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500 Great Books by Women - A Reader's Guide

A quote by Anna Julia Cooper in the preface, 'Tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice. It would be subversive for every human interest that the cry of one half of the human family be stifled…"
An awesome book of books organized in sections - Art, Choices, Conflicting Cultures, Ethics, Families, Friendships and Interactions, Growing Old, Growing Up, Heritage, Identity, Imagined Worlds, Mothers and Mothering, Observations, Pioneers and Seekers, Places and Homes, Power, Trials and Adversity, Violence, Ways of Knowing, Wives, Lovers and Partners, and Work.
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Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
1
Anna Banti
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
2
Gertrude Stein
Black Women Writers at Work (Claudia Tate)
Black Women Writers at Work
3
Claudia Tate
Claiming Breath (Diane Glancy)
Claiming Breath
4
Diane Glancy
Cosima (Grazia Deledda)
Cosima
5
Grazia Deledda
Cry to Heaven (Anne Rice)
Cry to Heaven
6
Anne Rice
Dancing at the Edge of the World (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Dancing at the Edge of the World
7
Ursula K. Le Guin
Daybook: The Journal of an Artist (Anne Truitt)
Daybook: The Journal of an Artist
8
Anne Truitt
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, & Letters (Elizabeth Bishop)
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, & Letters
9
Elizabeth Bishop
Frida (Hayden Herrera)
Frida
10
Hayden Herrera
Margaret Bourke-White (Vicki Goldberg)
Margaret Bourke-White
11
Vicki Goldberg
One Writer's Beginnings (Eudora Welty)
One Writer's Beginnings
12
Eudora Welty
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
13
The Road Through Miyama (Leila Philip)
The Road Through Miyama
14
Leila Philip
Silences (Tillie Olsen)
Silences
15
Tillie Olsen
The Story of Avis (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
The Story of Avis
16
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
The Ultraviolet Sky (Alma Luz Villanueva)
The Ultraviolet Sky
17
Alma Luz Villanueva
The Writer on Her Work, Volume II (Janet Sternburg)
The Writer on Her Work, Volume II
18
Janet Sternburg
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Jean Rhys)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
19
Jean Rhys
Aquamarine (Carol Anshaw)
Aquamarine
20
Carol Anshaw
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
21
Kate Chopin
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
22
The Convert (Elizabeth Robins)
The Convert
23
Elizabeth Robins
The District Governor's Daughters (Camilla Collett)
The District Governor's Daughters
24
Camilla Collett
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker
25
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years
26
Blanche Wiesen Cook
From the Lanai and Other Hawaii Stories (Jessica Saiki)
From the Lanai and Other Hawaii Stories
27
Jessica Saiki
The Garden Party and Other Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party and Other Stories
28
Katherine Mansfield
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
29
Anita Brookner
Lolly Willowes (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Lolly Willowes
30
Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Magnificent Spinster (May Sarton)
The Magnificent Spinster
31
May Sarton
Miss Sophie's Diary and Other Stories (Ding Ling)
Miss Sophie's Diary and Other Stories
32
Ding Ling
My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)
My Brilliant Career
33
Miles Franklin
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
34
Nella Larsen
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
35
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
36
Vera Brittain
Three (Lillian Hellmann)
Three
37
Lillian Hellmann
Three Guineas (Virginia Woolf)
Three Guineas
38
Virginia Woolf
Two Women in One (Nawal Al Saadawi)
Two Women in One
39
Nawal Al Saadawi
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
The Waiting Years
40
Fumiko Enchi
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