These Are the 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College Classes

Time ^ | February 25, 2016 | David Johnson

[C19fan]

Toni Morrison and Jane Austen are among the most-read female writers on college campuses, a new TIME analysis found.

[needmorePaine]

Flannery's best work was "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

I am still a bit haunted by that story. "Shut up, Bobby Lee, it's no real pleasure in life."

[Huskrrrr]

Whoops, I missed Shirley Jackson at #35.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Thank God I’m not in college now. I’d rather shoot myself than read the garbage that these D-listers produce.

[Slyfox]

I read some about her life. "Good Man" was the only story she could not joke about when she would be asked to talk about her writings.

My favorite funny one she did was the one about the Bible salesman and the lady with the wooden legs. In the attic. Funny as hell.

[Huskrrrr]

paraphrasing: “She would have been a good woman if someone had constantly held a gun to her head.”

[needmorePaine]

My favorite funny one she did was the one about the Bible salesman and the lady with the wooden legs. In the attic. Funny as hell.

Good Country People. Wise Blood was another strange one. She did use absurdist humor and grotesque imagery at times. I've heard her compared to Kafka though I am not sure if that fits.

[catnipman]

Edith Wharton & Willa Cather are outstanding writers and amazing story tellers. I highly recommend their novels, particularly Willa Cather.

Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” is an awesome read too.

And it’s too bad Marjorie Rawlings isn’t in the list, she’s one of the all time great American writers ever.

[IronJack]

The big one when I was in college was Kate Chopin.

[Mase]

I thought he was just an architect.

[FredZarguna]

"The original version of this story included Evelyn Waugh, who was a man."

For a brief time Evelyn Waugh was both a man and a woman.

Evelyn Gardner married Waugh in 1929. She also became Evelyn Waugh. In the family they were briefly referred to as he-Evelyn and she-Evelyn. [They separated in 1930. The marriage was later annulled.]

Nowadays, they could be the same person, and neither he- nor she-. Just somewhere in transition.

This must have doubly embarrassing to the list-makers, since Waugh was a conservative; he was in fact William F. Buckley Jr.'s favorite writer.

[FredZarguna]

Actually, she was not his wife. The marriage was annulled in 1936, so the marriage never existed.

[Mase]

Rachel Carson also belongs there , for her influence if nothing else.

Carson's name should be used only as an epithet. Every student should learn only one thing about her - that her intentional lies caused the needless death and suffering of hundreds of millions of people, mostly children.

Her name should only come up when discussing the great mass murderers of the 20th century. But the truth will not be taught. She will continue to be hailed as the founder of the modern environmental movement. Spit.

[Billthedrill]

I too am surprised that Ayn Rand made the list. I’d like to see Florence King, myself. Maybe Camille Paglia. And maybe Truman Capote. ;-)

[FredZarguna]

Didn't he write the Billy Mumphrey Stories?

[SaveFerris]

He was a cockeyed optimist who got caught up in the world of international intrigue!!

[SoFloFreeper]

You must mean the “Cliffs Notes most read that reference female authors”...right?

[Larry Lucido]

A Boy Named Evelyn. Could be a good song title.

[mylife]

Is there anything that can’t be related to Seinfeld? :)

[Gamecock]

Nothing.

(Get it?)

[FredZarguna]