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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 21, 2017 (Updated Sep 21, 2017)
Surprised A History of Britain in 21 Women by Jenni Murray isn't on here or The Power by Naomi Alderman.

Bustle, an online American women's magazine, has compiled some hotly anticipated feminist books for this year:


There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

Morgan Parker

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“This is a marvelous book. See for yourself. Morgan Parker is a fearlessly forward and...


Gender Studies Feminism social issues
Hunger

Hunger

Roxane Gay

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'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the...


Biography memoir social issues
Large Animals: Stories

Large Animals: Stories

Jess Arndt

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Jess Arndt’s striking debut collection confronts what it means to have a body. Boldly straddling...


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The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

Jill Filipovic

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What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness,...


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Too Much and Not the Mood

Too Much and Not the Mood

Durga Chew-Bose

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From Durga Chew-Bose, “one of our most gifted, insightful essayists and critics” (Nylon), comes...


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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 16, 2017
As winter approaches, here are some of Washington Post's favourite reads – from thrillers to literary fiction, memoir, history and politics:

The Washington Post's annual survey of the best books includes 10 they think are exceptionally rewarding:


Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

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A searing and profound odyssey bringing the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first century...

Saints for All Occasions

Saints for All Occasions

J. Courtney Sullivan

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Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland...


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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

David Garrow

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The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United...


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The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

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The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book...

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Geological Excursions in Powys
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I used this for research into my dissertation, it is sufficiently detailed and helped a lot when research geological history.