#ThisBook

This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.

About this list

#ThisBook, 20 Books

Back in May 2014, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction launched the #ThisBook campaign. The aim was simple: to find out which books, written by women, have had the biggest impact on readers.

Who voted?
19 named women

This list was originally published in 2014 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.

View: List Grid Table
Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
16 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 1960 American English
132 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 1985 Canadian English
28 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 1847 British English
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
15 Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë 1847 British English
12 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
59 Rebecca Daphne du Maurier 1938 British English
93 Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1868 American English
278 The Secret History Donna Tartt 1992 American English
575 I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith 1948 British English
102 The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 1963 American English
49 Beloved Toni Morrison 1987 American English
58 Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 American English
3869 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English
1674 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger 2003 American English
30 Middlemarch George Eliot 1871 British English
521 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 1969 American English
61 The Golden Notebook Doris May Lessing 1962 British English
159 The Color Purple Alice Walker 1982 American English
2655 The Women's Room Marilyn French 1977 American English