Margaret Atwood has recently become one of my favourite authors. It's incredible how she is able to write stories that are relevant regardless of how long ago they were written. So far, my favourite books by her are Life Before Man and The Heart Goes LastLouanne Piccolo wrote: ↑24 Dec 2018, 03:48 Margaret Atwood, without a doubt!
She's a great writer with interesting plot ideas and an engaging voice.
Looking for great books by female authors
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Re: Looking for great books by female authors
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A new author I like gifting to my female friends is Rupi Kaur. Her books are the perfect gift in my opinion: they are beautiful and entertaining.
I don't have to mention Sylvia Plath, do I?
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Daphne du Maurier - I loved both Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel.
Simone St. James - Her books are paranormal/historical mysteries, many of them taking place in 1910s/1920s England.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Purple Hibiscus is very good, but Americanah is extraordinary.
Kate Morton - My favorite of hers is The Secret Keeper.
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The Power by Naomi Alderman. I heard the hype about this book and wondered how great it could really be. But I was shocked, it's amazing! This is like the antagonist to the VOX book. Women hold all the power and extraordinary physical strength: they can electrocute using just their fingertips, they can even kill. What happens when oppressed women are finally given power over their male counterparts?
Both of the books mentioned above handle tough political and religious discord perfectly. The best books I have read so far in my life.
A book that has stayed with me for years is Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is poignant and painful. A high school student is sexually assaulted, she calls the police but runs home in shock. Her peers ostracize her for calling the cops. She remains in silence and watches as her world collapses around her. The most heartbreaking part about this book is that similar things happen every single day. It is a must read for anyone.
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Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite authors of the moment, her work is as compulsively readable as a thriller yet it is very literary, and really excellent writing, often relating to WWI. Life After Life is fantastic. I'm about to read her new one, Transcription .
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Helene Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road
Dorothy Parker
Emily Dickinson (Is poetry all right?)
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women She lived 1759-1797.
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I'll add:
Erin Morgenstern (her fantasy novel "The Night Circus" is AMAZING)
LM Montgomery ("Anne of Green Gables" anyone?)
Katherine Patterson (she will make you cry and cry and cry)
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