Favorite Novels by WomenLike this list

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• The Time Traveler's Wife

  Niffenegger, Audrey,

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  A riveting novel of two people's love through time and all that life presents to you when one person lives in a traditionally timed world, and the love of her life does not.

• Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  a Novel

  Semple, Maria,

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  It takes a woman to write a realistic female eccentric personality with the perfect finesse of humor and minute plot details for a reader to appreciate falling off the deep end.

• Pachinko

  Lee, Min Jin,

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  In this epic saga, Lee follows generations as they struggle against Japanese oppression and fight for survival in a changing world.

• The Woman Upstairs

  a Novel

  Messud, Claire, 1966-

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  Messud boldly lets her character, Nora, be something strangely forbidden: deeply, antagonistically angry — a bold yet subdued and cathartic read.

• Americanah

  Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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  A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.

• The Namesake

  Lahiri, Jhumpa,

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  The clash of cultures between a child and parent, and the balancing act that goes with assimilation and parental expectations.

• The Diary of Mattie Spenser

  Dallas, Sandra

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  Great historical fiction of women in the American West

• August

  Paula, Romina

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  "I am me, that's my impossibility," Emilia writes as she blazes ahead to unearth all of the possibilities anyway.

• Life After Life

  a Novel

  Atkinson, Kate

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  Inventive, atmospheric, good characterizations and thought-provoking

• Oryx and Crake

  a Novel

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Atwood is an author who creates characters that are complex and multifaceted, both someone to root for and also someone to despise.

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