The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gloria Steinem
ha, you threw Atlas Shrugged in there!? I wouldn't even do that for this category, but thanks :)
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ReplyDeleteI think Dagny Taggart is a pretty interesting study of Randian gender norms, but I know that's not the main focus of the book. That said, I think it could color the conversation in interesting ways! :)
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