Read Women discussion
Read Women
Books mentioned in this topic
A Long Petal of the Sea (other topics)The Black Prince (other topics)
The Country Girls (other topics)
What Willow Says (other topics)
Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Isabel Allende (other topics)Iris Murdoch (other topics)
Edna O'Brien (other topics)
Lynn Buckle (other topics)
Oksana Zabuzhko (other topics)
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I'll be trying for 20!
1. Published between 1750 - 1900
2. Author is of African descent, living anywhere
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
4. Speculative Fiction
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
5. In translation
Brickmakers by Selva Almada
6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author
Warcross by Marie Lu
7. Author over 50
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
8. Published between 1900 - 1970
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
9. Nature and/or the Environment
What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle
10. Author is of indigenous descent
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
12. Author is of Asian descent, living anywhere
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
13. MENA - Author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in a MENA country
14. Feminism or feminist perspective
Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko
15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country (Scandinavia + Finland + Iceland + Greenland + the Faroe Islands + the Åland Islands)
The Ice Child by Camilla Läckberg
16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF)
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...)
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
18. Memoir or biography
19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical …
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
20. Ancient World – the subject can be a (real) heroine of the ancient world, or the novel takes place in ancient times, or the author is a woman writing about ancient history, culture etc. (ideas: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...)
Alternate/Substitute Prompts:
1. Published by a small press
Marzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp
2. 1001 BBYD
(https://1001bookreviews.com/the-1001-...)
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
3. NYTimes Bestsellers (listed by year @
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...)
4. The Caribbean - author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in
5. Book Riot’s 100 Classics by Authors of Color. (https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-cl...)