Our Shared Shelf discussion

Hello literary ladies!! I’m starting a new job teaching anglophone literature to future ESL teachers 🤩 One of the units is about feminist literature and dystopias, I was hoping to read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Atwood since it could be included in both categories. However, I don’t think we’ll have much time since we have a loooot more to read and little time. Do you have any recommendations for these two categories? Maybe something similar to THT... Thanks!!!

Hi there! I haven't read it yet, but Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy is definitely on my to-read list and I think it fits your description perfectly! Her other books also seem to be very good.

The Yellow Wallpaper is. a SmAhing comment art on psychiatric and medical care of women in th 18th century.

This post breaks the rules on self-promotion, but Athena's Choice is the exact type of book you're talking about.

Have you read Sealed - Naomi Booth or I Who Have Never Know Men - Jaqueline Harpman. Both brilliant, but the second is translated from French so I’m not sure that fits your criteria!!

Harland is also good and by the same writer who did the yellow wallpaper.

autocorrect is a feminist dystopian novel I swear...*Herland

Vox by Christina Dalcher is great and would fit both categories!

I never read it but I think Only ever yours by Louise O'neil will go perfectly into those categories