>ITT: Good books written by women which are actually good and not by Ayn Rand
I'll start with pic related
alissa nutting - tampa
i thought this was really good. i keep meaning to read more of hers
patrish af
>discounting the greatest writer of the 20th century
Virginia Woolf's Orlando is one of the most brilliant, fun books
>>7886301
Here come the libertarians.
How are the Twilight books? Has anyone here read them? Are they as bad and unpopular as the movies or are they decent YA?
This is no bait, I'm genuinely interested
>>7886580
genuinely bad
the writing is painful, the "sexy" nature of the abusive, stalky relationships are just unhealthy for kids, etc
>>7886301
>Battlefield Earth
solid list 10/10
>>7886580
I read them all. They're indeed atrocious.
>>7886149
>Ayn Rand
kek
>>7886149
Ursula K. LeGuin - anything
Is I know why the caged bird sings good?
>>7886301
The only reason her books get rated that highly as a) that is a popular poll rather than done from any academic or expert opinion and b) her weird cult like fan base stuff the ballet boxes. It's the exact same reason the Hubbard gets so many in there.
>>7886149
Better that her cucksband Bioy, I dare say better that Cortazar. At their own game, too!
>>7886619
Good choice bruh
>>7886149
Same as Silvina, she showed the leading men of her field how it's done.
also I'm a pretty big closet fan of A.M. Homes
>>7886301
i hope no one ever gets ad populum'd when it comes to rand
>>7886149
>no Flannery O'Connor
damn son i am disappointed
>>7886855
she is delightfully homely
>>7886637
>better than cortazar
nigga pls
And while I'm in this thread, I want to warn against Elena Ferrante and the Neapolitan series. Not at all worth the hype.
>>7886637
danse macabre
>>7886156
desu I thought that book was average. It seemed like the author had an edgy idea and then executed it in a pretty lazy way
>>7886156
this has to be a joke. that book was average as fuck
>>7886864
Ferrante owns. if you're into Austen (and I get that not everybody on this board is) Ferrante is like a high-adrenaline modern companion. Smith is great too though
also: Ursula Le Guin & Jennifer Egan
>>7886864
best zadie book
>>7886880
any zadie book is a bad book book
The Door - Magda Szabó
The Bell Jar is not good.
>>7886580
>decent
>YA
pick one
>>7886858
She had lupus and took lots of prednisone, which didn't help.
Shirley Jackson is spooky and original. Stephen King rips her off frequently.
>>7886867
Same
Woah where's my girl George Eliot at?
HD
Radcliffe hall
Emily bronte
"My Antonia" by Willa Cather.
>>7887324
Is middlemarch supposed to be somewhat difficult cause of the vernacular or is that just a meme i had.
>>7887209
I pick Skullduggery Pleasant.
fuck your rules
THE AWAKENING
KATE CHOPIN
it makes you think of the worst English major girls but it's really great
The best works by my favourite women:
The Age of Innocence - Wharton
My Ántonia - Cather
Wuthering Heights - Best Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - 2nd Best Brontë
Chéri - Colette
Middlemarch - Eliot
To the Lighthouse - Woolf
The Optimist's Daughter - Welty
Has anyone here read Wives and Daughters? If so, what did you think of it?
>>7887536
Middlemarch is written in normal and easily readable (but very good) prose.
>>7887944
i have 5 of these havent read any
hows house of mirth
>>7886656
Thanks for this post.
I like women and surrealism.
>>7887954
Very good. I'd say it's her second best. It's one of the most moving works I've ever read.
Having read Atlas Shrugged I'll freely admit it's a fairly clumsily penned, long-winded diatribe about administration of wealth written by someone who was mostly poor, but it's not completely unenjoyable. Plus, the movies are hilariously bad, so that's a plus.
Joan Didion - Democracy
Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
How has this not been said yet?
>tfw no one mentioned Virginia Woolf
lit is truly dead
>>7887209
His Dark Materials, anon. Please give it a chance.
>>7886301
>reader's choice list
Don't try to fool me with this bullshit
>>7886580
They're boring rubbish.
>>7887204
The Bell Jar is good.
>>7886301
Sauce?
>>7890532
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
I miss Kristin
>>7886160
FUCKING NOOOOIIIICE, Gilliad was great too, can't wait to read Home and Lila.
Anything by Alice Munro, pham. Kate Mansfield is also good.
Clarice Lispector
>>7891196
*Modern Library's Readers' List of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century.
>>7886637
>better that Cortazar
Now you're just being a contrarian
It's pretty fucking good considering how pulpy it is.
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>>7891352
No
Pale Horse, Pale Rider, by Katherine Ann Porter.
>>7891369
>>7891359
Sweet argument bro. You really made me reconsider my position
>>7887217
Pic related is a great horror story. I read the one you posted, it was bizarre.
The Bird's Nest is a pretty good novel about multiple personality disorder.
"The Lottery" is a famous short story. Even South Park referenced it once.
>>7891523
>guilty
