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287 Good Books by Women

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I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
1
Malala Yousafzai
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
2
Marguerite Yourcenar
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
3
Banana Yoshimoto
I Hotel (Karen Tei Yamashita)
I Hotel
4
Karen Tei Yamashita
Sky Burial (Xinran)
Sky Burial
5
Xinran
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
7
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
8
Christa Wolf
Annabel (Kathleen Winter)
Annabel
9
Kathleen Winter
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
10
Isabel Wilkerson
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
11
Edith Wharton
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Ida B. Wells)
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
12
Ida B. Wells
The Death of the Necromancer (Martha Wells)
The Death of the Necromancer
13
Martha Wells
Simone Weil: An Anthology (Simone Weil)
Simone Weil: An Anthology
14
Simone Weil
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
15
Helene Wecker
Medical Apartheid (Harriet Washington)
Medical Apartheid
16
Harriet Washington
The Bullet Collection (Patricia Sarrafian Ward)
The Bullet Collection
17
Patricia Sarrafian Ward
Marcella (Mary Augusta Ward)
Marcella
18
Mary Augusta Ward
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
19
Jeannette Walls
Two Old Women (Velma Wallis)
Two Old Women
20
Velma Wallis
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
Butterfly Burning
22
Yvonne Vera
The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate (Loreta Janeta Velázquez)
The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate
23
Loreta Janeta Velázquez
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Dubravka Ugresic)
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
24
Dubravka Ugresic
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter
25
Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
26
Tatyana Tolstaya
Women Writing in India, Volume I: 600 BC to the Early 20th Century (Susie J. Tharu)
Women Writing in India, Volume I: 600 BC to the Early 20th Century
27
Susie J. Tharu
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (Judith Thurman)
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
28
Judith Thurman
Dear Shameless Death (Latife Tekin)
Dear Shameless Death
29
Latife Tekin
Subtly Worded (Teffi)
Subtly Worded
30
Teffi
Where Europe Begins (Yoko Tawada)
Where Europe Begins
31
Yoko Tawada
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
32
Donna Tartt
View With a Grain of Sand (Wisława Szymborska)
View With a Grain of Sand
33
Wisława Szymborska
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
34
Magda Szabó
Alice James (Jean Strouse)
Alice James
35
Jean Strouse
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
36
Muriel Spark
The Transformation (Juliana Spahr)
The Transformation
37
Juliana Spahr
In the Eye of the Sun (Ahdaf Soueif)
In the Eye of the Sun
38
Ahdaf Soueif
My Beloved World (Sonia Sotomayor)
My Beloved World
39
Sonia Sotomayor
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (Susan Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
40
Susan Sontag
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