a damned mob of scribbling women

I just had reason to list some of my favorite recent writing by women, so I thought I'd post the recommendations here in case anyone is interested.

• Oryx & Crake or Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
• White Teeth or On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• The Accidentalby Ali Smith
• The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
• We Need to Talk About Kevin or The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
• The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
• The End Of Alice, The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir, or This Book Will Save Your Life by AM Homes
• The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Little Friend or The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• A Changed Man or Blue Angel by Francine Prose
• Stories by Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Miranda July, Aimee Bender, Deborah Eisenberg, Kelly Link

For good measure, my two favorite contemporary novels by men are David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I can't recommend either of them highly enough.