What are you currently reading?

[malice]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferschaffer/read-more-women

I was reading this Buzzfeed list, If You Like This Book By A Man, You’ll Love This Book By A Woman and thought to myself, I read plenty of female authors. Then I went to my book collection and realized all I had for female writers was The Fountainhead and a book of poetry I had to buy for a class (which I like and ended up keeping).

So my next book is going to be something by Annie Moore. Who are the best female authors out there?

if you like science fiction at all go out and get everything by Ursula Le Guin. also on that list is Sheri Tepper, Elizabeth Hand, and Octavia Butler - very different writing styles all of them but all well worth the effort. I'd also include Nancy Kress for at least her "Sleepless" books - Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers and Beggars Ride - a very good series. I like her other stuff also, or a good portion of it, but her stand out novels are those three.

[Simple Torture]

Try Karen Tei Yamashita.

[Acidfuel]

The Martian by Andy Weir

[The Argonaut]

I, too, read shockingly few books by women.

[Dscans]

OMG. #overwhelmed.

[dimejinky99]

Just finished Girl with all the gifts by MR Carey.

Took a while to get going but couldn't put it down once it did. Weirdly abrupt ending but overall I liked it.

[Dscans]

I meant Lorri Moore. Who the fuck's Annie Moore?

[dimejinky99]

I'm reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood..she's a woman. I think.

[Dscans]

prove it.

[epilogue]

I'm reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood..she's a woman. I think.

She is! And that book is amazing. One of my all time favorites by my all time favorite.

[VinylGuy]

Interstellar. Imax.

Beautiful.

[VinylGuy]

Interstellar. Imax.

Beautiful.

That was for another thread. Shoot.

Im reading inherent vice...its not that good so far.

[epilogue]

100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write by Sarah Ruhl

[Malloy]

[epilogue]

The Stranger by Camus. Finally.

[tommymtcom]

The Stranger by Camus. Finally.

If you enjoy that I would recommend The Plague. I actually enjoy that book more than The Stranger.

[epilogue]

The Stranger by Camus. Finally.

If you enjoy that I would recommend The Plague. I actually enjoy that book more than The Stranger.

Interesting. Camus came to my attention via a quote from The Fall. I thought that would be my first book by him, but everyone seems to agree The Stranger is better. Guess I need to read all three and decide for myself.

Life does not suck.

[Bob Loblaw]

The Lunatic Express

[epilogue]

Tenth of December by George Saunders.

Fucking. GREAT so far. Only three stories in. But... man!

[LoathedVermin72]

You and your books