Editors' Top Picks
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
131st out of 3,899 books — 26,213 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
68th out of 2,778 books — 3,723 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
21st out of 701 books — 628 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
75th out of 1,503 books — 2,672 voters

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperA Brother's Price by Wen SpencerHerland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Female Man by Joanna RussThe Power by Naomi Alderman
Matriarchal Societies in Fiction
3rd out of 225 books — 160 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
130th out of 784 books — 1,401 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Feminist Orchestra Potential Reading List
61st out of 506 books — 571 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLilith's Brood by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Feminist Science Fiction Books
32nd out of 240 books — 412 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Speculative Fiction Classics (pre-1980) by Female Authors
19th out of 171 books — 99 voters
Herland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanWanderground by Sally Miller GearhartWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Demeter Flower by Rochelle SingerDaughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest
Feminist Utopian Writing 1405-Present
1st out of 55 books — 23 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
507th out of 8,582 books — 5,629 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieHowards End by E.M. ForsterMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
102nd out of 537 books — 777 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesThe Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dystopias with gender- or religion-specific phobics
5th out of 199 books — 91 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
1298th out of 7,889 books — 49,802 voters

Y by Brian K. VaughanI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanHerland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanA Brother's Price by Wen SpencerThe Female Man by Joanna Russ
Where'd the Men Go?
3rd out of 47 books — 23 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsOn Basilisk Station by David WeberA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTrading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
221st out of 899 books — 896 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
165th out of 1,471 books — 553 voters
How Not to Drown by Jaimee WristonAmmonite by Nicola GriffithThe Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperThe Warrior's Path by Catherine M. WilsonThe Female Man by Joanna Russ
Women's lands in fiction
6th out of 53 books — 36 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryThe Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan DoyleThe 39 Steps by John BuchanOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Best Books 1915
12th out of 52 books — 35 voters
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonaldThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisFarmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
Unknown Fantasy Classics
26th out of 182 books — 103 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerDreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Pre-21st Century SF Mistressworks
7th out of 95 books — 17 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerEven the Stars Shall Rejoice by Rikki de la Vega
The Feminist Science Fiction Library
27th out of 127 books — 69 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books Written by Women Before 1960
148th out of 529 books — 103 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
384th out of 1,017 books — 596 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Invisible Man by H.G. WellsDracula by Bram StokerHousehold Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Jacob GrimmThe Portable Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Coursera Fantasy and Science Fiction
13th out of 15 books — 11 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Quick Reads
215th out of 1,074 books — 715 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
465th out of 1,227 books — 2,771 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySiddhartha by Hermann HesseTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that make you think.
259th out of 1,132 books — 1,116 voters

The Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider HaggardLost Horizon by James HiltonGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Lost World Narratives
17th out of 70 books — 54 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
320th out of 723 books — 407 voters

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