Reddit reviews Speak: 10th Anniversary Edition

>Adult Fiction:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Grass by Sheri Tepper

Native Tongue by Suzette Haden-Elgin

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurtson


>Adolescent Lit:

Speak by Laurie Halse-Anderson


>Nonfiction:

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

And I agree with others, Simone de Beauvoir is a great read

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

It's a book that I think everyone should read and it's pretty short too so it's not hard to read in one sitting.

My book list focus both on theme and authors. Obviously I went through a pretty depressed phase (hence all the deeply brooding novels). Still, I think that these female authors gave me a sense of empowerment in my young age by the sheer genius of their work. It was refreshing to read books by women I admired as well as for themes I was interested in.

• Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  
• The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (*journals and Ariel are also favorites)
  
• An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison
  
• Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
  
• Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel
  
• Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
  
  And the book that taught me the most about sexuality and my body?
  
  
• The Ethical Slut - Dossie Easton
  
  In defense of this book, I am not poly-amorous. I really think every female should read it. Great advice on overcoming jealousy, loving your body, and enjoying your sexuality.