>>6963
There are a lot of female scifi/fantasy authors and I've read their stuff without even realising the were a woman. Are you looking for novels about women from a female perspective? If so, fair enough, but otherwise you shouldn't be able to discern the gender of a fiction writer from their work, or they are probably a bit shit.

depends what sort of thing you're into reading

(A good day to you Sir!)

I'm exactly the same to be honest. But my favourite book is still Under the Net by Iris Murdoch.

>>6964
It was more books where you wouldn't be able to tell the gender of the author, although I've heard with the likes of Woolf you're much better reading her essays than her novels.

Enid Blyton.

Three great late twentieth century female writers: Muriel Spark the very quirky borderline insane Catholic convert, Kathy Acker the patron saint of all bad girls and adventuresses, Andrea Dworkin the intolerant anti-porn feminist who could put a sentence together like no-one else in the world whatever you may think of her views.

And I'd say the Bronte sisters are the absolute cornerstones of femaile literature, and all three of them are very much worth reading and surprisingly different in style and viewpoint.

Have you heard of a writer called J.K Rowling? She seems to be quite popular and is very cutting edge, she even releases errata’s to her books via twitter.

>Jane Austen

I never thought I would like Jane Austen purely based on the topics but there is a cynical sense of humour in her work I find wonderful. Plus you can read versions of her books with added monsters for the easily bored.

>>6970
>errata's

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>>6963
If you're into genre fiction, Ann Leckie (Ancillary Justice etc) and N.K Jemisen (probably mispelt her name, but it's close to that) are both very good.

For some kinder, softer, sci-fi have a look at Becky Chambers, starting with 'A long way to a small, angry, planet'

>>6963
Read Defiance and Gold In The Furnace by Savitri Devi.

I've finally finished my first book written by a woman since starting this thread, if a collection of short stories counts.

I don't think terse gothic horror is for me. I will report back when I get around to reading something else.

>>6963
Alice Munro is a favorite of mine.

Pride and Prejudice is an easy, thoroughly enjoyable read.

>>6963

Just read books you indoctrinated wallop

>>7047
What?

OP here. I've finally finished reading the first novel by a female author since starting this thread, Cold Comfort Farm. I enjoyed it.

At some point I'll get around to picking up A Night At the Circus again.

>>7136
Wise Children is a lot more accessible than Night at the Circus if you're going for Carter.

>>7137
I read the ~100 pages in London fairly swiftly, but I put it down for a few months to revise for an exam and I'm struggling to get back into it.

>>7136
Good on you lad. As well as women in general, you can broaden even more by seeking out women of colour specifically. My girlfriend and I read The Hate U Give together last year, it's good.

>>7140
Thanks, lad. I've got Kindred on my 'to read' list.

>>6964
"Robin Hobb", continuing the long line of female authors writing under male or ambiguous pseudonyms, has a phenomenal body of work in the Fantasy genre, most notably the multiple self contained trilogies in the Realm of the Elderlings universe. Each trilogy tells its own story but they all fit together to form a wider canon. It's a master class in how to write a cohesive universe.

>>7142
I haven't looked it up, but I heavily suspect Chris Wooding is a burd tbh.

>>7143

She's not much of a looker.

>>7144
Respect women with beards mate, it's 2020.

The Children of Men by P. Do James is a cracking short read. If you've seen the (excellent) film, the book is interesting for how profoundly different the characters are. It's set in 2021 and some parts are eeriely realistic, such as the trend of treating newborn animals like actual children. Weirdo Americans practically do this already.

It's a novel that leaves me a bit wistful. James evidently could write well about much broader topics than crime and it makes me wonder what else she could've produced had she experimented a little more. I suppose publishers don't share this perspective.

Finished Under the Net last night. I enjoyed it so now I'm starting on The Sacred and Profane Love Machine.