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Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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Reading challenge January sneak peek:

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight For Freedom by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri

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are you going to be posting the march books soon? my friend and I are really looking forward to seeing what you will post, and loved the past ones!!

Yes I should have it out today or tomorrow, sorry I'm a bit behind (tried to read The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir this month 😔) Glad you and your friend are enjoying it!

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hi, about your book challenge, will you post the February and future months in the same thread or make a new post? I hope to find the other posts too haha Thanks for organizing this challenge, I've been meaning to read at least 2 books from the ones in the January challenge. ^^

Hi! The plan is to add each new month as a reblog onto the original post so it's all in one place. Glad to hear it, setting it up has already motivated me to read more so I was hoping it would motivate other people too 😊

Edit: forgot to say, I'm also planning to keep the post pinned to my blog and to tag every relevant post with #wwreadingchallenge, so that should help.

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Are you planning on releasing the July reading list? I really love your book choices and look forward to them every month!

I just released it! Thank you for your patience and my apologies for the delay, I will try to keep on top of it for next month. Honestly wasn't sure if anyone was still following it so I'm glad you sent this.

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gonna be late on the reading challenge again 😔 it'll be out soon

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Hello! Any chance we’re able to get one of the books for January (for your 2024 reading challenge) a little early 👀 just a little sneakpeek 🤲

Watch this space on Christmas Eve (AEDT) for a sneak peek at one of the January books!

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January

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Bonus short work: The Egg and the Sperm by Emily Martin

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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February

My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst

SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Centre by bell hooks

Bonus short work: The Personal is Political by Carol Hanisch

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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August

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Pornland by Gail Dines

Bonus short work: Trashing by Jo Freeman

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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July

Selected Poems by Christina Rossetti

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

Bonus short work: Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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March

The Island of Happiness by Madame d'Aulnoy

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Our Blood by Andrea Dworkin

Bonus short work: Selkie Stories Are For Losers by Sofia Samatar

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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June

The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy by Sofia Tolstoy

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Slavery Inc. by Lydia Cacho

Without Apology by Jenny Brown

Bonus short work: A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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April

I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Being and Being Bought by Kajsa Ekis Ekman

Bonus short work: Oppression by Marilyn Frye

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)

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May

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine

Bonus short work: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Women's Writing: 2024 Reading Challenge

Up for a challenge?

I'll set four must-read books at the beginning of each month, one from each category: fiction or nonfiction pre-1950, 1950-2000, 2000+, and feminist nonfiction. All female writers. You pick one (or more) from the list to read that month.

What could possibly go wrong? ;)