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Readers who finished Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Japanese, Asian, Collections & Anthologies, and Anthologies (multiple authors).

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

The Company She Keeps

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

The Congressman Who Loved Flaubert 21 Stories and Novellas

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down

Alice Walker

Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

The Hungry Tide

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Themes: Asian • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

In Sunlight and in Shadow

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Themes: Japanese • Asian • Collections & Anthologies

Outside Looking in A Novel — T. C. Boyle

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

Black Flower

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors • Medieval

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors • Medieval

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These People Are Us Stories

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Medieval

#15

Regulus pueri soli sapiunt

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Consider This, Senora

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors • Medieval

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High Lonesome Stories 1966-2006

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

#18

Words are My Matter Writings on Life and Books

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Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

#19

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

#20

Friendly Fire A Duet

A. B. Yehoshua

Themes: Japanese • Asian • Anthologies (multiple authors)

#21

Long for This World A Novel

Michael Byers

Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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Empress A Novel

Shan Sa

Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors

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The Fox’s Walk

Annabel Davis-Goff

Themes: Collections & Anthologies • Women Authors • Medieval

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The Last Suspicious Holdout Stories

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Women Authors • Short Stories (single author)

Fans of Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf will find 24 titles here, all united by Japanese, Asian, Collections & Anthologies. Authors represented include Virginia Woolf, John Barlow, Mary McCarthy, Ward Just, and others.