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21 books published in the last 5 years by female authors that women should read (from May 2015 HUFFPOST article)
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Americanah
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4.31 avg rating — 405,914 ratings
score: 100,
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Everything I Never Told You
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Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 603,412 ratings
score: 99,
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The Goldfinch
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3.96 avg rating — 1,021,466 ratings
score: 98,
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Land of Love and Drowning
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Tiphanie Yanique (Goodreads Author)
3.37 avg rating — 5,325 ratings
score: 97,
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Bad Feminist
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Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 118,206 ratings
score: 96,
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Boy, Snow, Bird
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Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author)
3.34 avg rating — 30,882 ratings
score: 95,
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Her
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Christa Parravani (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 6,200 ratings
score: 94,
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Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol
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Ann Dowsett Johnston (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 3,801 ratings
score: 93,
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The Lifeboat
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Charlotte Rogan (Goodreads Author)
3.20 avg rating — 25,297 ratings
score: 92,
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NW
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3.48 avg rating — 44,831 ratings
score: 91,
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Swamplandia!
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Karen Russell (Goodreads Author)
3.28 avg rating — 59,725 ratings
score: 90,
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Ten Thousand Saints
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Eleanor Henderson (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 7,239 ratings
score: 89,
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How Should a Person Be?
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Sheila Heti (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 16,821 ratings
score: 88,
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Room
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Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 828,759 ratings
score: 87,
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 793,312 ratings
score: 86,
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Bossypants
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3.96 avg rating — 1,046,441 ratings
score: 85,
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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3.98 avg rating — 115,589 ratings
score: 84,
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The Orchardist
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3.80 avg rating — 47,860 ratings
score: 83,
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 856,637 ratings
score: 82,
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The Lowland
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3.88 avg rating — 96,034 ratings
score: 81,
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Yes Please
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3.85 avg rating — 551,136 ratings
score: 80,
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