Believable women characters written by men

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Believable women characters written by men

By JoBB & Eric Kettunen

Some male writers struggle to write compelling female characters. We think these succeeded

The Virgin Suicides (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)

1 The Virgin Suicides (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)

Jeffrey Eugenides

Never Let Me Go

2 Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Fault in Our Stars

3 The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Mrs. Fletcher

5 Mrs. Fletcher

Tom Perrotta

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

Much Ado About Nothing

7 Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Women In Love

8 Women In Love

D.H. Lawrence

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

Mothering Sunday

10 Mothering Sunday

Graham Swift

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