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Anji's "Essential Reading by Woman Writers"

I have been doing my best to read if not only writing by women, then at least mostly writing by women. A friend is now embarking on the same journey, so here I am writing a list of works of fiction that I consider to be some of the best books by women.
1.
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 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood  
2.
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 The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
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3. The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler
  
4. Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
  
5. The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
  
7.
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 Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
  
8. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette)
by Jeanette Winterson
  
9. The Bloody Chamber
by Angela Carter
  
10. The Yellow Wallpaper (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  
11.
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 The Plot Against Mary: More Seasonal Stories
by Alison Campbell
  
12.
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 The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
  
13. Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
  
14.
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 The Return of the Soldier
by Rebecca West
  
15. Goblin Market and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Christina Rossetti
  
16.
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 Mercy
by Andrea Dworkin
  
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Created by Anji on Jan 10, 2009.