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200 Essential Women Writers - Page 5

A list of 200 extraordinary women writers.
This is by no means an exhaustive list but a good starting point for all readers wishing to read more female authors.
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Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb
161
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain
162
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
163
Roxanne Gay
Roxanne Gay
164
Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki
165
Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney
166
Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros
167
Sarah Bakewell
Sarah Bakewell
168
Sarah Moss
Sarah Moss
169
Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters
170
Sarah Winman
Sarah Winman
171
S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton
172
Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo
173
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson
174
Simone De Beauvoir
Simone De Beauvoir
175
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt
176
Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd
177
Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend
178
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
179
Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins
180
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich
181
Sylvia Brownrigg
Sylvia Brownrigg
182
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
183
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
184
Tara Westover
Tara Westover
185
Tea Obreht
Tea Obreht
186
Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones
187
Tessa Hadley
Tessa Hadley
188
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
189
Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
190
Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier
191
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
192
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
193
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
194
Winifred Watson
Winifred Watson
195
Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo
196
Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi
197
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
198
Zoe Heller
Zoe Heller
199
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
200
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