The best women's fiction books of 1970s (chosen by women's fiction authors)

Loved by 6 people

Dog Soldiers

By Robert Stone ,

Loved by 5 people

The Thorn Birds

By Colleen McCullough ,

Loved by 5 people

The Sea, the Sea

By Iris Murdoch ,

Loved by 3 people

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

By Philip K. Dick ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Loved by 2 people

Hinds' Feet on High Places

By Hannah Hurnard ,

Loved by 2 people

Lives of Girls and Women

By Alice Munro ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

Loved by 2 people

The Best of Everything

By Rona Jaffe ,

Loved by 1 person

The Flounder

By Günter Grass ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Loved by 1 person

The Women's Room

By Marilyn French ,

Loved by 1 person

Octavia

By Jilly Cooper ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Loved by 1 person

Terms of Endearment

By Larry McMurtry ,

Loved by 1 person

The Widow's Children

By Paula Fox ,

Loved by 1 person

Speedboat

By Renata Adler ,

Loved by 1 person

Martha Quest

By Doris Lessing ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Ashes and Ruins

By K. Lang-Slattery ,

Loved by 1 person

Street of the Five Moons

By Elizabeth Peters ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Loved by 1 person

Slow Days, Fast Company

By Eve Babitz ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Loved by 1 person

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

By George Bernard Shaw , Alan Jay Lerner ,

Loved by 1 person

The Bookshop

By Penelope Fitzgerald ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Ashes and Ruins

By K. Lang-Slattery ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

By Alexis Krasilovsky ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

The Pet-Sit

By Carol Moreira ,

Fables & Lies

By Elisabeth Storrs ,

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Ashes and Ruins

By K. Lang-Slattery ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

By Alexis Krasilovsky ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

By Betty Bolté ,

Yoga Bind

By Meryl Davids Landau ,

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

By Tanya E. Williams ,

Country Club Summer

By Rachel Cullen ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

The best women's fiction books of the 1970s

The books our community loved the most.

Dog Soldiers

The Thorn Birds

The Sea, the Sea

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Hinds' Feet on High Places

Lives of Girls and Women

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

The Best of Everything

The Flounder

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

The Women's Room

Octavia

Books from our members

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

Grabtown

Terms of Endearment

The Widow's Children

Speedboat

Martha Quest

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

Grabtown

A Small Compass

Ashes and Ruins

Street of the Five Moons

Books from our members

These Empty Places

Grabtown

A Small Compass

Slow Days, Fast Company

Books from our members

Grabtown

A Small Compass

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

The Bookshop

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

Grabtown

A Small Compass

Ashes and Ruins

Paris Polo Match

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

The Golden Land

Books from our members

Birds on a Wire

The Pet-Sit

Fables & Lies

These Empty Places

Grabtown

A Small Compass

Ashes and Ruins

Paris Polo Match

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman

The Golden Land

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Yoga Bind