Some Tumblr users pointed out that there are lots of great titles by women that we missed in this list . With the help of Housing Works Bookstore Café , here’s a collection of some of their spot-on recommendations.
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The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
Page count: 96
Excerpt: "All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began. Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort."
Recommended by: haoerheluyisiboerhesi
Passing by Nella Larson
Page count: 160
Excerpt: "But she did not look the future in the face. She wanted to feel nothing, to think nothing; simply to believe that it was all silly invention on her part. Yet she could not. Not quite."
Recommended by: haoerheluyisiboerhesi
If You're Not Yet Like Me by Edan Lepucki
Page count: 102
Excerpt: "Girls who want to be warriors can't afford to be so careless. And: Girls will bleed, and they will cry."
Recommended by: Nouvella Books
