, Northanger Abbey
, Pride & Prejudice
, Sense & Sensibility
and Persuasion
.You've moved on to the Brontes. You've read Charlotte's Jane Eyre
, Emily's Wuthering Heights
and perhaps even Anne's Agnes Grey
.If you loved these books and want to read more classics written by women, this list should help get you started.
- Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
, Little Men
, Jo's Boys
- Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca
- George Eliot - Middlemarch
, Silas Marner
, The Mill on the Floss
- Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
- Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar
- Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
, The Fountainhead
, Anthem
- George Sand - Indiana
, Valentine
- Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
- Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
, To the Lighthouse
+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteI'd add some Willa Cather and Edith Wharton. =)
(And I'd remove Ayn Rand, but that's just me. =P)
I really like this post and can't wait to hear others' input. I'm thinking as well.
ReplyDeleteooh, I'm reading Little Women right now! :D
ReplyDeleteDefinitley think LM MOntgomery should be on that list (Anne of Green Gables), is she "classic" enough? :p
I second Willa Cather (Death Comes for the Archbishop is my favorite) and would add:
ReplyDeleteToni Morrison (Beloved)
Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden- children's book but it totally holds up for adult readers)
Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits, Stories of Eva Luna)
Love this post!
Hannah
I would definitely add Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South! It is "Pride and Prejudice with a social conscience".
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion Louisa May Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Girl is WAY better than Little Women!
I'd add Isabel Allende, too. And Louisa May Alcott (for younger women ;)
ReplyDeleteI would have to add Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" and Mary Elizabeth Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret." And ditto Hurtson's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
ReplyDelete@Enbrethiliel - Oh, I haven't read either of them.
ReplyDelete@christina - Thanks! I love everyone's answers!
@Audrey - I think so. I haven't read that one either.
@Hannah - Thanks. I haven't read these ladies wither, but I do have one Allende book on the shelf that I hope to read soon.
@Stella - I've never even heard of those books. Definitely going to have to check them out.
@Alessandra - I really do need to read more Louisa May Alcott. Something beyond Little Women.
@Chelle - Wow. I really never even considered there were so many classic women authors that I haven't read. I'm going to have to add all of these to my list :)
She's from the Victorian era, so I'm not sure if she fits your definition of "classic," but Kate Chopin (The Awakening, At Fault, and oodles of short stories) is a great female author I haven't seen mentioned yet.
ReplyDeleteLet's see...also, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (The Yellow Wallpaper) and Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden, A Little Princess).
I hit "post" too soon. I meant to add authors Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor.
ReplyDeleteThe Bell Jar is our October book club read. I love classics - you have an awesome list here!
ReplyDeleteThat is a fantastic list of classics! Austen and the Brontes are great at getting people hooked! I really enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities--one I read as a sophmore in HS and it has stuck with me since :)
ReplyDeleteGreat roundup! A couple of my all time favorite books are on this list - Rebecca and Gone with the Wind!
ReplyDeleteI was going to mention Kate Chopin & Elizabeth Gaskell, but I see they were already mentioned. My TBR list has definitely just grew! LOL
ReplyDelete@starshinedown - I don't have a solid definition for "classic," just kind of older and held in high esteem. I'll definitely be checking out some of your suggestions!
ReplyDelete@Sheila - Thanks!
@Felicia - I hated A Tale of Two Cities. I read it about 10 years ago and could not stand it. Maybe if I had read it in high school with some guidance, but I don't know.
@Amused - Thanks! I loved Gone with the Wind too!
@Julie P - You're welcome. Or I'm sorry - depending on how out of control your TBR is :)
Totally agree with recommendations for Hurston, Cather, Wharton, and Chopin. Also, how about Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) for Out of Africa and/or Shadows on the Grass, and Rumer Godden for The Greengage Summer?
ReplyDelete@J.G. - Ohh, more I haven't read! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great list. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ www.justicejennifer.com
@Jennifer - Thanks!
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