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READING LIST

Here are our 15 favorite stories written by women and featuring women. We hope you enjoy!

If you'd like to recommend your own, DM us (our Insta is @worldinsanelitmag, or shoot us an email at worldinsanelitmag@gmail.com.

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Selections are changed, so come back every once and a while for new books recs!

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PACHINKO 
min jin lee

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LITTLE WOMEN
louisa may alcott

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THE COLOR
PURPLE
alice walker

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HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES 
carmen maria machado

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THE JOY LUCK CLUB
amy tan

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THE HANDMAID'S TALE
margaret atwood

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THE NIGHTINGALE 
kristin hannah

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ALL MY RAGE
sabaa tahir

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THE POPPY WAR
r. f. kuang

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THE MEMORY POLICE
yoko ogawa

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JANE EYRE
charlotte brontë

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I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN
jacqueline harpmen

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BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN
jessica knoll

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PERSEPOLIS
marjane satrapi

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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
maya angelou

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