My 2019 #ReadWomen Reading List

In 2019 I read forty-two books by women and trans* writers. 
2019 was clearly my Daphne du Maurier phase. I also was part of a book club for the first time for part of this year, which meant I read a few more books by cis-men than usual.

 Why do I #ReadWomen? Find out here.

  1. Down Below by Leonora Carrington
  2. Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
  3. The Future is Blue by Catherine M. Valente
  4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 
  6. Redder than Blood by Tanith Lee 
  7. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
  8. There are no windows by Norah Hoult
  9. A Guide to Being Born: Stories by Ramona Ausubel
  10. Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
  11. Something for Everyone: Stories by Lisa Moore
  12. Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
  13. The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Ortberg
  14. Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
  15. The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
  16. War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  17. Tarot-Inspired Life by Jaymi Elford
  18. Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
  19. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  20.  Kitchen Table Tarot by Melissa Cynova
  21.  Your Tarot Court by Ethony Dawn
  22.  Mindful Tarot by Lisa Freinkl 
  23.  Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier
  24.  Toddler-hunting and other stories by Taeko Kono
  25.  Indistinguishable from Magic: Essays by Catherynne M. Valente
  26.  Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
  27.  Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
  28.  The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories by Yukiko Motoya
  29.  Medea (The Delphic Women Trilogy Book 1) by Kerry Greenwood 
  30.  Minnie’s Room: Stories by Mollie Panter-Downes
  31.  Deathless by Catherine M. Valente (again)
  32.  Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi 
  33.  Cassandra (The Delphic Women Trilogy Book 2) by Kerry Greenwood
  34.  The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington 
  35.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  36.  Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy
  37.  Madame Solario by Gladys Huntington
  38.  Dimanche and Other Stories by Irène Némirovsky
  39.  Marjory Fleming by Oriel Malet
  40.  Moby Dick by Herman Melville 
  41.  Blood and Circuses: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
  42.  Orange World: Stories by Karen Russell
  43.  Ruddy Gore: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
  44.  Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll
  45.  Murder in Montparnasse: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
  46.  Farewell to Leicester Square by Betty Miller
  47.  Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzie Lee


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