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74 Essential Books for Your Personal Library: A List Curated by Female Creatives - Page 2

"When Open Culture recently published Jorge Luis Borges’ self-compiled list of 74 ‘great works of literature’, commissioned by Argentine publisher Hyspamerica, I, along with many others, saw one glaring issue in the otherwise fantastically diverse list: it included no works by female writers."
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A Bloodsmoor Romance (Joyce Carol Oates)
A Bloodsmoor Romance
41
Joyce Carol Oates
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
42
Kate Zambreno, Heroines
Kate Zambreno, Heroines
43
Blood and Guts in High School (1984) - Kathy Acker
Blood and Guts in High School (1984) - Kathy Acker
44
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet
45
Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues
46
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
47
Lorrie Moore
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
48
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
49
Margaret Atwood
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
50
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
51
Mary Shelley
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
52
Mary Wollstonecraft
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
53
Maya Angelou
Abeng
Abeng
54
No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)
No One Belongs Here More Than You
55
Miranda July
Les Guérillères (Monique Wittig)
Les Guérillères
56
Monique Wittig
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
57
Murasaki Shikibu
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat
58
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
59
Octavia Butler
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
60
Rachel Carson
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
61
Roxane Gay
Odes Et Fragments (Sappho)
Odes Et Fragments
62
Sappho
Darling River (Sara Stridsberg)
Darling River
63
Sara Stridsberg
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
64
Sei Shonagon
Gravity and Grace
Gravity and Grace
65
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
66
Sylvia Plath
Dictée (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictée
67
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
68
Finn Family Moomintroll
Finn Family Moomintroll
69
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
70
Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
71
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
72
Virginia Woolf
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark
73
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
74
Zadie Smith
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