Unlike the Publishers Weekly year end list which included no women, the NY Times has included a bunch of women on its 10 best list of 2009. In fact, 4 of the 5 fiction books are by women.
Here they are. Full list will appear in the December 13 book review.
Fiction
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeanette Walls
A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
Non-Fiction
LIT: A Memoir by Mary Karr
Ramond Carver: A Writer’s Life by Carol Sklenicka
The 10 Best Books of 2009 (NY Times)
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Thanks for this list. I was literally in the library yesterday and spent hours looking for good books by women. There were plenty on relationships and family, but I was looking more for adventure type books (not crime related—death, murder, mayhem—but perhaps more life affirming) where a woman or women were the protagonist(s)and most importantly the main characters. I was amazed that even in many novels written by women either the main character was a man or the story line mainly evolved around men’s concerns. This reminded me of an analogy I had read once how men have been like the Sun with women and children merely a satellite revolving around them like a moon.
Do you or your reader’s have any book suggestions?
Dear Catherine Isadora,
It would give me great pleasure if you would try my latest book: THE FIRES WITHIN-THE SUMMER OF ’88. (Soft-cover edtion Amazon.com)
Publisher’s promo: “The story takes place against the background of the fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 that decimated almost 2/3 of the park.
In this poignant novel, infinite passion, dangerous flames, an unsolved murder, and the power of desperately unfulfilled love are intricately woven together to create a suspenseful tale of desire that will only be satisfied when the mystery of the murder is solved.”
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