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    A year ago I started to read what I call "Girls Going Through It" books. I didnt want a quirky, not-like-other-girls main character. I just wanted your average woman, written by a woman, going through something. I've since started reading and collecting books in this category and my list as of now is:

    • The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

    • My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Otessa Moshfegh

    • I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman

    • Just Emilia, Jennifer Oko

    • Orlando, Virginia Woolf and/or Orlanda, Jacqueline Harpman

    • Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

    • Westward Women, Alice Martin

    • The Correspondent, Virginia Evans

    • On the Calculation of Volume, Solvej Balle

    • The Natural Way of Things, Charlotte Wood

    • There Lives a Young Girl In Me Who Will Not Die, Tove Ditlevsen (poetry)

    • Patient, Female, Julie Schumacher (short stories)

    What am I missing?

    by CatAndBoots

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    1. PatchworkGirl82 on

      Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

      Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

    2. Ok-Umpire-178 on

      Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

      Stone Yard Devotional also by Charlotte Wood (much quieter and more introspective)

      All’s Well by Mona Awad

      We Need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver as my wild card recommendation

    3. Due-Berry7412 on

      All of Emily Austin’s books. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is my favorite.

      Also, Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson

    4. Margo’s Got Money Troubles is definitely about a regular woman going through it, written by a woman.

    5. razorwireshrine on

      Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

      Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

    6. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

      Poisonwood Bible

      The Wedding People

      The Midnight Library

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