Gf did a quiz based on goodreads for me and some pals, and i was genuinely shocked when she said that out of 39 books read by me, only 3 were by women. This year i want to get this number up, so please give me your favourite books by women!
Favoured genres:
– Horror (pls no michelle paver, read thin air and didnt like it)
– Non fic
– Legal/police/mystery thriller (pls no agatha or golden age equivalents, have tried previously)
– sci fi (am currently reading Emily St John Mantel and loving it, generally read a lot of 40k which partially explains male bias)
– any similar to Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole (Bridget Jones on to read list)
by IWrestleSausages
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Maybe list a few of your favorite books in each of those genres. I think it would be aisles to make useful recommendations if I knew what you usually like.
My favourite author is Sara Douglass
Wrote a bunch of books fron fantasy to alt timeline and things
First read was BattleAxe from the battleaxe trilogy. But I think it is the wayfarer redemption in the USA
There is a continuation of that with a other trilogy
Then there are a few supporting books to that which clear things up but aren’t needed
Because you mentioned you like horror, I suggest you read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Classic horror. Her short stories and novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle are also worth reading.
Margaret Atwood has written some really great books.
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant is scifi horror about carnivorous mermaids in the Mariana Trench. The prequel Rolling in the Deep is also very good.
The Silence of Bones by June Hur is a mystery/thriller set around 1800 in Korea. It’s technically classed as YA but imo reads very adult.
The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo is a mystery/thriller about an old lady assassin.
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris is a nonfiction book that is a great read for fans of horror.
Gillian flynne?