The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodKitchen by Banana YoshimotoFingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Women Writing the City
95 books — 8 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby YoungNegative Space by Lilly DancygerJust Kids by Patti Smith
New York Eats Its Young
73 books — 59 voters

The Paris Wife by Paula McLainMrs. Poe by Lynn CullenZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminVanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar
Authors in Fiction
179 books — 43 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
747 books — 587 voters

River Town by Peter HesslerCountry Driving by Peter HesslerUp to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy  CarrollOracle Bones by Peter HesslerCHINA by Tom  Carter
China Expat Books
100 books — 110 voters
Nomadic Subjects by Rosi BraidottiVolatile Bodies by Elizabeth GroszSenses of the Subject by Judith ButlerA Feminist Companion to the Posthumanities by ÅsbergWillful Subjects by Sara Ahmed
Subjectivity Reading List
23 books — 2 voters