9 Top literature books like Women Who Write Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollmann

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Women Who Write Are Dangerous

By: Stefan Bollmann

3.79

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fea…

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1. A Room of One’s Own

By: Virginia Woolf

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more

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  • literature
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • writing
"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."

-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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2. Exquisite Corpse

By: Pénélope Bagieu , Alexis Siegel

3.62

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Zoe isn't exactly the intellectual type, which is why she doesn't recognize world-famous author Tho… read more

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3. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

By: Angela Y. Davis , Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contempo… read more

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  • feminism
Cover of The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) by Jane Gardam

4. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

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  • literature
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5. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None

4.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more

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  • biography
  • history
"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

6. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself

By: None , Chi-Young Kim

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

I don't encourage murder. I have no interest in one person killing another. I only want to draw out… read more

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7. Nada

By: Edith Grossman , Carmen Laforet

3.83

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosel… read more

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"You always move in the same circle of people no matter how many turns you seem to make"

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"... siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"el interés y la estimación que inspire una persona son dos cosas que no siempre van unidas."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"Su charla insubstancial me parecía el rumor de lluvia que se escucha con gusto y con pereza."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

Cover of War's Unwomanly Face by None, Svetlana Alexievich

8. War's Unwomanly Face

By: None , Svetlana Alexievich

4.51

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

This book is a confession, a document and a record of people's memory. More than 200 women speak in… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
"War kills time, precious human time."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"My fearlessness came from an ignorance of life."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"HOW DO THEY RECEIVE ME? They call me “little girl,"

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"What keeps us from remembering ? The unbearableness of the memories ..."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

9. El camino

By: Miguel Delibes

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Daniel el Mochuelo intuye a sus once anos que su camino esta en la aldea, junto a sus amigos, sus g… read more

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10. La utilidad de lo inútil: Manifiesto

By: Nuccio Ordine , None , None

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

En esta obra se repasan las opiniones de filosofos y escritores sobre la importancia de seguir tute… read more

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11. The Invention of Solitude

By: Paul Auster

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), The Inv… read more

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12. Le Consentement

By: Vanessa Springora

4.30

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

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13. Malgré tout

By: Jordi Lafebre

4.37

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

C'est l'histoire d'un amour à rebours. Une passion platonique mais éternelle entre deux êtres. D'un… read more

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14. Leme

By: Madalena Sá Fernandes

4.12

Format: 168 pages, ebook

Leme é o relato da vivência de uma rapariga que assiste, durante anos, à erosão dos pilares que sus… read more

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15. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more

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  • literature
"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

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16. Ik kom hier nog op terug

By: Rob van Essen

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more

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  • literature
"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"

-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug

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17. Schemerleven

By: Jaap Robben

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Wanneer de jonge, vrijgevochten Frieda Tendeloo op een late wintermiddag in 1963 de dichtgevroren W… read more

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  • literature
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18. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

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"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

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19. Elizabeth Finch

By: Julian Barnes

3.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and pa… read more

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  • literature
"In the case of George and the Dragon – an encounter in which the dice were theologically loaded – any morally sentient human being must surely sympathise with the poor dragon."

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"I don’t know what the average allotment of good luck in a life is or should be — it’s an unanswerable question, and doubtless there is no ‘should’ in it anyway — but I do know that she was part of my…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"Korean woman who had escaped from the North to the South. She was talking about love. ‘If you grow up in the West,’ she said, ‘you may think romance occurs naturally, but it does not. You learn how t…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

"We must certainly consider, not just in this class, but outside it, in our own turbulent and fretful lives, the element of chance. The number of people we deeply meet is strangely few. Passion may mi…"

-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch

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20. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

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"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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21. Gezinsverpakking

By: Bart Chabot

3.26

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

De Chabotten ― vier broers, twee ouders en een hond. Alle zeven verhalen ze in Gezinsverpakking ove… read more

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  • literature
  • nonfiction
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22. Lejos de Luisiana

By: Luz Gabás

3.81

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

Persiguieron sus sueños a orillas del Misisipi. Sus vidas fueron más grandes que el río. Después d… read more

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23. Getting Lost

By: Annie Ernaux

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The diary of one of France’s most important, award-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I write in lieu of love, to fill that empty space above death."

-Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost

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24. Oersoep

By: Bregje Hofstede

3.77

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Iets wendde zich in mij, zoals je sommige pennen draait om de punt naar buiten te laten komen – en … read more

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  • literature
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25. El placer

By: María Hesse

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Conocedora como pocos del universo de la mujer, María Hesse nos invita con su delicada sensibilidad… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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26. A History of Women in 101 Objects

By: Annabelle Hirsch

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate obje… read more

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  • german literature
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Pans and other such objects are the very opposite of monuments. They don't commemorate revolutions or victories on the battlefield; don't allude to great contracts or those moments of upheaval that h…"

-Annabelle Hirsch, A History of Women in 101 Objects

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27. Notes To Self

By: Emilie Pine

4.10

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

`The person who loves the addict exhausts and renews their love on a daily basis' In this vivid and… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • essays
"He triat ser feliç. Aquesta felicitat no és perfecta ni exempta de dolor. A dins hi porta un dol. Però justament per això és més intensa."

-Emilie Pine, Notes To Self

"I like that I have ten things on the go, all at once. I like that I'm always planning for the next thing. I like that I bring a high energy to my life, that I see it as a challenge. I like that my fa…"

-Emilie Pine, Notes To Self

"I am fearful and hopeful and shameful. I worry that I am empty, or that I am full of the wrong things. I worry that I am disappearing, eroding, failing. I do not know what to do with all these feelin…"

-Emilie Pine, Notes To Self

"For three decades I have lived within a silence that declares periods too embarrassing, too unwanted, too female to talk about out loud. I have done this for so long that I almost no longer notice it…"

-Emilie Pine, Notes To Self

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28. Ooievaarsblues

By: Bart Chabot

3.19

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

Poëziebundel die als thema-uitgave in plaats van het gebruikelijke Boekenweek-essay verschijnt. … read more

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"ten slotte beland ik in een park in het oostelijk deel van de stad de bomen hier zijn helemaal boom en de lucht erboven lijkt volkomen zichzelf dat is aanzienlijk meer dan ik van mezelf kan zeggen sa…"

-Bart Chabot, Ooievaarsblues

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29. Cartas para minha avó

By: Djamila Ribeiro

4.54

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Um relato memorialístico pungente e sensível sobre ancestralidade, feminismo e antirracismo na cri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. Libres y libreras. Mujeres del libro en Londres.

By: Yolanda Morató

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Un historia de las mujeres libreras de Londres como pioneras en la industria cultural en torno al m… read more

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31. Women Who Write Are Dangerous

By: Stefan Bollmann

3.79

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fea… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Write Are Dangerous book and Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Write Are Dangerous

  • german literature
  • biography
  • history
  • literature
  • feminism
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • writing
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Transform Your Habits

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Virginia Woolf

4.21

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4.51

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Le Consentement

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4.30

Transform Your Habits

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Beryl Bainbridge

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Dorothy Whipple

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