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Books recommended by Audrey Gelman

Audrey Gelman recommends 23 books, among them #GIRLBOSS, Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The Argonauts.

#GIRLBOSS

Sophia Amoruso

Biography & memoir

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

Nonfiction

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction

A Prayer for the City

Buzz Bissinger

History

Black White & Jewish

Rebecca Walker

History

Boss

Mike Royko

Biography & memoir

D-C-T

Joana Avillez & Molly Young

Arts & entertainment

Girls Like Us

Rachel Lloyd

Biography & memoir

Living Beautifully

Pema Chödrön

Spirituality & religion

Not That Kind of Girl

Lena Dunham

Biography & memoir

Political Fictions

Joan Didion

History

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde

Biography & memoir

Some New Beginnings

Selina Meyer

Economics & politics

The Fixer

Bradley Tusk

Economics & politics

The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Fran Lebowitz

Arts & entertainment

The Journalist And The Murderer

Janet Malcolm

History

The Power Broker

Robert A. Caro

History

To Be Mayor of New York

Chris McNickle

Economics & politics

To Be Real

Rebecca Walker

Economics & politics

Too Much & Not In The Mood

Durga Chew-Bose

Biography & memoir

Violence Girl

Alice Bag

Arts & entertainment

Wallflower at the Orgy

Nora Ephron

Biography & memoir

Women in Clothes

Sheila Heti et al.

Arts & entertainment