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Hay Festival's 100 Books by Women

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In honour of the votes for women centenary we partnered with The Pool to find the books by women writers from the last 100 years that you felt deserved recognition and celebration."
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A Book of Mediterranean Food (Elizabeth David)
A Book of Mediterranean Food
1
Elizabeth David
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
2
Eimear McBride
Place of Greater Safety
Place of Greater Safety
3
Ain't I a Woman (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman
4
Bell Hooks
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
5
Sylvia Plath
At the Source (Gillian Clarke)
At the Source
6
Gillian Clarke
Babette's Feast (Isak Dinesen)
Babette's Feast
7
Isak Dinesen
Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour
8
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
9
Elif Shafak
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
10
Toni Morrison
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
11
Françoise Sagan
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
12
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
13
Helen Fielding
Close Range
Close Range
14
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
15
Stella Gibbons
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
16
Jenny Offill
The Collected Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Collected Dorothy Parker
17
Dorothy Parker
Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)
Everyday Sexism
18
Laura Bates
Falling Awake (Alice Oswald)
Falling Awake
19
Alice Oswald
Frost in May
Frost in May
20
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
21
Marilynne Robinson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
22
Gillian Flynn
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
24
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
25
J. K. Rowling
Headscarves and Hymens (Mona Eltahawy)
Headscarves and Hymens
26
Mona Eltahawy
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
27
Nora Ephron
Henry and June (Anais Nin)
Henry and June
28
Anais Nin
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
29
Yaa Gyasi
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
30
Caitlin Moran
How to Eat (Nigella Lawson)
How to Eat
31
Nigella Lawson
How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed (Slavenka Drakulic)
How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed
32
Slavenka Drakulic
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
33
Dodie Smith
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
34
Maya Angelou
Into That Darkness
Into That Darkness
35
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
36
Laura Esquivel
Lullaby (Leïla Slimani)
Lullaby
37
Leïla Slimani
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
38
Elizabeth Taylor
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
39
Elena Ferrante
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
Notes on a Scandal
40
Zoe Heller
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