Books written by female authors (3329)


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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
The inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow! "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately, of survival. A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her ... continue

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE ... continue

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Bewohnte Frau by Gioconda Belli DE

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Belletristik : Nicaragua ; Frau - Diktatur.


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Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
"Describes Argentina's horrific dirty war, the chaotic final years of brutal dictatorship in Somalia, and the modern-day excesses of Italy's right-wing politics through the words of two half-sisters, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties their stories together"--

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Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
A novel from the author of Giving Up the Ghost and A Place of Greater Safety.

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Beyond Storms and Stars - a Memoir by Noeleen Heyzer EN

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Country: Asia / Singapore flag Singapore
Description:
Very inspiring story about personal developement and achievements regarding gender equality

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Bi : The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
A personal and scientific manifesto for the sexually in-between, from the internationally bestselling author and co-host of Bad People.

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Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol EN

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Country: Asia / Philippines flag Philippines
Description:
Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol’s Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought down a dictatorship Gina Apostol’s debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution. It is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her ow... continue