Latitude Festival's Top 20 Books by Women

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Latitude Festival goers, 20 Books

The Latitude Festival(2016) invited all festival goers to vote for their top 20 favorite books by women. The participants wrote their choices on luggage tags and tied them to The Tree of Stories in the festival’s Faraway Forest.

Latitude Festival is an annual music and arts festival set within the grounds of Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England

This list was originally published in 2016 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.

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Cover of 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Cover of 'On Beauty' by Zadie Smith

On Beauty

Cover of 'Labyrinth' by Kate Mosse

Labyrinth

Cover of 'A Wizard Of Earthsea' by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard Of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

Cover of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Cover of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Cover of 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Cover of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cover of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Cover of 'How To Be A Woman' by Caitlin Moran

How To Be A Woman

Cover of 'The Lacuna' by Barbara Kingsolver

The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver

Cover of 'The Girl On The Train' by Paula Hawkins

The Girl On The Train

Cover of 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Cover of 'The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter' by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

Cover of 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Cover of 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Cover of 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Cover of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Cover of 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Cover of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird