Best womens literature books according to redditors

We found 1,039 Reddit comments discussing the best womens literature books. We ranked the 298 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Women domestic life fiction books
Mothers & children fiction books
Women divorce fiction books
Women friendship books
Sisters fiction books
Single women fiction books
Contemporary women fiction books
African American womens fiction books

Top Reddit comments about Women's Literature & Fiction:

u/somehow-maechan · 59 pointsr/languagelearning
  • immensely popular - 125 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 52 languages.

  • easy language - ’It's easy reading’ - New Zealand Herald

  • interesting plot - ’troubling and intriguing’ - The Daily Telegraph

  • simple plot - ’As a reading experience... is... puny of plot’ - Huffington Post

  • set in the ‘real world’ - ’Yes.’

  • long enough - 514 pages

  • written recently - published in 2011

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0345803485/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1558674923&sr=8-7
u/AmyAloha78 · 30 pointsr/AskMen

I, a woman, cannot believe so many women fell for this shit.

What's it about? A 22-year-old college student who has never had a boyfriend (understandable), intercourse (understandable), or an EMAIL ADDRESS (WTF??? This is modern-day America and she supposedly made it through college having never sent an email in her life!), meets a billionaire/philanthropist/concert pianist/helicopter pilot/self-made corporate CEO who's 26 (WTF???). Together, he tries to be her dom, despite the fact that he doesn't listen to her, doesn't take into account what will actually pleasure her (he tells her, doesn't ask her), and just beats her to assuage his own demons.

And they supposedly fall in love. I couldn't make it past book 2, where NOTHING HAPPENS.

It's one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. If people want to read erotic romance, give Maya Banks, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, or Lorelei James a shot instead. Much better writing and much better character development. This book was so poorly written it was laughably bad.

And women everywhere bought it. I'm embarrassed for my kind...

(Think I'm just being bitter? The Amazon reviews spell it out much better than I just did.)

EDIT: Fixed the link

u/Scovies · 14 pointsr/TrollXChromosomes

Once, out of morbid curiosity, I looked at the preview on Amazon. Click the "look inside" part on the left.

I couldn't stop laughing. It's that bad.

u/GavinZac · 9 pointsr/GameDeals

So Steam should be arbiters of what is a good game or not? Would people be happy if Amazon stop people publishing shitty barely disguised fan fiction 'asset flips'?

These developers have paid to have their game listed. I think that's perfectly fair to sell them if the consumer knows what they are getting. And if the consumer doesn't have to wade through the shit to see good games. I'm not sure what more you want Steam to do other than give people the ability to return games that are terrible and reduce the likelihood they'll try them in the first place. One person's shitty asset flip is another person's DoTA. One person's low-effort engine reuse is another person's Garry's Mod.

u/VonAether · 7 pointsr/BDSMcommunity

50 Shades depicts an outright abusive relationship. If anyone were to behave like that in real life, I would hope they'd get help or get arrested. The unofficial motto of BDSM practitioners is Safe, Sane, and Consensual. 50 Shades fails on at least one of those.

Former porn starlet Sasha Grey wrote The Juliette Society as a reaction to 50 Shades. Both in terms of the presentation of BDSM and also terms of literacy.

u/ExclusiveARC · 5 pointsr/eroticauthors

For what it's worth, read the first line of the second review of the #2 romance book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bossman-Vi-Keeland-ebook/dp/B01IMFDR9A/ref=zg_bs_158566011_2

And then this one, which is #3: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Benefits-Billionaire-Royal-Romance-ebook/dp/B01HVG9M3Q/ref=zg_bs_158566011_3

And then the 4th review of this, which is the #6 bestseller: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Stroke-Romantic-Comedy-Brothers-ebook/dp/B01I91G7S0/ref=zg_bs_158566011_6

ARCs are the industry norm, they're used by all the top-selling authors, and Amazon accepts them as long as they're honest.


u/May2121 · 5 pointsr/AskReddit

You can read the first chapter for your self on amazon Just click look inside.

u/actanonverba8 · 5 pointsr/MensRights

> I wasn't quite ready and asked him to stop (which he did, immediately), even though the very next night I realized I wanted him to do it and asked him to.

Yes. Both mixed feelings and token resistance to sex are normal parts of human courtship that feminists are twisting around in order to poison heterosexual relations and wage war on men and boys.

I heard you talking on the radio show one time about how offering a little resistance and making a male lover overcome it can, sometimes, be a turn-on for you. I admire your candor. Form what I´ve seen and heard, it is my impression that there are A LOT of women who feel the same way you do.

In fact, I´d say there are 50 Shades of Women who do.

u/dirtydeedsatretail · 4 pointsr/AdviceAnimals
u/emiruE · 4 pointsr/iamverysmart

? Am i smart already?

u/iamdrunk05 · 4 pointsr/todayilearned

Anne Rice's version of Sleeping Beauty takes the story to whole new level.

u/racyunderall · 4 pointsr/sex

Fifty Shades of Grey. My wife has been reading it (it's a trilogy). As a result, we've had sex seven out of the last eight nights -- we've been married 19 years and while our sex life hasn't ever been terrible, her horniness level is peaking because of these books.

It's been derisively categorized as Mommy Porn by some, but whatever, she seems to be enjoying it and I have benefited. Too bad she's on the last book in the trilogy already.

http://www.amazon.ca/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485

u/darkon · 3 pointsr/books

Paid reviews are why I don't pay much attention to individual reviews, but the distribution of the ratings. Take Stephenson's Snow Crash, for example. 44 people gave it one star, but more people gave it two, and on up until 444 people gave it five stars. The distribution can be manipulated, too, but it's more difficult to because there are many honest reviewers as well.

A good distribution of ratings doesn't mean I'll like it, but at least it give me dome some indication. Look at Fifty Shades of Grey. You either love it or hate it; I suspect I'd be in the latter.

Edit: typo

u/barbie27 · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

The Heather Wells Mysteries by Meg Cabothttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Size-12-Not-Fat-ebook/dp/B000FCKM10/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319988373&sr=1-7 . Also there are the Echo Falls Mysteries by Peter Abrahams http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behind-Curtain-Echo-Falls-Mystery/dp/140633071X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319988339&sr=1-1 despite the fact that the protaganist is a 13 year old girl I think they can be enjoyed by adults.

u/Colespock · 3 pointsr/WritingPrompts

Roger sips at his coffee. Steam flows out of the cheap cup into the cold air. By Roger’s reckoning, the cup of joe seems to be the only warm thing for kilometers. Trying to wrap his mind around that fact, he thinks about where he is. He’s standing before a cold building, on a cold world, moving through the cold of space. He shivers, pushing the thought aside. Before taking another sip of coffee he scans the world around him: snow, more snow, ice, and more snow. He shivers again.
The rifle hanging down to his hip jingles slightly as he puts the last hot sip of coffee to his lips; it’s the last thing that he ever does. The round that goes through his chest bursts his heart; Roger is dead before he hits the cold ground. Hot brown coffee mixes with deep red blood, melting the snow around the body.
Luck had nothing to do with the shot. The sniper had taken great care to place the bullet where it needed to go. Also, if luck had been working in the sniper’s favor, the next guard would not have rounded the corner about the time Roger’s body hit the ground.
The guard has enough time to draw up his rifle before the wall next to him is splattered with his own brain matter. No sound is heard from the shot; the only clue that would have helped someone find the shooter would be the gray silencer sticking out from atop a snowdrift more than a few kilometers away.
Ejecting the spent casing onto the ground, Riley stands up from the snow. The rifle collapses and hooks in two places on the mercenary's belt to keep it from making any noise. Being quiet and not getting caught is the name of the game. Before moving on to the building, the sniper bends back down to pick up the bullet casings, making sure that no one will know where the shots had come from. The white-gloved hand reaches down and places the shells in a pouch.
Riley is clad in white, blending in with the snow, completing the requirements for the stealthy operation. The only thing not white is the helmet’s dark visor that reflects the world around it. The armor is made for this environment; not only does it blend in, but it comes with life support that can keep a person warm in much colder weather than what it is right now. However the suit is not perfect; it puts the heavy in ‘heavy’ armor.
The snow makes soft crunching sounds as the infiltrator sinks in it. In the deepest drifts the snow covers the armor plating on the calves. It makes getting to the outpost more than a bit of a pain. But at long last the mercenary makes it.
From a holster, Riley brings to bare a stainless steel handgun. The merc’s grasp is firm on the black plastic grip, making the pistol more an extension of the arm than a separate thing. They hardly make guns like this one anymore. A cylinder holds only six rounds of .357 caliber ammo. The weapon is one of the few things in this day and age that is fully mechanical. The pistol may not have a lot of advantages over a more modern design, but Riley has reasons to like it.
As the merc moves closer to the building, the pistol never wavers from the bodies lying motionless on the ground; if they weren't dead, they would be.


