Some of the best books by women for International Women's Day
Acquaint yourself with these female writers, and you'll make a friend for life in their books
A novelist for Londoners. Prodigy Zadie Smith's first novel, White Teeth was completed whilst she studied at Cambridge and was an immediate bestseller. The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time followed, as have two collections of essays – one released just this January. This prodigious output shows no signs of stopping: her next novel, The Fraud, is scheduled for 2019.