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  1. Femina

    1. Femina

    Janina Ramirez, Janina Ramírez
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  2. The Heroine's Bookshelf

    2. The Heroine's Bookshelf

    Erin Blakemore
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  3. Mother Tongue

    3. Mother Tongue

    Jenni Nuttall
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  4. Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance

    4. Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance

    Jane Harrington
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  5. How to Be a Renaissance Woman

    5. How to Be a Renaissance Woman

    Jill Burke
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  6. Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures

    6. Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures

    Arielle Zibrak
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  7. The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy

    7. The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy

    Rachel Robison-Greene
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  8. All the Single Ladies

    8. All the Single Ladies

    Rebecca Traister
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  9. Bookishness

    9. Bookishness

    Jessica Pressman
    Strong fit for this women list in the 21st century lane.
  10. The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-bred Women

    10. The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-bred Women

    Emily Reed
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  11. The Book of Old Ladies

    11. The Book of Old Ladies

    Ruth O. Saxton
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  12. Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life: Bookmarked

    12. Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life: Bookmarked

    Pamela Erens
    Strong fit for this women list in the women lane.
  13. How to Suppress Women's Writing

    13. How to Suppress Women's Writing

    Joanna Russ, Jessa Crispin
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  14. Shadow Work

    14. Shadow Work

    Emily Hodgson Anderson
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  15. Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness

    15. Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness

    Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey
    Included for strong history alignment with this women list.
  16. The Woman's Hour

    16. The Woman's Hour

    Elaine F. Weiss
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  17. Didion and Babitz

    17. Didion and Babitz

    Lili Anolik
    Included for strong woman alignment with this women list.
  18. Loving With a Vengeance

    18. Loving With a Vengeance

    Tania Modleski
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  19. No Time to Spare

    19. No Time to Spare

    Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler
    Included for strong short story alignment with this women list.
  20. The Women of Amy Sherman-palladrino

    20. The Women of Amy Sherman-palladrino

    Scott Ryan, David Bushman
    Fits this list for its focus on women.
  21. Reading With Jane Austen

    21. Reading With Jane Austen

    Elaine Bander
    Included for strong first alignment with this women list.
  22. Too Good to Be Altogether Lost

    22. Too Good to Be Altogether Lost

    Pamela Smith Hill
    Included for strong girl alignment with this women list.
  23. Do Admit

    23. Do Admit

    Mimi Pond
    Included for strong civil rights alignment with this women list.
  24. Fleabag: the Scriptures

    24. Fleabag: the Scriptures

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge
    Fits this list for its focus on women.

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