Women writers who broke the mold

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Women writers who broke the mold

By JoBB

These women wrote about subjects or in genres that weren't considered the norm at the time - and started whole new trends sometimes!

Frankenstein

1 Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Parable of the Sower

2 Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Ursula K. Le Guin: Annals of the Western Shore

3 Ursula K. Le Guin: Annals of the Western Shore

Ursula K. Le Guin

Alias Grace (Movie Tie-In Edition)

4 Alias Grace (Movie Tie-In Edition)

Margaret Atwood

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

5 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Judy Blume

Emma

6 Emma

Jane Austen

The Man in the Brown Suit

7 The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

To Kill a Mockingbird

8 To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

9 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling

Uncle Tom's Cabin

10 Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Fountainhead

11 The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

The Bell Jar

12 The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Daughter of Fortune

13 Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende

White Teeth

14 White Teeth

Zadie Smith

Everything I Never Told You

15 Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

The God of Small Things

16 The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

Americanah

17 Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Book of Common Prayer

18 A Book of Common Prayer

Joan Didion

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

19 A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Flannery O'Connor

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

20 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

21 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

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