Penguin Random House is proud to highlight some of the amazing women from this article whose work we’re fortunate enough to share with the world. See some of their selections below.
Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women
The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston
Amber Tamblyn, author of Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., by Samantha Irby
Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six
I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections, by Nora Ephron
Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie
Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Polly Rosenwaike, author of Look How Happy I’m Making You
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Laila Lalami, author of The Other Americans
The Source of Self Regard, by Toni Morrison
The following authors also contributed their recommendations:
Halle Butler, author of The New Me
Claire Harman, author of Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens’s London
Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
To see a full list of authors and their must-read lists, click here.
