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delacourtings) wrote2018-05-03 09:46 am
delacourtings) wrote2018-05-03 09:46 am
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[challenge] the 100 women project
i was binge watching a bunch of jean at bookishthoughts' videos from earlier this year and she mentioned her 100 women project which reminded me that when she first posted about the project, i'd started to make my own list of 100 women i wanted to read but then forgotten about it. so, that's what i'm posting here today, a list of 100 women i want to read in my lifetime.
some women you may not see on here because i've already books from them (charlotte bronte, louisa may alcott, etc.) and because i'm not focusing on modern authors for this list but it's also possible and very likely there are female authors whose works i've just never heard of, so please recommend some of your favorites! i'm very passionate about diverse literature and i know this list isn't the most diverse, so please rec more diverse authors and works. as you can see, i only have 60 women on my list right now, so i need all the recs i can get.
some women you may not see on here because i've already books from them (charlotte bronte, louisa may alcott, etc.) and because i'm not focusing on modern authors for this list but it's also possible and very likely there are female authors whose works i've just never heard of, so please recommend some of your favorites! i'm very passionate about diverse literature and i know this list isn't the most diverse, so please rec more diverse authors and works. as you can see, i only have 60 women on my list right now, so i need all the recs i can get.
one.
jane austen.
emma, sense and sensibility, persuasion, northanger abbey, mansfield park.
two.
virginia woolf.
to the lighthouse, a room of one's own, mrs. dalloway, orlando, the waves.
jane austen.
emma, sense and sensibility, persuasion, northanger abbey, mansfield park.
two.
virginia woolf.
to the lighthouse, a room of one's own, mrs. dalloway, orlando, the waves.
three.
maya angelou.
i know why the caged bird sings.
four.
toni morrison.
beloved, the bluest eye, sula, a mercy.
five.
alice walker.
the color purple.
six.
elizabeth gaskell.
north and south.
seven.
agatha christie.
and then there were none, murder on the orient express, the mysterious affair at styles.
eight.
anne bronte.
agnes grey, the tenant of wildfell hall.
nine.
edith warton.
the age of innocence, the house of mirth, the custom of the country.
ten.
dodie smith.
i capture the castle.
eleven.
winifred watson.
miss pettigrew lives for a day.
twelve.
george eliot/mary ann evans.
middlemarch.
thirteen.
willa cather.
maya angelou.
i know why the caged bird sings.
four.
toni morrison.
beloved, the bluest eye, sula, a mercy.
five.
alice walker.
the color purple.
six.
elizabeth gaskell.
north and south.
seven.
agatha christie.
and then there were none, murder on the orient express, the mysterious affair at styles.
eight.
anne bronte.
agnes grey, the tenant of wildfell hall.
nine.
edith warton.
the age of innocence, the house of mirth, the custom of the country.
ten.
dodie smith.
i capture the castle.
eleven.
winifred watson.
miss pettigrew lives for a day.
twelve.
george eliot/mary ann evans.
middlemarch.
thirteen.
willa cather.
death comes for the archbishop.
fourteen.
radclyfe hall.
the well of loneliness.
fifteen.
nella larsen.
passing, quicksand.
sixteen.
dorothy l sayers.
strong poison.
seventeen.
vita sackville west.
all passion spent.
eighteen.
zora neale hurston.
nineteen.
anne frank.
the diary of anne frank.
twenty.
eudora welty.
the optimist's daughter.
twenty-one.
betty smith.
a tree grows in brooklyn.
twenty-two.
patricia highsmith.
the price of salt.
twenty-three.
josephine tey.
the daughter of time.
twenty-four.
gwendolyn brooks.
maud martha.
twenty-five.
dorothy whipple.
someone at a distance.
twenty-six.
lorraine hansberry.
a raisin in the sun.
twenty-seven.
mary mccarthy.
the group.
twenty-eight.
jean rhys.
wide sargasso sea.
twenty-nine.
a.t. fitzroy/rose allatini.
despised and rejected.
thirty.
maria edgeworth.
belinda.
thirty-one.
baroness orczy.
the scarlet pimpernel.
thirty-two.
gene stratton-porter
a girl of the limberlost.
thirty-three.
emmeline pankhurst.
suffragette: my own story.
thirty-four.
elizabeth von arnim.
the enchanted april.
thirty-five.
dorothy canfield fisher.
the home-maker.
thirty-six.
jessie redmon fauset.
