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Books About Women That Men Would Benefit From Reading

The GQ's "The New Canon: The 21 Books from the 21st Century Every Man Should Read" contains (you guessed it, drumroll please, etc.) three books written by women, The Atlantic has put together their own own list as an attempt to work towards ameliorating the problem neatly exemplified by GQ. After all, though there are three books by women on their list, only the Munro book could really be said to be primarily about women. Below are 21 books by and about women that every man should read.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour
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A Guide to Being Born
A Guide to Being Born
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Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
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Speedboat
Speedboat
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The Bloody Chamber
The Bloody Chamber
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The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
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We Need New Names
We Need New Names
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Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
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Heroines
Heroines
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Dopa: A Headcase (Lidia Yuknavitch)
Dopa: A Headcase (Lidia Yuknavitch)
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The Second Sex
The Second Sex
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
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House of Mirth
House of Mirth
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Excellent Women
Excellent Women
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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Claudine at School
Claudine at School
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Drinking With Men (Rosie Schapp)
Drinking With Men (Rosie Schapp)
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We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
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Inferno (Eileen Myles)
Inferno (Eileen Myles)
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Persepolis
Persepolis
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Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
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Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero
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Nightwood
Nightwood
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