Doris Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Qajar Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remained until moving to London, England, in 1949. The Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".

- The Grass is Singing 1950 novel colonialism, racism, gender en

- Martha Quest 1952 novel coming-of-age, colonialism, race en

- A Proper Marriage 1954 novel marriage, motherhood, rebellion en

- Going Home 1957 non-fiction travel, memoir, africa en

- A Ripple from the Storm 1958 novel politics, idealism, colonialism, war en

- In Pursuit of the English 1960 non-fiction memoir, autobiography, class, england en

- The Golden Notebook 1962 novel feminism, fragmentation, writing en

- Landlocked 1969 novel politics, colonialism, race, marriage en

- The Four-Gated City 1969 novel london, madness, politics, apocalypse en

- Briefing for a Descent into Hell 1973 novel madness, identity, memory, psychiatry en

- The Summer Before the Dark 1973 novel aging, identity, marriage, freedom en

- The Memoirs of a Survivor 1974 novel dystopia, science-fiction, post-apocalyptic en

- Stories 1978 short-stories en

- Shikasta 1979 novel colonialism, empire, war, science-fiction en

- The Sirian Experiments 1980 novel science-fiction, empire, colonialism en

- The making of representative for Planet 8 1982 novel science-fiction, survival, ice age en

- The Good Terrorist 1985 novel terrorism, politics, class en

- The Fifth Child 1988 novel horror, family, motherhood, violence, fear en

- African Laughter 1992 biography autobiography, zimbabwe en

- Love Again 1995 novel aging, desire, love, theater en

- Mara and Dann 1999 novel migration, climate, survival, siblings en

- Ben, in The World 2000 novel horror, alienation, survival en

- The Sweetest Dream 2001 novel family, communism, idealism, motherhood en

- Adore 2003 novel taboo, desire, friendship, motherhood en

- The Grandmothers 2003 short-stories en

- The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, G 2005 novel science-fiction, dystopia, post-apocalyptic en

- An Old Woman and Her Cat 2013 short-stories cats, aging en