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
Published in 1991, Wild Swans has sold 20 million copies worldwide and is banned in China to this day.
It tells the autobiographical story of one woman, through a biography of her mother and grandmother, in a tale that takes us through the controversial conditions faced by women in 19th century China from bound feet to concubinage, up through to the 20th century.
Jung Chang went on to write a hefty biography of Mao. Start with the swans.
