Full name: 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide

Authors: Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larsen, Holly Smith Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Feminism Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780670848294 9780140175905 0670848298 0140175903

Here is an articulate guide to more than 500 books written by women, a unique resource that allows readers the joy of discovering new authors as well as revisiting familiar favorites. Organized by such themes as Art, Choices, Families, Growing Old, Growing Up, Places and Homes, Power, and Work, this reference book presents classic and contemporary works, from Lady Nijo's thirteenth-century diaries to books by authors including Toni Morrison, Alice Hoffman, Nadine Gordimer, and Isabel Allende. With annotated entries that capture the flavor of each book and seven cross-referenced indexes, 500 Great Books by Women is a one-of-a-kind guide for all readers and book lovers that celebrates and recommends some of the very best writing by women. Similar books: The New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman 501 Must-Read Books by Emma Beare 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall Book Smart by Jane Mallison More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl The Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman A Lifetime's Reading by Philip Ward A Year of Reading by Elisabeth Ellington Literature Lover's Book Of Lists by Judie L. H. Strouf Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Bibliotherapy by Beverly West The Modern Library: 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 by Carmen Callil Read This Next by Howard Mittelmark The Novel 100 by Daniel S. Burt The List of Books by Frederic Raphael Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Whipping Girl by Julia Serano Cunt by Inga Muscio The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti Girl Boner by August McLaughlin