plum bun.
thirty-seven.
rosamond lehmann.
invitation to the waltz.
thirty-eight.
irmgard keun.
after midnight.
thirty-nine.
elizabeth bowen.
the death of the heart.
forty.
monica dickens.
mariana.
forty-one.
carson mccullers.
the heart is a lonely hunter.
forty-two.
carmen lefloret.
nada.
forty-three.
nancy mitford.
the pursuit of love.
forty-four.
eileen chang.
half a lifelong romance.
forty-five.
amrita pritam.
pinjar: the skeleton and other stories.
forty-six.
barbara pym.
excellent women.
forty-seven.
monica sone.
nisei daughter.
forty-eight.
georgette heyer.
cotillion.
forty-nine.
kamala markandaya.
nectar in a sieve.
fifty.
ruth prawer jhabvala.
the householder.
fifty-one.
muriel spark.
the prime of miss jean brodie.
fifty-two.
madeleine l’engle.
a wrinkle in time.
fifty-three.
flora nwapa.
efuru.
fifty-four.
d.e. stevenson.
miss buncle’s book.
fifty-five.
sui sin far.
mrs. spring fragrance: a collection of chinese-american short stories.
fifty-six.
zitkala-sa.
american indian stories, legends and other writings.
fifty-seven.
doris lessing.
the golden notebook.
fifty-eight.
mary renault.
fire from heaven, the charioteer, the last of the wine.
fifty-nine.
edna st. vincenct millay.
collected poems.
sixty.
anais nin.
delta of venus.
fourteen.
radclyfe hall.
the well of loneliness.
fifteen.
nella larsen.
passing, quicksand.
sixteen.
dorothy l sayers.
strong poison.
seventeen.
vita sackville west.
all passion spent.
eighteen.
zora neale hurston.
nineteen.
anne frank.
the diary of anne frank.
twenty.
eudora welty.
the optimist's daughter.
twenty-one.
betty smith.
a tree grows in brooklyn.
twenty-two.
patricia highsmith.
the price of salt.
twenty-three.
josephine tey.
the daughter of time.
twenty-four.
gwendolyn brooks.
maud martha.
twenty-five.
dorothy whipple.
someone at a distance.
twenty-six.
lorraine hansberry.
a raisin in the sun.
twenty-seven.
mary mccarthy.
the group.
twenty-eight.
jean rhys.
wide sargasso sea.
twenty-nine.
a.t. fitzroy/rose allatini.
despised and rejected.
thirty.
maria edgeworth.
belinda.
thirty-one.
baroness orczy.
the scarlet pimpernel.
thirty-two.
gene stratton-porter
a girl of the limberlost.
thirty-three.
emmeline pankhurst.
suffragette: my own story.
thirty-four.
elizabeth von arnim.
the enchanted april.
thirty-five.
dorothy canfield fisher.
the home-maker.
thirty-six.
jessie redmon fauset.
plum bun.
thirty-seven.
rosamond lehmann.
invitation to the waltz.
thirty-eight.
irmgard keun.
after midnight.
thirty-nine.
elizabeth bowen.
the death of the heart.
forty.
monica dickens.
mariana.
forty-one.
carson mccullers.
the heart is a lonely hunter.
forty-two.
carmen lefloret.
nada.
forty-three.
nancy mitford.
the pursuit of love.
forty-four.
eileen chang.
half a lifelong romance.
forty-five.
amrita pritam.
pinjar: the skeleton and other stories.
forty-six.
barbara pym.
excellent women.
forty-seven.
monica sone.
nisei daughter.
forty-eight.
georgette heyer.
cotillion.
forty-nine.
kamala markandaya.
nectar in a sieve.
fifty.
ruth prawer jhabvala.
the householder.
fifty-one.
muriel spark.
the prime of miss jean brodie.
fifty-two.
madeleine l’engle.
a wrinkle in time.
fifty-three.
flora nwapa.
efuru.
fifty-four.
d.e. stevenson.
miss buncle’s book.
fifty-five.
sui sin far.
mrs. spring fragrance: a collection of chinese-american short stories.
fifty-six.
zitkala-sa.
american indian stories, legends and other writings.
fifty-seven.
doris lessing.
the golden notebook.
fifty-eight.
mary renault.
fire from heaven, the charioteer, the last of the wine.
fifty-nine.
edna st. vincenct millay.
collected poems.
sixty.
anais nin.
delta of venus.