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Here’s the list of 100 Must-Read Books by Female Authors
How did I come up with the list?
GENERAL CALCULATIONS
Out of 28 lists, there were 646 books. Then those were narrowed down to:
Here’s the list of 100 Must-Read Books by Female Authors
How did I come up with the list?
GENERAL CALCULATIONS
Out of 28 lists, there were 646 books. Then those were narrowed down to:
100 books total by 87 female authors
23 books in translation
(not originally written in English)
44 books by world authors
(Either: not from North America/Europe OR a POC from those 2 continents)
15 books in translation by world authors
HIGHEST RANKED
Overall – 1. Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte (English, 1818-1848)
Fun Fact: I personally HATED this book. Here's my review.
By world author – 4. Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison (American, 1931-2019)
In Translation - 9. The House of the Spirits (1982) by Isabel Allende (Chilean, 1942- )
OLDEST vs. NEWEST
Oldest book (in translation by a world author) – Pillow Book (1002)
by Sei Shonagon (Japanese, 1017-1025)
Oldest in English (by a white author) - Pride and Prejudice (1813)
by Jane Austen (English, 1775-1817)
Newest book (in translation by world author) – Home (2012)
by Leila S. Chudori (Indonesian, 1962- )
Newest in English (by a world author) - Skata Witch (2011)
by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigerian-American, 1974- )
Newest by a white author (in translation) - My Brilliant Friend (2011)
by Elena Ferrante (Italian, 1943- )
MULTIPLE BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
There are 3 authors that have 3 books on the list:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (Nigerian-American, 1977- ) – ranked 37, 38, 89
Morrison, Toni (American, 1931-2019) - ranked 6, 13/14, 41-43
Woolf, Virginia (English, 1882-1941) - 4, 5, 21
Adichie had 3 additional books and Woolf had 1 additional book removed from the list in order to allow for the recognition of other authors.
There are 7 authors who have 2 books on the list:
Allende, Isabel (Chilean, 1942- )
Alvares, Julia (American, 1950- )
Austen, Jane (English, 1775-1817)
Eliot, George (English, 1819-1880)
Garner, Helen (Australian, 1942- )
Lispector, Clarice (Ukrainian-Brazilian, 1920-1977)
Pineiro, Claudia (Argentine, 1960- )
These 10 authors make up 23% of the entire list!
AM I SPEAKING YOUR LANGUAGE?
23 books in translation:
-Spanish - 6 books
-French - 5 books
-Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese - 2 books each
Languages that had 1 book on the list:
-Arabic-Armenian
-Chinese
-Dutch
-Indonesian
-Korean
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The location is where the author is from, but the digit refers to the number of books.
At least 7 books with authors from each continent:
Africa - 8
-Egyptian (1), Nigerian (5), Senegalese (1), Zimbabwean (1)
Asia - 7
-Chinese (1), Indian (2), Indonesian (1), Japanese (2), South Korean (1)
Australia - 7
-Australian (6), New Zealander (1)
Europe - 35
-British/English (25), French (3), German (2), Irish (2), Italian (1), Scottish (1), Ukrainian (1)
North American - 35
-American (31), Canadian (1), Native North American (3)
South American - 8
-Argentine (3), Brazilian (2), Chilean (2), Mexican (1)
DATE NIGHT
The books span 1,010 years from 1002-2012. There were 16 years that had 2 books published and 6 years that had 3 books published. Those 22 years (out of 1,010 years) published 50 books on the list!
Basic Dates
Expanded Dates
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