Above is a sample from my first book Riley: Riley: Bad Things For The Right Reasons; that I published this week!

u/THExNeo · 3 pointsr/wallstreetbets

https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-L-James/dp/B00841IDQ0 here is the full version of Jerome Powell and US economy

u/nightwolf2350 · 3 pointsr/videos

This bot excist?

Mhmm. Give me the prices!

u/Cockring_Buddha · 3 pointsr/sexover30

I think what you want to read is Ann Rice's "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty".

Or would that be dwarf cockslapping....... which is completely different.

u/tineyeit · 3 pointsr/videos
u/matthewbuza_com · 3 pointsr/selfpublish

Toni Kief. It’s her Mildred Series. It was a fun and lazy read. I’ll never look at an old woman at a slot machine the same way or a buffet.

u/YourSmutSucks · 2 pointsr/eroticauthors

Store front page numbers are the page numbers that appear on the store page of an Amazon ebook.

https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-ebook/dp/B007J4T2G8

>Print Length: 530 pages

u/Erynmarieyo · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

THIS because i have been waiting forever to read this and i've wanted a kindle for a LONG time! everyone i know has one and i'm so jealous!

u/sehrah · 2 pointsr/AskWomen

I really like romantic comedies but it's so difficult to find good ones because they tend to get lost amongst the serious stuff on kindle. But recently I've stumbled on enough that Kindle's gotten better at recommending them to me, which is great.

I'd recommend the following:

  • Wallbanger, a rom-com about two neighbours.
  • The Island, a steamy drama about two a shipwrecked teacher & student.
  • The Wishes, more of a general chick-lit comedy, but good none-the-less.
  • Can You Keep a Secret?, a rom-com about a girl who tells her life story to a stranger when their plane appears to be crashing.
  • Anything by Nicholas Sparks.
  • Anything by Marian Keyes, I'm a particular fan of Sushi For Beginners.
  • Twenty Eight and a Half Wishes. I really rooted for the main character (who predicts her own death).
  • Eversea, oh my god sooo trashy. It's one of those "small town girl falls in love with famous guy" books but I got way sucked in!
  • Baby & Bump, sappy new single mother + new love type of book but still a good read


    The good thing about the Kindle Store is that you can download and read the first few chapters before committing to buying the rest.
u/portablefortitude · 2 pointsr/KDRAMA

This is like an ultra-sexy kdrama in novel form...and they're in San Francisco...and they're not korean -_-. Same feel, though, and very similar humor. For those who don't want to click URL it's called Wallbanger by Alice Clayton.

u/pranksterturtle · 2 pointsr/guns
u/thejoester · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Other than Christopher Moore's "A Dirty Job" which has been mentioned, another book you may be interested in is Dying for a Living by Kory Shrum

u/Darkeye202 · 2 pointsr/funny
u/Kishara · 2 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

I concur that this series is one million times better than 50 Shades. Rice wrote these while in a depression after losing a child if I recall correctly and there is a lot of raw emotion in these books. They are clever and dark.

u/iambirdie · 2 pointsr/transhumanism

Yes, the first paragraph of each section should not be indented. Look at the interior for The Girl on the Train here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/1594633665/
The first line is flush, and the rest of the paragraphs of each section are indented. This is Chicago Manual of Style, just picked a best seller as it was quick to find.

