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Can we have a female author thread? My bookshelf is mostly made up of male writers and I need some diversification. I'd love to read what I'm missing out on.

Right now I'm reading this. Next on my list is Sleep's Powers by Jacqueline Risset.

>> No.4569251

>>4568866
Why would you want to read shit?

>> No.4569261

>>4569251
someone's got to do it.

>> No.4569272

>My bookshelf is mostly made up of male writers and I need some diversification
kek
>I'd love to read what I'm missing out on.
not much

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>>4568866
Colleen McCullough is the only answer. Holy hell I wish I'd screencapped the three paragraphs of rant/praise against others and for her work. Anyway, I'll just post the book you should read first.

Ursula K. Le Guin isn't bad either.

>> No.4569279

>>4569272
You seem like a bad person.

>> No.4569284

Stephanie Myers "Twilight"

>> No.4569286
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4569286

this book made me feel things i didn't know it would

>> No.4569291

>>4569275

What, the "fuck Conn Iggulden" post?

>> No.4569294

>>4568866
Why would you read worse books for the sake of some abstract goal of diversification?

>> No.4569295

>>4569291
YES! /lit/ remembers!

>> No.4569298

>>4569291
Conn Iggulden is actually a pretty good female author, though. Few women are able to write suspense like her. I was actually pleasantly surprised reading her Genghis series.

>> No.4569300

>>4569279
You seem like a bitch.

>> No.4569305

>>4569294

what's wrong with trying to be diverse? i thought you read book to learn about other people and if you don't learn about the feminine experience, you're missing out.

>> No.4569314

>>4569298
:0 Wut. No, I was ranting that his series about ancient Rome is fucking shit, and bullshit, and that he should go die in a fire.

>> No.4569318

Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Mrs Dalloway
To the Lighthouse
The Waves
Three Lives
Wide Sargasso Sea
Good Morning, Midnight
The Passion According to G. H.
The Bell Jar
The Lathe of Heaven
Beloved

These are the books written by women I have read so far. Would recommend all of them.
A Tale for the Time Being

>> No.4569321

>>4569305
>if you don't learn about the feminine experience, you're missing out.

On what exactly?

>> No.4569326

>>4569275
McCullough/Renault guy?

>> No.4569328

>>4569318
Jesus Christ how horrifying. What the fuck is wrong with you?

>> No.4569330

>>4569294
What makes a book written by a female author 'worse'? I actually really enjoy Waldrop's writing. I'm reading for enjoyment and for learning about life through other people's perspective/experiences. What's wrong with wanting to expand your tastes?

>> No.4569335

>>4569326
Oh shit, I forgot Mary Renault! OP, Mary Renault is amazing too! Read her "Alexander" trilogy, on the life of Alexander the Great.

>> No.4569343

>>4569335
Not much time has passed since that thread, but since I am curious, have you had time to acquire a book from the author I recommended to (supposedly) you?

>> No.4569347

>>4569321
On quality lit. If you have to ask what, then you probably have a lot more reading to do.

>> No.4569361

>>4569347
But there's enough quality lit written by men to last me a lifetime.

>> No.4569372

>>4569361
Ay man if you enjoy being close-minded, good for you. But some people actually enjoy reading, regardless of the author's gender.

>> No.4569379

>>4569343
I remember trying to find a torrent of it and, failing that, visiting my local public and university libraries. Strangely enough, I couldn't find anything. Though now I am curious: what was that author? So much time has passed (well, only a month or two, but a random /lit/ thread's info across that span eludes me) since then, and I don't quite remember. Maybe I can find it now.

And yes, I am the McCullough/Renault/Anti-Iggulden fanatic.

>> No.4569380

>>4569372
>Ay man

What the hell is that? Are you black or something?

>>4569372
>But some people actually enjoy reading, regardless of the author's gender.

If they don't take an author's gender into account then why do they feel the need to consciously 'diversify' their reading habits?

>> No.4569394

>>4569284
Next time, stretch your commenting abilities a bit by spelling one of her names correctly. Eventually we'll work you up to maybe taking the second-cheapest shot possible, but baby steps.

>> No.4569406

>>4569380
I'm not white. There's nothing wrong with wanting to read more female writers because you notice an obvious lack of them in their bookshelf. There is, however, something wrong with not wanting to read them because they're female.

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>>4569379
Good to know. I also had trouble finding them when I set out looking (the capital's library system, for instance, had only book by her, 3rd in a series of 6...); eventually I had to import them.

A quick search located a torrent which is - at least reportedly - seeded. If you have "excess" funds Bookdepository may be your best bet for physical books. I hope you'll like them if you do end up getting your hands on them!

>> No.4569415

>>4569330
> What makes a book written by a female author 'worse'?
Women lack almost all of the traits that make spectacular human beings.

>> No.4569418

>>4569415
What are these traits?

>> No.4569424

>>4569415

All the best to you on your upcoming opportunities for personal growth.

>> No.4569429

>>4569406
>There's nothing wrong with wanting to read more female writers because you notice an obvious lack of them in their bookshelf. There is, however, something wrong with not wanting to read them because they're female.

but it's the exact same logic just in reverse

>> No.4569438

>>4569415

You're the kind of impotent loser who claims victories on behalf of his entire gender because you've made none at all in your personal life.

You're a stereotype around these parts and you don't even see it.

>> No.4569452

>>4569429
I'm not going to automatically love a book more because it's written by a female, just like I wouldn't automatically hate a book for being written by one. I just want to read more books written by them, that's all. Stop trying to twist shit around so that you feel like you're right. You're being an idiot.

>> No.4569454

Wow, are women authors in dire straits?

They must of used all their Twilight and Harry Potter money on shoes and makeup. Dumb whores. Someone should boycott women writers to offset OP's poor economic decision. I would, but I don't read any to begin with.

>> No.4569458

>>4568866

>ITT: offended women

Jane Austen is god tier, all else is pleb tier

PROVE ME WRONG

>> No.4569460

>>4569454

such bait

very rile

>> No.4569462

>>4569458
Ursula Le Guin.

>> No.4569464

>>4569452
Feminists are stupid

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4569467

>>4569458

PROTIP: You're a subpar reader.

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>>4569438
Take your feminist rants back to Tumblr.

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>>4569470

Don't go on tumblr, m8.

You're just a basic cunt.

>> No.4569567

>>4569472
ha that paintings at the mfah , i see it all the time