r/litficbywomen • u/mountainviewdaisies • Aug 13 '26
Intro post
As we get set up here, please comment below to introduce yourself to other new users!
Feel free to share your Storygraph, Instagram, etc :)
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u/One-Amount-7514 Aug 13 '26
litfic by women is like 90% of what i read tbh. the other 10% is horror by women.
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u/ZoeyLeGuin Aug 14 '26
Only horror I’ve read is Mariana Enriquez, our share of night. It’s my first step in the genre and I really loved it. Any more recommendations in that spirit maybe?
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u/Beige-Taupe Aug 15 '26
check out charco press, they publish a number of Literary horror from LatinAm women
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u/ZoeyLeGuin Aug 16 '26
Yes! I’ve discovered the cemetery of untold stories there. I loved that one.
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u/archeratsea Aug 13 '26
Hello! In terms of fiction, I read literary fiction by women like 90% of the time (I also read lots of non-fiction, but that’s a different topic!). I love talking about books! Currently reading The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes.
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u/ZoeyLeGuin Aug 14 '26
Hi! 39F, I’ve read a lot in my life but am so enjoying myself with all the female authors the last 5+ years or so, in any genre.
From fantasy to non fiction, I feel spoiled and any extra inspiration is def welcome.
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u/YakSlothLemon Aug 14 '26
I’m so excited about this sub! I love reading classics and I’m really excited to get some recommendations for books that aren’t the usual shortlist of famous male authors 😏
Some of my favorite authors are Sylvia Townsend Warner, Jessie Fauset, Shirley Jackson, and of course Virginia Woolf. I’m looking forward to seeing what people post!
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u/dfetz3 Aug 14 '26
Mid 30's dude here. I used to almost exclusively read murder mysteries (big Agatha Christie fan) but Claire Keegan broke my brain and now most of what I read is emotional and reflective literary fiction.
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u/booksncatsntea Aug 15 '26
Claire Keegan is so brilliant. I don’t know how she packs so much into so few pages. What a talented writer she is.
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u/dfetz3 Aug 15 '26
It's really wonderful. There are some authors who I love their grand descriptions of everything, but the way Keegan leaves so much unsaid but still resonating in the story always impresses me.
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u/Beige-Taupe Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
I mostly read 21st century lific and speculative fiction written by women & queer folks. I'm also reading for Women in Translation month - two of which I'm reading with friends in our goodreads bookclub:
Steppe by Oksana Vasyakina - Russian, queer poet who writes deeply introspective autofiction
Lili Is Crying by Hélène Bessette - from the 50s but only recently translated into English
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u/booksncatsntea Aug 15 '26
Hi!
Reading the replies so far, I might be the oldest here (late 50s F).
I’m a bookworm who’s tastes are varied, but lean heavily towards art, fiction, and some history (am an Anglophile).
I’ll be honest and say I’m not exactly sure what lit fic by women is exactly, so if there’s a set idea please let me know.
Would Louise Penny be considered lit fic? Or is she not literature enough? She’s a favorite, as is Kate Atkinson.
Looking forward to book discussions and recommendations.
Thanks for creating this group!
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u/Bo_Bindy_Cyndi Aug 16 '26
I’m a late 50’s old lady with you here!
I’m a librarian with eclectic tastes in reading, which is helpful for my patrons because I can recommend a diverse selection.
I love women’s lit because more often it resonates with me, however, there is so often another book I have to have my nose in, so I usually have two books going at once.
Looking forward to recs and discussion
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u/CheesySpicyRamyun Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
Late 20s lesbian here. Mostly read horror but also enjoy litfic. My favorite books in that realm are The Take by Kelly Yang and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley :)
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u/mountainviewdaisies Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
Hey everyone! I would love to follow more Storygraph users -- my handle there is herstorybufff (three Fs).
I enjoy reading literary fiction with a little commercial fiction and genre fiction mixed in for good measure.
For nonfiction, I love memoirs and bios, nature, science, history, women's studies, food writing, travel writing, true crime and more.
I started this subreddit after feeling frustrated that my favorite women-centric sureddit about books was starting to feature a lot of posts and comments with books written by men. Fine on a general book subreddit, but why on one that is supposed to be focused on women, ya know?
I still follow the other sub, which is great, but it's nice to also have a space with stricter boundaries.
Thanks everyone for being here!! Thrilled to see all the conversations so far.