220k is quite long. I'm currently editing a sci-fi book to go to publishers to get it down from 140k as that's a bit too long. (I edit for pubs and a lit agency).

If it's e-book only it's not as big of a deal, though you may have a difficult time sustaining readers for a book that long. Having said that, it seems you're pubbing independently, so you have the choice of what you would like to do. If this came across my desk for work, I would likely suggest either tightening severely (150k max) or splitting into more than one book.

u/jzlharvey · 2 pointsr/WTF

The way people get publicity now is crazy!

Speculating this was all an attempt to get the fact that her book is released today. wow.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Juliette-Society-Sasha-Grey/dp/145559945X

u/Sieberella · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I'm currently reading Rapture by John Shirley however my book fell apart at the pool and is now in like four different pieces :( Haven't quite figured out how to glue it back together yet. Thanks for the contest You ALL still have Zoidberg!

u/SiriuslyCloudy · 2 pointsr/Bookies

I don't have very many books on my book list! AHHHH This must be fixed! Tomorrow though! The cheapest on I have on there honestly is 50 Shades I know. I know. I am bad. But it is $0.22 used!

u/IveMadeAHugeMistake · 2 pointsr/asheville

I need it tomorrow, so the internet might not work. If all else fails, we'll just make G&Ts in glasses for the gathering. The book is The Girl On the Train, it's pretty good, in the same vain, but not as good as, Gone Girl.

u/SomethingwithPM · 2 pointsr/Frozen

Thanks! How could I have ever allowed my devotion to the greatest piece of written literature published on the web for free since this book's Amazon reviews?

u/amazon-converter-bot · 1 pointr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/moonbatlord · 1 pointr/selfpublish

100 Ton Press just released two new books.

First: Alignment: a love story is the story of Elliott Foley, who has a farm to run, with people who depend on her. One day she backs into an old friend, and finds that it's okay for her to depend on someone, too. Only one problem — all he seems to want is her friendship. Does she want it to be more? Why couldn't it be more?

It's a romance for and about actual grown-ups, and not a Harlequin piece.

$3.99 for Kindle / $12.00 paperback from Amazon.

Second: Most people are stupid. This is self-help for the 21st century. The premise is simple: Most people are stupid. We know this, but don't take advantage of that knowledge (such a surprise!). This is a short-but-astringent guide to understanding and applying this simple rule.

$0.99 for Kindle / $8.00 paperback from Amazon.

u/kyrriah · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Hi, My name is Kristen. I'd love this because sometimes, I work really double shifts at work, with a 2 or 3 hour break in between, so I don't have time to go home but have nothing to do while waiting. I rarely know when these doubles will be thrown on me, and it'd be nice if I could have a book ready to read. I like normal books, but they get damaged and torn, so I don't often carry them with me.

If I got this, I'd love "Size 12 Is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot I remember it being a funny mystery book, and I could use a few laughs.

Regardless of if I win, I just want to say thank you for doing this contest. It's really thoughtful of you.

u/clshaw · 1 pointr/RomanceLit

I'll start!

For contemp - BB Hamel's One Night Seal

For PNR - My own Dragon's Heat cause I'm a shameless b*tch.

For Bad Boy - Riley Rollins Axl

For Sci Fi Romance - Delores Diamond Renegade Leo

For Sweet Romance - Krista Lakes Yours Truly: A Cinderella Love Story

u/benzensulfonic · 1 pointr/WTF
u/moonbeamcrazyeyes · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

Jana DeLeon’s Miss Fortune Mysteries series would a good summer read. They are very lighthearted books and get even more so as the series goes on. Fun characters.

