Women Writing the City: A Reading List

1.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,762 ratings
2.
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,486 ratings
3.
Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars
Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars 4.17 avg rating — 1,648 ratings
4.
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London 3.58 avg rating — 4,031 ratings
5.
All the Single Ladies
All the Single Ladies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,281 ratings
6.
Feminist City: A Field Guide
Feminist City: A Field Guide 3.89 avg rating — 4,021 ratings
7.
Paradise Block
Paradise Block
by: Alice Ash
3.65 avg rating — 197 ratings
8.
Whereabouts
Whereabouts 3.76 avg rating — 33,612 ratings
9.
Street Haunting
Street Haunting really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,572 ratings
10.
Exteriors
Exteriors 3.57 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
11.
Weather
Weather 3.54 avg rating — 38,759 ratings
12.
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Wanderlust: A History of Walking 3.90 avg rating — 6,237 ratings
13.
Tigers are Better-Looking: With a Selection from The Left Bank
Tigers are Better-Looking: With a Selection from The Left Bank
by: Jean Rhys
3.93 avg rating — 389 ratings
14.
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction 3.53 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
15.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.13 avg rating — 3,361 ratings
16.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,961 ratings
17.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,277 ratings
18.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,462 ratings
19.
Westwood
Westwood 3.56 avg rating — 850 ratings
20.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch 3.71 avg rating — 32,758 ratings
21.
Ordinary People
Ordinary People 3.30 avg rating — 13,599 ratings
22.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating — 1,755,963 ratings
23.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
24.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,140 ratings
25.
Rome: Poems
Rome: Poems 3.88 avg rating — 387 ratings
26.
Feral Borough
Feral Borough 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
27.
Country Girl
Country Girl 3.51 avg rating — 2,355 ratings
28.
The Roles We Play
The Roles We Play 4.34 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
29.
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai 4.20 avg rating — 2,446 ratings
30.
Poor Cow
Poor Cow
by: Nell Dunn
3.59 avg rating — 668 ratings
31.
Waterloo-City, City-Waterloo: The Waterloo and City Line
Waterloo-City, City-Waterloo: The Waterloo and City Line 3.19 avg rating — 84 ratings
32.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 3.61 avg rating — 524,637 ratings
33.
Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love
Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love 3.85 avg rating — 5,342 ratings
34.
Assembly
Assembly 3.82 avg rating — 31,590 ratings
35.
Peril in Paris (Taylor & Rose Secret Agents, #1)
Peril in Paris (Taylor & Rose Secret Agents, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
36.
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain 3.36 avg rating — 687 ratings
37.
Consumed: A Sister's Story
Consumed: A Sister's Story 3.69 avg rating — 223 ratings
38.
The Kids
The Kids 4.01 avg rating — 550 ratings
39.
Victoria Park
Victoria Park 3.58 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
40.
On Belonging: Reflections of a Renegade Guide
On Belonging: Reflections of a Renegade Guide 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings