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A Listmania! list by Juliet Powys
 
The Golden Notebook (Paladin Books)
1.  The Golden Notebook (Paladin Books) by Doris Lessing
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  "set in 50s, follows a life from Africa to the Communist party  : feminism, sexuality, politics, professionalism, infirmity, fidelity, alienation, idelogies. purchase it forthwith..."
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The Bluest Eye
2.  The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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  "best book ever to be included on highschool reading lists.. pretty twisted but just unbelievably memorable & affecting"
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Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics)
3.  Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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  "i have never, ever seen writing like this, before or since. all of virginia woolf's work should be read... by everyone..."
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Wise Children
4.  Wise Children by Angela Carter
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  "the funniest, best-written fictional family history... full of showgirls, feathers, expletives, romance & lust for life"
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Surfacing
5.  Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
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  "extremely readable, powerful & thought-provoking book about loss, rebirth & self-actualization. beautifully written."
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Rubyfruit Jungle
6.  Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
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  "read it in one sitting. life-affirming, inspiring & powerful book for unconventional conventionalists"
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The Powerbook
7.  The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson
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  "surreal & disjointed tale from one of the greatest living authors.. engrossing"
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and other prose writings
8.  Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and other prose writings by Sylvia Plath
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  "not ALL about women, but gorgeously written. sylvia plath is goddess. i do believe i prefer these short stories to the Bell Jar (but obviously read her poems too). "I talk to God but the sky is empty""
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Seven Gothic Tales: The Roads Round Pisa; The Old Chevalier; the Monkey; The Deluge at Norderney; The Supper at Elsinore; The Dreamers; The Poet (Penguin Modern Classics)
9.  Seven Gothic Tales: The Roads Round Pisa; The Old Chevalier; the Monkey; The Deluge at Norderney; The Supper at Elsinore; The Dreamers; The Poet (Penguin Modern Classics) by Isak Dinesen
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  "pure escapism. intricate and fascinating depictions of women - self-deception, fantasy, corruption... all intensely opinionated and captivating. for the romantics amongst us"
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