Did I Read 100 Female Authors in 1001 Days?
Short answer: YAASSS! I managed to read nearly 200 female authors in 1001 days. They include a mix of non-fiction, poetry, and fiction writers.
I managed to read 175 female authors in 1001 days.
Here is a full list of the authors I have read between 24th September 2019 and 14th June 2021 as per my 100 things in 1001 days list.
Fiction Authors
- Elizabeth Goudge
- J.K. Rowling
- Shirley Jackson
- Ingrid Persaud
- Julie Berry
- Kalynn Bayron
- Daisy Buchanan
- Daphne Du Maurier
- Gail Carson Levin
- Emily Bronte
- Jilly Cooper
- Julia Quinn
- Greta Gerwig
- Roxane Gay
- Kate Chopin
- Emily Hauser
- Jennifer Saint
- Bolu Babalola
- Agatha Christie
- C. L. Taylor
- Ali Smith
- Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Dolly Alderton
- Abigail Dean
- Brit Bennett
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Helen Fields
- Susie Donkin
- Yaa Gyasi
- Emily Henry
- Rebecca Makkai
- Talia Hibbert
- Alice Walker
- Beth O’Leary
- Halle Butler
- Sara-Ella Ozbek
- S.E. Hinton
- Bernardine Evaristo
- Jean Rhys
- Suzanne Collins
- Mary Shelley
- Hazel Barkworth
- Jane Austen
- Caroline O’Donoghue
- Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Donna Tartt
- Eva Dolan
- Chloe Benjamin
- Maggie O’Farrell
- L.M. Montgomery
- Pat Barker
- Abigail Mann
- Debbie Howells
- Jeannette Winterson
- Sakaya Murata
- Katerina Diamond
- Kiley Reid
- Emma Jane Unsworth
- Laura Jane Williams
- Madeline Miller
- Natalie Haynes
- Hannah Sunderland
- Dawn O’Porter
- Anna Hope
- Rosie Curtis
- Nell Pattison
- Claire Frost
- Hermione Hoby
- Ali Pantony
- Margery Williams Bianco
- Zoe Pilger
- Ottesha Moshfegh
- Stephanie Danler
- Candice Carty-Williams
- Sally Rooney
- Kate Davies
- Rachel Lynch
- L.P. Fergusson
- Laura Ziepe
Poetry
- Charly Cox
- Leena Norms
- Amanda Lovelace
Memoir & Autobiography
- Joan Didion
- Cathy Rentzenbrink
- Elizabeth Day
- Glennon Doyle
- Terri White
- Sophie Heawood
- Susanna Kaysen
- Maya Angelou
- Julie Andrews
- Demi Moore
- Victoria James
- Lili Anolik
- Sara Bareilles
- Rachel DeLoache Williams
- Lucy Mangan
- Carrie Fisher
- Patricia Bright
- Kristin Newman
- Rachel Hollis
- Anna Hart
- Farrah Storr
- Michelle McGagh
- Lily Allen
Non-Fiction Authors
- Diana Souhami
- Celia Brayfield
- Judy Piatkus
- Lennie Goodings
- Helen Hanff
- Emma Gannon
- Pandora Sykes
- Viv Groskop
- Hallie Rubenhold
- Lauren McGoodwin
- Hadley Freeman
- Grace Paul
- Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Helen Morrissey
- Emily Nagoski
- Jordan Sondler
- Katy Brand
- Lucy Werner
- Becky Rapinchuk
- Bola Sokunbi
- Jia Tolentino
- Jaclyn Johnson
- Natalie Courtney-Smith
- Stephanie Rosenbloom
- Lindsay Teague-Moreno
- Annie Ridout
- Lynsey, Queen of Clean
- Rowan Dobson
- Cassandra Aarssen
- Mandy Ariato
- Paula Byrne
- Hilly James
- Kristin Meinzer
- Nicola Lewis
- Jessica Pan
- Cara Alwill Leyba
- Laura Thomas
- Lauren Bravo
- Reshma Saujani
- Anita Vandyke
- Anne T. Donahue
- Christina Patterson
- Harriet Dyer
- Sara Tasker
- Kristina Karlsson
- Jennifer McCartney
- Jen Sincero
- Hannah Braime
- Beth Penn
- Julie Montagu
- Jenn Granneman
- Katherine Ormerod
- Marianne Power
- Caitlin Kunkel
- Marie Kondo
- Venus Nicolino
- Myquillyn Smith
- Felicity Morse
- Kelsey Miller
- Marlee Grace
- Laura Whateley
- Kate Leaver
- Cathy Newman
- Tara Button
- Melissa Browne
- Sarah Andersen
- Mishal Husain
- Ruby Tandoh
- Juno Dawson
- Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
How many male or female authors do you think you’ve read in the last 1001 days? Let me know in the comment below.
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