Best female writers

**crusoe** · 07-15-2012, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by anisha9037

There are many other famous and good female writers.

Of course. Radcliffe and Gaskell come to mind. Not to forget Colette or even
Simone de Beauvoir...One could find many in the gothic genre alone.
(19th century and present) Anne Rice, Edith Nesbit....boooo shivers.
I love it.

**RicMisc** · 07-15-2012, 05:47 PM

My favorite female writer would be Jane Austen but I like the Bronte sisters too although I prefer Emily a bit more. I also really liked Harper Lee.

**mgv1208** · 07-16-2012, 04:55 AM

im shocked that Zadie Smith wasn't mentioned. I think she's brilliant.

**Scheherazade** · 07-16-2012, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by mgv1208

im shocked that Zadie Smith wasn't mentioned. I think she's brilliant.

I have always wanted to read her books but never got round to it.

Which one would you recommend?

**mgv1208** · 07-16-2012, 05:29 AM

White Teeth and On Beauty are both great. She also has a new novel coming out in a few months titled NW

**Scheherazade** · 07-16-2012, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by mgv1208

White Teeth and On Beauty are both great. She also has a new novel coming out in a few months titled NW

Thank you. I will check one of them out when I go to the library next.

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**peggynevers** · 07-18-2012, 07:01 AM

The best female writers are

1- George Eliot
2- Jane Austen
3- Charlotte Bronte
4- Emily Bronte

**louisgeorge** · 07-18-2012, 11:24 AM

Emily Bronte <3

**Snowqueen** · 07-19-2012, 02:14 AM

I like Jane Austen and Bronte sisters. I haven’t come across much of Harper Lee’s work but I enjoyed reading To Kill a Mocking Bird.

**crusoe** · 07-19-2012, 06:26 AM

Nearly ev'rybody passes by Anne Bronte. Why ? Her "Agnes Grey" is a Template.

**tonywalt** · 07-19-2012, 12:47 PM

Zadie Smith
Lorrie Moore (Best Short Story writer there is today).
Doris Lessing

**kelby_lake** · 07-20-2012, 07:41 AM

I think it's interesting how prominent female writers were in the nineteenth-century. When someone asks you what the best writers of that century were, a Bronte or Austen would come to mind immediately. If you asked who the best writers of the 20th century were, would you immediately think of a female writer? (maybe Virginia Woolf)

**Oof** · 07-20-2012, 11:09 AM

I don't like most female authors. That typed ... J.K. Rowling's first four books were okay. Joan Didion is good. Virginia Woolf. Robin Hobb. Shirley Jackson. Daphne du Maurier. Sylvia Plath. There are a few more.

**Motherof8** · 07-23-2012, 12:29 PM

I like George Eliot.

**The Kid** · 07-23-2012, 03:07 PM

When I am reading a book and discover that the author is a woman, I often put the book down.

I have no idea why this is; I simply find myself repelled by female writers. This isn't always the case but most of the time it is.

I have to consciously try to stop this because I know I'm missing out on a lot of great work, but somehow it is really difficult. I'm not sexist regarding other things but somehow it is really hard for me in in literature. I suppose it's easier to read poetry written by a woman, but when it comes to prose I struggle. This must end!