NOVELS

Female Authors:

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale

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Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

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Kristin Cashore: Graceling

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Holly Black: The Darkest Part of the Forest

Cheryl Strayed: Wild

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Juliet Marillier: Wildwood

Dancing

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L.M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables

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Brittany Cavallaro: A Study in Charlotte

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Peternelle van Arsdale: The Beast is an Animal

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Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian

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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice

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Tamora Pierce: The Song of the Lioness

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Jessica Day George: Dragon Slippers

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Gail Carson Levine: Ella Enchanted

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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter

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Edith Pattou: East

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Cornelia Funke: Inkworld

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Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Women

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Marie Lu: Legend

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Louisa May Alcott: Little Women

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Jean Craighead George: Julie of the Wolves

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Kit Tyler: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Patricia C. Wrede: Dealing With Dragons

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Madeline L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time

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Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now

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Susan Pfeffer: Life As We Knew It

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Margaret Peterson Haddix: Running Out of Time

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Shannon Hale: Princess Academy

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Strong Female Characters Written By Men:

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E.M. Forster: A Room With a View

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Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair

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Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

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China Mieville: Un Lun Dun

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Scott O’Dell: Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Scott Westerfield: Uglies