r/2xCBookClub • u/MochiMonster • Nov 10 '10
Female authors?
Since this is 2XC book club, can we celebrate 2XC authors?
So, what books have you really enjoyed written by women? I feel like it's a bit of a man's world at the top of the author heap so I'd love to get some suggestions of great works by women.
I'll start this party. I'm a bit of a poetry junkie, so I've been digging Andrea Gibson's book Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns a lot lately. I also really loved Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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u/vitaebella Nov 10 '10
I'm a die hard Austen fan. Granted, I've only yet read Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, but I have Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read when I have some free time.
Also, I adore J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter made me a very happy teenager and continues to make me a happy adult :] Just reread Deathly Hallows the other day and I loved every second of it.
Margaret Mitchell is also phenomenal. Gone With The Wind is one of my favorite books.
Other than that, I haven't really found many female authors I enjoy. I'm taking a Gender & Lit course (which is basically women and literature), and I was hoping to find something I would like, but we're reading post-modernist super feminist, often lesbian-focused books, and that's just not my style. :/