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This is an older book and the suggested works stop at about 1992. I LOVE the thematic groupings and the selections remind readers of that great outpouring of previously unheard voices brought to the conversation by Second Wave Feminist publishing from 1960 to 1980. Many of these books are now out of print - but what a magnificent new small press could be founded on reprints from this book and this era.Some of the themes are: Art, Choices, Families, Growing Old, Growing Up, Places and Homes, Powe...
Eh. Oddly organized, by thematic units, making it somewhat annoying to use as a reference. Heavily tilted towards the “meaningful” works, with some few popular works, rather than the literary. The authors also seemed to delight in sometimes choosing particular authors’ most obscure works.
Well-organized and excellent resource for Readers' Advisory.
This is a fantastic book that brings to my attention many, many works by women that I would never have learned of without them being reviewed in this book. Reviewed by respected women writers, the titles are organized under themes such as "Power," "Love," "Work," "Ethics," and so on.
this book is exciting to me because it lists world literature written by women from the middle ages to 1990s. lots of new ( to me) & interesting authors & books.
Divided into themes with several indexes.Have read some.
Like the title says: 500 books written by women, organized into categories like Art, Mothers and Mothering, Conflicting Cultures, and Work (21 categories in total). The types of books recommended are delightfully varied: novels, short stories, essays, memoir, spanning time and location. An effort is made to include minority authors as well as lesser known works by great authors although many standards are included. The reviews are trenchant and meaty, summarizing the plot and the reason for incl...
If you've been friends with me for long enough, you know I like lists. A lot. Especially weird ones that I can send my army of you, my lovely bookish fellows, to amp up however you are able. So when I saw this book, I first thought list!, but backed off from the prospect due to the 100 vote limit and my unyielding need for control. Then came the pondering.There's a singular shame to be felt when considering books written by women. Should a list, award, class or sale, shelf or school, not be sole...
OK, I'll admit it--I'm sexist. I've decided that I prefer books , for the most part, written by women. When I discovered this book I was in heaven. This gem has reviews of books written over some 300 years sorted by theme. Through this book I discovered a flock of writers unfamiliar to me and branched out into genres I wouldn't normally pick up. The only problem with this book is that it isn't replenishing each year. If the editors of this book could e-mail suggestions to me of the newest lit, p...
A nice little resource. Sadly it was only published once, so it's way out of date and ends with a few books published in 1993. Divided by theme, there are blurbs from a panel of contributors (all female) about 500 books: everything from Autobiography/memoir to oral histories, novels and nonfiction. There are cross-referenced indices and lists at the beginning of every theme. Included are lists of books by women of color living in the US and a "list of some books about lesbian and gay people." Cl...
So many books, so little time.
*2015 year of reading women - Reeds in the Wind by Grazia Deledda 5*- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler*2016 year of reading women - The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein-*2017 year of reading women - Cosima by Grazia Deledda ( have only Italian version, need to polish my language skills first )-
I read this every now and again
http://r-for-rocket.blogspot.com/2016...
