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  1. The Heroine's Bookshelf

    1. The Heroine's Bookshelf

    Erin Blakemore
    Fits this list for its focus on authors and women.
  2. How to Be a Renaissance Woman

    2. How to Be a Renaissance Woman

    Jill Burke
    Fits this list for its focus on authors and women.
  3. Writing Creativity and Soul

    3. Writing Creativity and Soul

    Sue Monk Kidd
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  4. Femina

    4. Femina

    Janina Ramirez, Janina Ramírez
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  5. How to Suppress Women's Writing

    5. How to Suppress Women's Writing

    Joanna Russ, Jessa Crispin
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  6. Meander, Spiral, Explode

    6. Meander, Spiral, Explode

    Jane Alison
    Included for strong book club alignment with this women authors list.
  7. The Source of Self-regard

    7. The Source of Self-regard

    Toni Morrison
    Included for strong short story alignment with this women authors list.
  8. Artful

    8. Artful

    Ali Smith
    Included for strong short story alignment with this women authors list.
  9. Mother Tongue

    9. Mother Tongue

    Jenni Nuttall
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  10. No Time to Spare

    10. No Time to Spare

    Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler
    Included for strong short story alignment with this women authors list.
  11. Shadow Work

    11. Shadow Work

    Emily Hodgson Anderson
    Fits this list for its focus on authors and women.
  12. Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance

    12. Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance

    Jane Harrington
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  13. Bookishness

    13. Bookishness

    Jessica Pressman
    Strong fit for this women authors list in the 21st century lane.
  14. Didion and Babitz

    14. Didion and Babitz

    Lili Anolik
    Included for strong woman alignment with this women authors list.
  15. She

    15. She

    Robert A. Johnson
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  16. On Morrison

    16. On Morrison

    Namwali Serpell
    Included for strong gifts alignment with this women authors list.
  17. Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures

    17. Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures

    Arielle Zibrak
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  18. Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

    18. Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

    Ursula K. Le Guin, David Naimon
    Included for strong book club alignment with this women authors list.
  19. The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy

    19. The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy

    Rachel Robison-Greene
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  20. The Hearing Trumpet

    20. The Hearing Trumpet

    Leonora Carrington
    Included for strong short story alignment with this women authors list.
  21. Always Coming Home

    21. Always Coming Home

    Ursula K. Le Guin, Shruti Swamy
    Included for strong action alignment with this women authors list.
  22. Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness

    22. Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness

    Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey
    Included for strong history alignment with this women authors list.
  23. A Muzzle for Witches

    23. A Muzzle for Witches

    Dubravka Ugresic, Ellen Elias-Bursać
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  24. Positive Obsession

    24. Positive Obsession

    Susana M. Morris
    Included for strong american alignment with this women authors list.

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