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1000 Books by Women

1000 books by women from past and present, across the globe, and spanning multiple genres.
I dedicate this list to a friend who said we hadn't had a book in our book club by a woman yet, because there are just not enough books by women.... ummmmmm.......
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The Abandoned Baobab (Ken Bugul (Pseudonym))
The Abandoned Baobab
1
Ken Bugul (Pseudonym)
Abbots Verney (Rose Macaulay)
Abbots Verney
2
Rose Macaulay
The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mt. McKinley (Barbara Washburn)
The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mt. McKinley
3
Barbara Washburn
Accordion Crimes (Annie Proulx)
Accordion Crimes
4
Annie Proulx
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
5
George Eliot
Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre (Simone De Beauvoir)
Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre
6
Simone De Beauvoir
Africa in My Blood (Jane Goodall)
Africa in My Blood
7
Jane Goodall
After Henry (Joan Didion)
After Henry
8
Joan Didion
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Jean Rhys)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
9
Jean Rhys
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
10
Against Our Will (Brownmiller)
Against Our Will
11
Brownmiller
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
12
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
13
Anne Brontë
AIDS and Its Metaphors (Susan Sontag)
AIDS and Its Metaphors
14
Susan Sontag
Ain't I a Woman (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman
15
Bell Hooks
Alexander's Bridge (Willa Cather)
Alexander's Bridge
16
Willa Cather
Alfred and Emily
Alfred and Emily
17
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
18
Margaret Atwood
Alicia (Alicia Appleman-Jurman)
Alicia
19
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Allegra Maud Goldman (Edith Konecky)
Allegra Maud Goldman
20
Edith Konecky
All but the Waltz (Mary Clearman Blew)
All but the Waltz
21
Mary Clearman Blew
All Men Are Mortal (Simone De Beauvoir)
All Men Are Mortal
22
Simone De Beauvoir
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
23
Miriam Toews
All of Us in Our Own Lives (Manjushree Thapa)
All of Us in Our Own Lives
24
Manjushree Thapa
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (Winona Laduke)
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life
25
Winona Laduke
All the Fishes Come Home to Roost (Rachel Manija Borwn)
All the Fishes Come Home to Roost
26
Rachel Manija Borwn
All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey (Annemarie Schwarzenbach)
All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
27
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave (Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith)
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave
28
Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith
Almost a Woman (Esmeralda Santiago)
Almost a Woman
29
Esmeralda Santiago
Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir (Sissela Bok)
Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir
30
Sissela Bok
Alt.Punk (Lavinia Ludlow)
Alt.Punk
31
Lavinia Ludlow
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (Harriet Prescott Spofford)
The Amber Gods and Other Stories
32
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
33
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
American Indian Stories (Zitkala-Sa)
American Indian Stories
34
Zitkala-Sa
Am I Not Black Enough for You (Anita Hess)
Am I Not Black Enough for You
35
Anita Hess
Anarchism and Its Aspirations (Cindy Milstein)
Anarchism and Its Aspirations
36
Cindy Milstein
Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)
Anarchism and Other Essays
37
Emma Goldman
Anarchitexts, Voices From the Global Digital Resistance (Joanne Richardson)
Anarchitexts, Voices From the Global Digital Resistance
38
Joanne Richardson
And the Bridge Is Love (Faye Moskowitz)
And the Bridge Is Love
39
Faye Moskowitz
And Still Peace Did Not Come (Agnes Kamara-Umunna)
And Still Peace Did Not Come
40
Agnes Kamara-Umunna
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