First book is apparently free on Kindle right now.

u/USS_Turtle · 1 pointr/Wishlist

First off, seven? Wow. I can barely manage 2 at a time!

  1. Rumors (from the Luxe series) and The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

  2. I think you'd like this, not my style but it seems to be pretty popular, (and Amazon recommended it to me based on some of the books in your wishlist)

  3. Once upon a time there was an ugly barnacle. And he was so ugly that everyone died. The end.
u/RobJob130 · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Crappy romance, eh? Have you read the time-traveling viking navy seal romance novels?

They are totally a real thing. My ex used to read them, they are hilarious.

u/brotherjustincrowe · 1 pointr/TheRedPill

Very much so.

If you're a beta, you can't even talk about rape (it's "triggering" to my self-diagnosed PTSD! I once caught a gross creepy guy looking at me, EWWW! I was ALMOST RAPED! Check your privilege you male pig.) In fact, you can't talk at all. Just keep your loser mouth shut and fork over beta bucks.

If you're an alpha though:

u/MorningPlasma · 1 pointr/croatia

Relevantniji bi bio link na Amazon i knjigu. Recenzije su svakojake, rijetko kad vidim ovako ravnomjernu raspodjelu ocjena na Amazonu.

u/DizzyinNJ · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I’d like 1000 $5 bills.

Here is a book I’d like. Used is fine.

u/gina_wann · 1 pointr/selfpublish

Topic on school shooting has become a hot debate in the wake of the Florida school shooting. I wrote a best seller inspiring and heart wrenching story Full Circle that covers bullying, school shootings, terrorism and a host of similar topics.
Catch the book at:

E-book ($2.99) - https://www.amazon.com/Full-Circle-Regina-Timothy-ebook/dp/B078M7KFDG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514292317&sr=1-1&keywords=full+circle+regina+timothy

Paperback ($14.75) - https://www.amazon.com/Full-Circle-Regina-Timothy/dp/1981839437/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1514292317&sr=1-1

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37706656-full-circle

u/kntrkt · 1 pointr/gaming
u/thegreensofhiseyes · 1 pointr/CampHalfBloodRP

He rolls his eyes and kisses his cheek. As Sam opens it up he'd see this book title. As he opened up he'd learn what the book is about. Terin smiles as he opens it.

"I hope you love it babe."

u/ravenesque1 · 1 pointr/WTF

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch this, read this, and buy this to help forget about that.

u/Ostrololo · 1 pointr/custommagic
  1. http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377697606&sr=8-1&keywords=fifty+shades+of+grey

  2. I based the template on join forces, which doesn't mention "in turn order".

  3. Originally it was going to count only the continents you visited in the last eighty days (because, you know, the book by Jules Verne), but that made it very crappy.

  4. You can also enchant rule 100.1 which literally makes all other rules stop applying.
u/Vylanius · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This!

Nipple Clams

u/ardvarkk · 1 pointr/books

Then there's always Viking Unchained, the romance novel about a time-travelling viking..

u/Mr_James119 · 1 pointr/TumblrInAction

She wants a man who will acknowledge their status as oppressor?

This might be just for her!

u/Flashman_H · 1 pointr/books
u/errantapostrophe · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I just finished Northworld Trilogy by David Drake. It was ok. An interesting premise, but confusing and inconsistent at times. But the kindle version is free, so that's always nice!

And I'm about to start How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns

u/Murrabbit · 0 pointsr/Warframe

> A brighter black would be epic

Boy have I got a book for you. . .

u/gimmeabreaklady · 0 pointsr/movies

They know their target audience.

u/Izicata · -1 pointsr/Games

Clearly Viking Unchained was written to appeal to teenage boys. They would love reading about a time-traveling viking falling in love with a single mom.

EDIT: It's sarcasm, people. Seriously.