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287 Good Books by Women

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