#thisbook Top 20

In May 2014 the Baileys Women’s prize for fiction launched the #thisbook campaign to find out which books, written by women, had the largest impact on readers.  The list below are the top twenty books.

The books I’ve read are in bold. Where I have written about the book in the blog, you can click on the entry below to see more.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
2. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter – J.K Rowling
5. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
6. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
7. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
8. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
9. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
10. I Capture The Castle – Dodie Smith
11. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
12. Beloved – Toni Morrison
13. Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
14. We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver
15. The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
16. Middlemarch – George Eliot
17. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
18. The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing
19. The Colour Purple – Alice Walker
20. The Women’s Room – Marilyn French