Astrid Lindgren, her books are translated to 95 different languages and sold over 160 million copies. Probably the worlds most beloved children’s book author.
Nobody mentioned Margaret Atwood yet! The Handmaid’s Tale is excellent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid’s_Tale
Also Mary Shelley for Frankenstein !
It is a good book (I’m too much of a chicken to watch much of the show).
It is very immersive and a difficult read, but masterful storytelling.
I honestly think it should be required reading.
I tried reading The Handmaid’s Tale several years ago and struggled to get into it, I felt like it kept jumping around but it wasn’t immediately obvious right away. I think I ended up giving up about 25% the way through which I’ve never done with any book. I’d seen the show too which I thought would have helped. Maybe I’ll give it another go sometime.
I read it recently and I liked it but I felt I would have been confused at the beginning had I not seen the show first. The early chapters keep what’s happening kind of mysterious. It’s about a third of the way in we find out about the ritual rape. Like in the show, there are ALOT of flashbacks and the present day story is slow moving
Yeah, I want to say the first half was pretty difficult reading. Very experiential and kinda postmodern. It’s almost like being in shock.
It’s also pretty difficult emotionally.
Amazing that it was written so long ago. I only made it about halfish into the first season of the show.
Probably Agatha Christie
- Rosa Luxemburg: Great German socialist thinker and revolutionary
- Emma Goldman: Lithuanian Jewish Anarchist and feminist thinker
- Voltairine de Cleyre: American Anarchist and political thinker
- Luisa Capetillo : Puerto Rican labor organizer and anarcha-feminist
this list is based.
I don’t read books that often, so I don’t know if she’s necessarily the best but I’d have to say Cornelia Funke. Inkheart, while I have yet to actually finish it, is the only normal book that I remember actually liking. It’s currently the only book I own a copy of that isn’t a manga.
I really liked her Dragon Rider as a kid
In terms of books written for children, Gail Carson Levine is a good one. She is famous for Ella Enchanted (the book is very different from the film) and some other fairy tale books. She also wrote books for Disney in the Tinkerbell book series.
On alive authors, I think Nina Allan and Niviaq Korneliussen are worth a try.
Tamsyn Muir comes to mind for her excellent locked tomb series
This has been living rent-free in my head since I started reading it a month ago, and now I’m rereading it already.
Many great authors mentioned. I’ll add: Marilynne Robinson is magic. Harper Lee. Zora Neale Hurston!!! I’ll also add Charlotte Bronte bc Jane Eyre is such a great read.
My first picks have already been mentioned, but I think these women have also been influential
Flannery O’ Connor, Shirley Jackson, Emily Dickinson
Off the top of my head Andre Norton is completely overlooked in this thread. Like… what?
Mercedes lackey.
Cj Cherryh.
Katherine Kurtz.
Miles Franklin
metacommantary: "
Who is the best X of all time?"
All answers are about am*rican or british X.
This thread also made me realise that I do not read that many woman-writ books.
answer:
I enjoyed books by : Ursula K. Le Guin, JK Rowling, Patricia Ann McKillip, and Kathy Reichs.
Does there really have to be a post complaining that English speaking countries are over represented on every post like this that is in English?
I’m sorry. That’s a thorn in my ass I guess.
If you set your language to your native one you’ll stop seeing these posts.
I’ll stop seeing any posts.
Sorry, but we also don’t want you to go. The last thing we need is less diversity. You know the are country/language centric instances.
Thanks for kind words. I enjoy my english centric experience and will stay.
All answers are about am*rican or british X.
Maybe you have not read my answer?
you are probably right
Post the same question in a comm that uses another language that you speak and see what answers you get there.
I have no idea what this question is asking but I like Donna Tartt
A lot of greats have been mentioned already, so I’ll add Han Kang to the mix.
