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 4 people

The Sea, the Sea

By Iris Murdoch ,

Loved by 3 people

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

By Philip K. Dick ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Loved by 2 people

Hinds' Feet on High Places

By Hannah Hurnard ,

Loved by 2 people

Lives of Girls and Women

By Alice Munro ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Loved by 2 people

The Best of Everything

By Rona Jaffe ,

Loved by 1 person

The Flounder

By Günter Grass ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Loved by 1 person

The Women's Room

By Marilyn French ,

Loved by 1 person

Octavia

By Jilly Cooper ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

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 ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

The One True Thing

By Linda Newbery ,

Loved by 1 person

Street of the Five Moons

By Elizabeth Peters ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

Loved by 1 person

Slow Days, Fast Company

By Eve Babitz ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

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 ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

The One True Thing

By Linda Newbery ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Catching It Lovely

By Laurie Marr Wasmund ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

By Betty Bolté ,

Rooted in Sunrise

By Beth Dotson Brown ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Her Daughter

By Fran Hawthorne ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Paris Polo Match

By Ami Hendrickson ,

The Golden Land

By Elizabeth Shick ,

The One True Thing

By Linda Newbery ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Catching It Lovely

By Laurie Marr Wasmund ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

By Betty Bolté ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

Birds on a Wire

By Katie Powner ,

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

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Hinds' Feet on High Places

Lives of Girls and Women

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

The Best of Everything

The Flounder

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

The Women's Room

Octavia

Books from our members

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

Paris Polo Match

Terms of Endearment

The Widow's Children

Speedboat

Martha Quest

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

Paris Polo Match

The Golden Land

The One True Thing

Street of the Five Moons

Books from our members

Blood Moon

Paris Polo Match

The Golden Land

Slow Days, Fast Company

Books from our members

Paris Polo Match

The Golden Land

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

The Bookshop

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

Paris Polo Match

The Golden Land

The One True Thing

Serpent Visions

Catching It Lovely

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Books from our members

Rooted in Sunrise

A Small Compass

Her Daughter

Blood Moon

Paris Polo Match

The Golden Land

The One True Thing

Serpent Visions

Catching It Lovely

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

My Novel Year

Beautiful and Terrible Things