The Greatest Books of All Time on Femininity

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1649 Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood 1988 Canadian English
2657 Ariel Sylvia Plath 1965 American English
3877 Subconscious Opens Like A Fan Yona Wallach 1985 Israeli Hebrew
4662 The Complete Stories Clarice Lispector 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
5036 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
6005 Sonnets Louise Labé 1556 French French
6005 Three Women Robert Musil 1924 Austrian German
6633 Reveries Of The Wild Woman Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
7820 Collected Stories Colette 1949 French French
8281 Selected Poems Hilda Doolittle 1957 American English
10079 The Body Project Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997 American English
15604 A Few Figs From Thistles Edna St. Vincent Millay 1920 American English
17166 Black Macho And The Myth Of The Black Superwoman Michele Wallace 1979 American English
17166 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17014 The Origins And History Of Consciousness Carl Jung, Franz Neumann, Helen R. Hull 1949 German German
17166 Sur Le Bord De La Rivière Piedra, Je Me Suis Assise Et J'ai Pleuré Paulo Coelho 1994 Brazilian Portuguese
17166 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17166 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Kaoru & Rin Vol. 1 Saka Mikami 2022 Japanese Japanese
17166 Todos Os Contos Clarice Lispector 2015 Brazilian Portuguese