilly Cooper

456 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

89

Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales

by Giambattista Basile

431 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Virginia Nicholson

407 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

91

The Lost Traveller

by Antonia White

338 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

92

Perrault's Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Classics)

by Charles Perrault

302 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

93

The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery: Vol. 1, 1889-1910

by L. M. Montgomery

293 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

94

The Sugar House

by Antonia White

291 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: souloftherose

95

Beyond the Glass

by Antonia White

275 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

96

by E.M. Delafield

213 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

97

When Harry Met Sally... [Screenplay]

148 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

The Songs and Sonets of John Donne: Second Edition

67 members

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

99

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell

9,405 members

76 reviews

4.1

100

8,680 members

295 reviews

3.8

1 2

About This List

Started: souloftherose
May 2014
Type: Unnumbered, Adding restricted

Related Lists

Works Referenced in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

1898 C.K. Shorter List of Best 100 Novels

Books mentioned in The Diary of a Provincial Lady

Books I recommend to everyone

College Reads (Lit Edition)

Books You Read For University

the preppy handbook

Current Discussions

None

Related Tags

19th century (12,386) British (7,022) British literature (6,933) children's (7,403) classic (28,934) classics (30,479) drama (5,436) England (7,544) English literature (6,914) fantasy (4,800) feminism (4,040) fiction (97,049) historical fiction (9,495) literature (16,080) mystery (4,164) non-fiction (4,569) novel (14,556) own (5,474) read (13,145) romance (15,146) series (5,132) to-read (33,444) William Shakespeare (4,782) YA (4,725) young adult (8,527)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson

This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.