As I embark on this year of reading women, I have a running list of want-to-reads.
Currently, my to-read list is a random smattering of books that I have downloaded onto iPad or have purchased and are glaring at me judgmentally from the shelves. Here’s what I have on my to-read list thus far:
Memoirs/biography/personal humor essays
- The Mockingbird Next Store: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills
- The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
- Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
- You Learn by Living– Eleanor Roosevelt
- A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
- My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me by Hilary Winston
- People are Unappealing by Sara Barron
- Pretty in Plaid– Jen Lancaster
- It Looked Different on the Model– Laurie Notaro
- Suits: A Woman on Wall Street by Nina Godiwalla
- Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Etched in the Sand by Regina Calcaterra
- Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy Cordery
- How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
- Let’s Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
- The Queen’s Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth’s Court by Anna Whitelock
- Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg
- American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life & Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
- The Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors, the Story of Three Sisters by Juliet Barker
- The Astronaut’s Wives Club by Lily Koppel
- Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I by Tracy Borman
- The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
- Soldier Girls by Helen Thrope
- I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
- Crazy Salad & Scribble Scribble by Nora Ephron
- Fallen Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
- Infidel by Ayaan Hirslali
- Everybody Was so Young by Amanda Vaill
Fiction
- Lucky Us by Amy Bloom
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- The Book of Unknown Americans– Christina Henriquez
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
- The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar
- One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
- MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
- The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
- Burial Rites by Hanna Kent
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Friendship by Emily Gould
- Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
- The Divorce Papers by Suson Rieger
- The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
- The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancel
- Blood and Beauty by Sarah Dunant
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
- Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Neter
- 2 a.m. at the Cat’s Pajama by Marie-Helene Bertino
- The Eternal Wonder by Pearl S. Buck
Business
- Thrive by Arianna Huffington
- What Works for Women at Work by Joan C. Williams
- Mistakes I’ve Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting it Wrong by Jessica Bacal
- How Remarkable Women Lead by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston
- Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
- Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask: Michael J. Marquardt*
- Smart Talk: The Public Speaker’s Guide to Success in Every Situation by Lisa B. Marshall
- The Trusted Advisor by David Maister*
- Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What They Want by Selena Rezvani
- Nice Girls Don’t Get It by Lois P. Frankel and Carol Frohlinger
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury*
- Leadership without Excuses: How to Create Accountability and High Performance by Jeff Grimshaw*
- Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage & Career for Women in Charge by Becky Blalock
- Lead & Influence: Get More Ownership, Commitment, and Achievement from Your Team by John Wiley*
- First Time Leader– Gillian Davis and George Bradt
- Own the Room by Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lenciono*
- Knowing Your Value by Mika Brzezinski
- Secrets of Six-Figure Women by Barbara Stanny
- The Girl’s Guide to Being a Boss by Caitlin Friedman
- Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman by Gail Evans
- Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way by Robin Gerber
- Flow by Mihaly Csikzentmihaly*
- Good to Great by Jim Collins*
- Tell to Win by Peter Guber*
- Difficult Conversations by Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
Mystery/Thriller
- Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
- Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda
- Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
- Fever by Mary Beth Keane
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Nonfiction: Women/Gender/Sociology
- Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas D. Kristof
- Appetites by Caroline Knapp
- The Trip to Echo Springs: On Writers and Drinking by Olivia Laing
- Careless People: Murder, Mayhem & the Invention of the Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell
- Drink: An Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston
- Locker Room Diaries: The Naked Truth about Women, Body Image, and Re-Imagining the “Perfect” Body by Leslie Goldman
- In the Company of Women: Indirect Aggression Among Women by Pat Heim and Susan A. Murphy
- Mean Girls Grow Up by Cheryl Dellasega
- The Introvert and the Extrovert in Love by Marti Olsen Laney
- The End of Men and the Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin
Random
- Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich- 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money by Lois P. Frankel
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Miscellaneous running books
- Miscellaneous writing books
- Miscellaneous personal finance books
* Starred authors are men with business books that have come highly recommended and will most likely help me reach my professional goals
What should I add? What are some of the most influential books written by women that you have read?
Currently reading:
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
The Runner’s World Big Book of Marathon and Half Marathon Training by Jennifer Van Allen , Bart Yasso, and Amby Burfoot
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