Poll
What book would you like OSS to read for May/June 2018? (you can also upload your own suggestion).
HOW TO VOTE:
Click the book cover of the title you'd like to vote for.
**Please do not submit duplicate write-ins.**
HOW TO VOTE:
Click the book cover of the title you'd like to vote for.
**Please do not submit duplicate write-ins.**
The Hate U Give
(write-in)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
The Secret Life of Bees
Circe
The Glass Castle
(write-in)
The Vegetarian
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The Second Sex
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
Sing, Unburied, Sing
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
(write-in)
The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
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Educated: A Memoir
(write-in)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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I Capture the Castle
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A Room of One's Own
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The Female Persuasion
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Her Body and Other Parties
(write-in)
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
The Hour of the Star
You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
The Story of My Tits
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
(write-in)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
(write-in)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Farming of Bones
None of the Above
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Bleak House
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Fight Like A Girl
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
(write-in)
King Kong Theory
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Pachinko
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The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women And Men Today
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The Beauty Myth
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
Desert Flower
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
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The Taxidermist's Daughter
Listening for Lions
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Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults
(write-in)
Red Clocks
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The Descent of Man
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Women, Race, and Class
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Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Frankenstein
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Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower
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The Nightingale
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The Summer Without Men
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Death in Ten Minutes
(write-in)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
(write-in)
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
(write-in)
War's Unwomanly Face
(write-in)
The Man in the High Castle
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
(write-in)
White Houses
Song of a Captive Bird
(write-in)
Nights at the Circus
Brown Girl Dreaming
(write-in)
Eat, Pray, Love
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
(write-in)
I've Got My Period. So What?
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The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
(write-in)
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Daddy's Curse
(write-in)
Rise Sister Rise: A Guide to Unleashing the Wise, Wild Woman Within
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Summary & Study Guide
(write-in)
The Atomic Weight of Love
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
(write-in)
The Astonishing Color of After
(write-in)
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
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God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)
The Hummingbird's Daughter
(write-in)
Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
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Kindred
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The Gate to Women's Country
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Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution
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Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
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The Cows
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Hunger
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Suitors and Sabotage
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The Break
Trumping the Rape Culture and Sexual Assault
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
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Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life
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Humeirah
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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Capitalism and Freedom
Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars
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Three King Mackerel and a Mahi Mahi
A Necessary Clearing
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The Problem that Has No Name
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
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Happening
When She Woke
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Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
The Immundus
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Trusting the Currents
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Hidden
Turn On, Tune Out
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Think and Grow Rich
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Dina's Book
A Life
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America Is Not the Heart
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Long Walk to Freedom
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy Patients
The Feminine Mystique
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The Brightest Sun
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The Last Magician (The Last Magician, #1)
Rebecca
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Ashley wrote: "I would just like to point out "How Not To Be A Boy" won't be released in the states until May 29th. And won't be released in Canada until June 4.For "One Day We'll All Be Dead And None of This W..."
Thanks for pointing out - as many would not have checked before.
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For "One Day We'll All Be Dead And None of This W..."
Thanks Ashley, I guess is a downside of allowing write-ins :)
This has now been removed.
I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them.
I put three of these on my Goodreads "want to read" list...hoping one gets selected for the group.
A lot of books I would love to read but Radium girls is my top pick because I know a little bit about some of the history but I would love to know more.
I love this kind of poll!I voted thinking if the book was available in my native language (I've no problem with reading in English, but sometimes I'm too tired to face the effort).
I like books not so "anglophony-centric", so I'm glad to see Simone de Beauvoir in this poll, and I hope to see other books talking about the situation of women in other countries, or revolutionary women in worldwide history.
Hi. I’m new to this group as of just a few moments ago, and I hope I’m not overstepping my place by offering a suggestion. I saw a comment about Asian author options - which is a shared interest of mine! I want to pitch “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang for consideration. It is a story set in South Korea, told about a woman who makes a seemingly harmless personal choice that I think we see friends and family make often, and the cascade of events that follow her choice. If this book has already been read or previously vetoed I am so sorry! Thanks y’all!
Upuli wrote: "Hi. I’m new to this group as of just a few moments ago, and I hope I’m not overstepping my place by offering a suggestion. I saw a comment about Asian author options - which is a shared interest of..."Welcome to OSS! All previously read books can be found on the group bookshelf if you are interested in reading any of them (they are also depicted on the banner on the group home page, except the picture hasn't been updated with our latest read, Heart Berries, yet). The Vegetarian has not yet been read by the group, so no worries there!
