50/50 Women
The top 50 women writers of the last 50 years - voted by our customers!
Our booksellers: Janne Galbraith, Carole Beu, Tanya Gribben, Rachel Cooper, Abby Irwin & Katie.
Your picks for 1970 to 2020 are:
1 |
Margaret Atwood |
The Handmaid's Tale |
2 |
Patricia Grace |
Pōtiki (et al) |
3 |
Kate Atkinson |
Life After Life |
4 |
Barbara Kingsolver |
The Poisonwood Bible |
5 |
Bernardine Evaristo |
Girl, Woman, Other |
6 |
Donna Tartt |
The Secret History |
7 |
Hilary Mantel |
Wolf Hall |
8 |
Elizabeth Strout |
Olive Kitteridge |
9 |
Zadie Smith |
White Teeth |
10 |
Ann Patchett |
Bel Canto (et al) |
11 |
Arundhati Roy |
The God of Small Things |
12 |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Half a Yellow Sun |
13 |
Toni Morrison |
Beloved (et al) |
14 |
Fiona Kidman |
This Mortal Boy |
15 |
Elena Ferrante |
My Brilliant Friend |
16 |
Elizabeth Knox |
The Absolute Book |
17 |
Sally Rooney |
Normal People |
18 |
Eleanor Catton |
The Luminaries |
19 |
Janet Frame |
An Angel at My Table (et al) |
20 |
Maggie O'Farrell |
Hamnet |
21 |
Geraldine Brooks |
People of the Book (et al) |
22 |
Rose Tremain |
Music & Silence; The Road Home |
23 |
Kamila Shamsie |
Home Fire |
24 |
Aminatta Forna |
Happiness |
25 |
Annie Proulx |
The Shipping News |
26 |
Keri Hulme |
Bone People |
27 |
Lionel Shriver |
We Need to Talk About Kevin |
28 |
A S Byatt |
Possession |
29 |
Catherine Chidgey |
The Wish Child |
30 |
Emma Donoghue |
Room (et al) |
31 |
Anne Enright |
The Gathering; Green Road |
32 |
Becky Manawatu |
Auē |
33 |
Delia Owens |
Where the Crawdads Sing |
34 |
Hanya Yanagihara |
A Little Life |
35 |
Kate Grenville |
The Secret River |
36 |
Pat Barker |
The Regeneration Trilogy |
37 |
Ali Smith |
How To Be Both |
38 |
Fiona Farrell |
Book Book; The Broken Book |
39 |
Isabel Allende |
The House of the Spirits |
40 |
Alice Hoffman |
The Dovekeepers |
41 |
Anne Tyler |
Breathing Lessons |
42 |
Jeanette Winterson |
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit |
43 |
Madeline Miller |
Circe |
44 |
Marilynne Robinson |
Lila (et al) |
45 |
Anna Burns |
Milkman |
46 |
Anne Michaels |
Fugitive Pieces |
47 |
Alice Walker |
The Color Purple |
48 |
Carol Shields |
The Stone Diaries |
49 |
Amy Bloom |
Lucky Us |
50 |
Jane Gardam |
Old Filth |