I thoroughly enjoyed “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman. I usually read nonfiction, feminist works (like Andrea Dworkin), but also have always loved memoirs.
It was nice to read something fiction for a change, and made me realise how serious my reading had unintentionally become. Though I know many find I Who Have Never Known Men to be quite heavy, I found it beautiful, and it’s reminded me how much I enjoy getting engrossed in characters.
Any other feminist fiction recommendations? Maybe some other dystopian reads? My only hard no is romance novels, but I’m open to anything else.
Thank you to anyone taking the time to suggest something.
by BananaFloop
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer – I haven’t read it, but everyone told me to read it next after I Who Have Never Known Men… and I’m next at my library so any day now!!
Just finished The Dream Hotel. Excellent speculative / dystopian fiction with commentary on the intersection of surveillance state and feminist archetypes. A little weak at the end and more contemporary / standard lit than I Who Have Never Known Men, but similar themes.