Hope you enjoy the group!
Louise wrote: "A lot of books I would love to read but Radium girls is my top pick because I know a little bit about some of the history but I would love to know more."It is a fantastic book. Even if we don't read it in the book club, I recommend it.
Is there a way to tell which books in the poll were original suggestions from OSS moderators and which were write-ins?
I’m reading a book (it’s in French but the author is from Britain so I think is available in England/US) “les femmes et leur plaisir” (Women and their pleasure) and it can be really interesting for everyone to read it. As a teenager, I think it is important to know our body better and learn how can we get pleasure by ourselves because I’ve also read that a well-known body can give us more power and “self-trust” and in our society, we need this power.
I often find myself upset by the lack of inclusivity many "feminists" have towards trans women. Therefore my vote goes for Janet Mock. Let's get a constructive dialogue going about this issue!
Amy wrote: "Is there a way to tell which books in the poll were original suggestions from OSS moderators and which were write-ins?"I have added None Of The Above, so we know all the ones after that one are write-ins. Not sure about the ones before...
Alix wrote: "I often find myself upset by the lack of inclusivity many "feminists" have towards trans women. Therefore my vote goes for Janet Mock. Let's get a constructive dialogue going about this issue!"Inclusivity rules:)
Daddy's Curse - A Human Sex-Trafficking True Story That Will Change The Way You ThinkSome stories, when you hear them, it is almost hard to believe that they are real. Is this because we want to think that the world is better than it is? That we are better than we are? That as safe as our backyards seem, that is how safe every place is?
The fact of the matter is that crimes and criminals are a part of our modern world. We cannot ignore these realities any more than we can hope they will go away on their own. Yuna’s story is just one of many. She had grown up on the Mongolian countryside, where the darkness of the world had seemed removed. One day, however, she was kidnapped by an organized crime gang and forced into sexual slavery. Abused, beaten, raped, and sold, she was treated like less than human.
Two years ago, I started to write Yuna’s story. I finished in December 2017, the #metoo era firmly underway. Yuna’s story is a harrowing tale of a human trafficking and organized crime survival. I want to show you what goes on in the world of sex trafficking gangs and the lifelong pain being inflicted on these women, who either die or are left to deal with the total fragmentation of their souls.
Now, I am ready to bring Yuna’s story a worldwide audience. This is a book that is heartbreaking at times, but it is a book that I believe wholeheartedly people need to read.
In the year 2018, slavery has not been exterminated. It is still here, centuries after the deadliest American war in all of history was fought in order to exterminate it. By getting this story out, we may be able to make a difference.
I thank you sincerely for your time.
Warm regards
Luke G. Dahl
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078853S6S
In addition to providing a socioeconomic analysis of the value and contributions of women in the Chinese economy, Lake beautifully conveys the nuanced experiences of "leftover" women in China who are navigating restrictive and unequal gender norms while trying to balance their personal and professional priorities. It highlights the hidden short and long term implications of excluding women from development processes in China as well as other countries around the world. The human element of the stories of the women featured in the book makes it easily relatable (for women everywhere!) and an excellent way to get people to reflect on and discuss how policies and social norms can severely impact the daily lives and futures of both women and men, as well as the ways in which we interact and choose to construct our relationships. The book is superbly well written, original and optimistic. As a gender researcher, it is rare to come across books like this that unpack complex gender dynamics in a format that is digestible and that can so easily resonate with the general public.
Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."i was thinking about submitting wild swans as an option (although i've already read it and would highly recommend) but felt maybe it was a little long for a book club book? totally agree with you though
I voted for a book that was listed, but I'd like to add a book also: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. It's fiction, about women, relationships in the Middle East.
I'm so happy to have found a familiar book---Outlander.
Oh it would be beautiful if this community read Clarice Lispector - Hour of the star. It would be like two great universes colliding.
I changed my vote because The Vegetarian sounds fascinating. Of course many other books on this list sound wonderful too. I wanted one available at my library , and this is one of the few options. Thanks!
This is great! Voted for a book that's been in my tbr for a while now. Quite an impressive list here :D
I would love to go for Thousand Splendid Suns, I even wanting to read this book since so long :)
Have been hearing a lot about The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer. I have purposely refrained myself from reading the description of it so that I can enjoy the book thoroughly. So, I’ll pick this book. Let’s see if the hype is real.
