Books written by female authors (3313)



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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff EN

Rating: 4 (12 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. “A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate wit... continue

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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Aquella mañana, Kady creía que terminar con Ezra sería lo más duro que tendría que hacer ese día. Por la tarde, su planeta fue invadido. Corre el año 2575 y dos megacorporaciones rivales entran en guerra por un planeta de los confines del universo. Lástima que a nadie se le ocurre avisar a la población... Bajo un diluvio de fuego enemigo, los ex novios Kady y Ezra - que ahora apenas se hablan - tratan de abrirse camino hasta la flota de evacuación mientras una nave militar enemiga les pisa los talones. Pero ese es el menor de sus problemas. Una plaga mortal ha mutado, con resultados aterradore... continue

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Imminence by Mariana Dimópulos EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
We're alone together, for the first time. I have to touch him now. I try stroking a foot, then a shoulder. But no current lifts in me, nothing pulls at my chest they way they said it would. A new mother holds her month-old son for the first time, but her body betrays her. Disoriented, she trails her taciturn partner around their plant-filled Buenos Aires apartment. Little by little, everything begins to unravel. Taking place over the course of an evening, Mariana Dímopulos's mesmerising novella shifts seamlessly between the present and the past. In this dreamlike space, made from overlapping v... continue

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In a Sentimental Mood by Ivana Bodrozic EN

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Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
Ivana Bodrozic's In a Sentimental Mood is emotional, but never woeful, deliberate, yet playful poetry capable of reaching both the highest and deepest registers of expression. From abstract jazz-inspired musings to bedroom intimacies, these poems converse with the idea that being alone is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. To lose your dignity and the dignity of your words - that is the worst thing.

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In Concrete by Anne Garréta EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The newest novel by Prix Medicis-winner Anne Garréta, In/concrete is a feminist inversion of a domestic drama crossed with Oulipian nursery rhyme.

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In Defense of Witches : The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet EN

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Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. With arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, this book seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who seek to live their lives on their own terms

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In Memoriam by Alice Winn EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt's German mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelm... continue

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In Morocco by Wharton, Edith EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
First published in 1919, this detailed account of the author's journey through Morocco following World War I shares Wharton's observations on local customs and lifestyles, Moroccan history, cities, and more. Reprint.

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In Order To Live : A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park EN

Rating: 5 (13 votes)
Country: Asia / North Korea flag North Korea
Description:
'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation, or disease, or even execution. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from Ch... continue