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Flavorwire's Fascinating Female Friendships in Literature

In my view, Claire Messud was on point when she said (in a now-famous response to an interviewer balking at an "unlikeable" character) that "if you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble." But that only applies to friends for yourself. That is, because, at least for me, reading about friendship — fraught and bad and dangerous as it may be — is one of my deepest pleasures, particularly when the friendships are between women. But while Ferrante Fever is still in full swing, it's amazing to me how rare it still is to find complex female friendships in literature for adults (YA has it a little more locked), and even the whiff of a good one can send me straight to the bookstore. In case you've been having the same feeling, here are 25 books that investigate female friendship in one form or another. More please.
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Innocents and Others (Dana Spiotta)
Innocents and Others (Dana Spiotta)
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
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The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door (Magda Szabó)
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The Secret Place (Tana French)
The Secret Place (Tana French)
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Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
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Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
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Girls on Fire (Robin Wasserman)
Girls on Fire (Robin Wasserman)
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How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
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White Is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi
White Is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi
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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
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The People of Forever Are Not Afraid (Shani Boianjiu)
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid (Shani Boianjiu)
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Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye
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The Girls From Corona Del-Mar (Rufi Thorpe)
The Girls From Corona Del-Mar (Rufi Thorpe)
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Talk (Linda Rosenkrantz)
Talk (Linda Rosenkrantz)
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Ugly Girls
Ugly Girls
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Sula
Sula
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Friendship a Novel
Friendship a Novel
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Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
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Dear Life
Dear Life
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The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs
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The Girls of Slender Means
The Girls of Slender Means
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
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Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
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Commencement (Courtney J. Sullivan)
Commencement (Courtney J. Sullivan)
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I'm So Happy for You (Lucinda Rosenfeld)
I'm So Happy for You (Lucinda Rosenfeld)
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
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