 | Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women by Susan Faludi
Buy new: £8.36 / Used from: £1.42 Eye-opening, anger-inducing, but compulsive reading. If you doubt the relevance of feminism to today, read it.
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 | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £4.75 / Used from: £0.37 Read it for the beautiful writing and intriguing imagery...but don't expect the feel good factor.
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 | The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £1.80 Gothic faerie tales, heavy on blood, wolves and vampyres, light on pallid princesses sitting around in fancy frocks. Anything by Angela Carter is definitely worth reading.
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 | The Freak and the Idol by Katy Jones
Buy used from: £15.50 A contemporary and original novel from alternative publisher bluechrome. Beautiful redheads and female freaks. Weird narrative games. Expect the unexpected.
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 | The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £1.50 A classic that still seems to provoke outrage. Interesting reading.
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 | Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Buy new: £5.41 / Used from: £0.01 Everyone should read more Winterson, and her award-winning first novel is a good starting point.
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 | The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £5.34 / Used from: £0.01 An underappreciated gem, though not her most accessible. Try 'The Robber Bride' for a really compelling read.
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 | There's a Good Girl: Gender Stereotyping in the First Three Years - A Diary by Marianne Grabrucker
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.01 If you've ever wondered why girls like to look pretty and boys want to be car mechanics, Grabrucker's account of her daughter's first few years will enlighten you. Clue: it isn't genetic.....
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| Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Novelists Before Jane Austen by Dale Spender
Buy used from: £1.29 Utterly astounding - prepare to have your preconceptions shattered! If you thought women didn't write novels before Jane Austen, think again. Women dominated novel-writing before Jane Austen.
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 | Man Made Language by Dale Spender
Buy new: £9.49 / Used from: £3.95 Don't worry, it isn't dry and technical. As always, Dale Spender is entertaining, readable and very funny.
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 | The Color Purple (Harvest Book) by Alice Walker
Buy used from: £0.62 Sex, sexuality, race, religion, gender relations - there's plenty to think about in this very moving novel.
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 | You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
Buy new: £6.15 / Used from: £0.01 Do you have a sneaking suspicion that both men and women are from earth? This book offers some good, earthly explanations of why we sometimes communicate differently.
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 | Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Live Girls Series) by Inga Muscio
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £7.28 Very difficult to put down, rather quirky and full of interesting ideas about women's bodies, lives, oppression, creativity, etc. A book to empower rather than depress.
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 | The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 A novel based on the Biblical story of Dinah. Lots of amazing female characters, and an interesting insight into ancient cultures...but it's quite harrowing reading, at times.
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