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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
Joyce Carol Oates
42
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
43
Kate Zambreno, Heroines
Kate Zambreno, Heroines
44
Blood and Guts in High School (1984) - Kathy Acker
Blood and Guts in High School (1984) - Kathy Acker
45
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet
46
Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg Stone Butch Blues
47
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Lorrie Moore
48
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
49
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
50
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
51
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
52
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
53
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
54
Abeng
Abeng
55
No One Belongs Here More Than You
No One Belongs Here More Than You
56
Les Guérillères (Monique Wittig)
Les Guérillères
Monique Wittig
57
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
58
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat
59
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
60
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
61
An Untamed State
An Untamed State
62
Odes Et Fragments (Sappho)
Odes Et Fragments
Sappho
63
Darling River (Sara Stridsberg)
Darling River
Sara Stridsberg
64
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon
65
Gravity and Grace
Gravity and Grace
66
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
67
Dictée (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictée
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
68
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
69
Finn Family Moomintroll
Finn Family Moomintroll
70
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
71
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
72
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
73
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark
74
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
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