Diana Baquero wrote: "Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."Check out the book I just nominated! It's excellent[bookcover:L..."
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out. From the description, the term 'leftover' is often used to describe women in China. It's interesting.
Amy wrote: "Is there a way to tell which books in the poll were original suggestions from OSS moderators and which were write-ins?"I nominated The Glass Castle.
There seem to now be nominations for Half the Sky and The Beauty Myth, both of which we've read already, and nominations for both Are You there God? It's Me Margaret and a study guide of the same, which is a bit weird.
I tried to add the novel, Turn On, Tune Out, but I don't see it as a choice. In it, a black British composer turns outlaw in Los Angeles. Angelica Morgan flouts a computer law that cripples creativity. In the near future of California, artists, who steal time off-line, are considered suspect, criminal, and dangerous. Turn On, Tune Out raises many issues such as motherhood - Angelica is 30 and single without children - the life of an artist, and computer dependency (think of The Circle.) which make it an appealing choice for book clubs. My website is www.cynthiaadinakirkwood.com Turn On, Tune Out Thank you.
Cynthia wrote: "I tried to add the novel, Turn On, Tune Out, but I don't see it as a choice. In it, a black British composer turns outlaw in Los Angeles. Angelica Morgan flouts a computer law that cripples creativ..."I see it there. As of my comment it is the second to last on there.
Is there a way to view the highest contenders for the current poll?!Thanks :)
Ashley wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "I tried to add the novel, Turn On, Tune Out, but I don't see it as a choice. In it, a black British composer turns outlaw in Los Angeles. Angelica Morgan flouts a computer law that ..."Thank you, Ashley! I see it now.
La verdad es que quiero leerlos todos jaja, me cuesta decidir, muchos de ellos los tengo en la lista de libros que quiero leer
(Ready Player One is the least feminist book I've read in awhile please dear God pick something else <3)
Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."Hello, Fera, I'm an asian author (but I'm Brazilian); I've lived in Japan for ten years. If you wish, check my book about young women creating a start-up company: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
This is my first post in this group, so please let me know if this is self-promotion.
We have already read “The Beauty Myth“ and “Half the Sky“.Can they please be removed from the poll so only new book are being voted on?
Thank you
Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."Have you read “The Astonishing Color of After” by Emily X.R Pan? She lives in New York but her parents were from Taiwan. The book evolves around both American and Taiwan culture and the geography. I really loved it.
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Can they please be removed from the poll so only new book are being voted on?
Thank you"
these have now been removed - thanks :)
Jo wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I would just like to point out "How Not To Be A Boy" won't be released in the states until May 29th. And won't be released in Canada until June 4.For "One Day We'll All Be Dead And..."
That and getting duplicates, “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret” appears twice.
On another note I would love to read more about the transgender experience, so my vote went to Redefining Realness.
Love to everyone ✌🏽
For anyone interested-The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer is the Barnes & Noble national book club book for the month of April. Check your local store for time and date of meetings. It's received a lot of interest and praise. (On the chance it is not picked)
Personally looking forward to Educated by Westover, this poll has added lots to my tbr list! 🤓
Cristine wrote: "Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."Have you read “The Astonishing Color of After” by Emily X.R Pan..."
Hi, thank you for your suggestion. I have not read that yet. I'll try to find the book and add it to my TBR.
Fabricio wrote: "Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."Hello, Fera, I'm an asian author (but I'm Brazilian); I've live..."
Thank you for the suggestion. This thread is like a treasure for me, so many books added to my TBR.
I think The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin is a great book to read for this club. I don't want to give anything away so I'll just leave it at that.
To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.
Fera wrote: "I wish there are more books by Asian author or books about feminism in Asia. I have very limited knowledge about them."You should look into Xinran. She wrote a book called ‘The Good Women of China.’ It’s about the stories women in China told her over the years on and off her radio show. Very eye opening.
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It's a great book! Check out the discussion that formed around it.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author."Whatever a "female" writer is.
I voted for "The Hate U Give" I really hope it gets picked, I was never able to join in on the readings because it was hard to come by newly released books but I had just recently bought this one and haven't started it yet.
For "One Day We'll All Be Dead And None of This Will Matter" the link on Goodreads for amazon purchase in the US is wrong: https://www.amazon.com/Well-Dead-None...
^^ Correct link
Just wanted to point these things out to be taken into consideration as we're voting.