My list of books by women writers has been getting an above-average number of hits lately, so I thought I’d post an update showing what I’ve read in the past three years. As before, all the books are set in California, and all were written between 1890 and 1959 by authors who lived during the period about which they wrote. Most are novels, though a few short story collections are included. At the end of each entry is the upload date of my review. To find the reviews go to the sidebar and either dig out the appropriate monthly archive, have Google search the site, or click on Books by Author. This list is fairly comprehensive in its coverage of authors of serious fiction. All of their works are not included, however. Writers of romances and mysteries are underrepresented. I haven’t added real names of authors who used pseudonyms, but it’s worth noting that “Florenz Branch,” “Thomas Stone,” and “Florence Stuart” are all Florence Stonebraker. Writers whose gender I can’t determine are listed in the left-overs post.
• Albert, Katherine. “An Invasion of Privacy.” American Magazine (1948), 19 pp. 3/27/08
• Albert, Katherine. Remember Valerie March. Simon and Schuster (1939), 313 pp. 5/23/06
• Allen, Jane. I Lost My Girlish Laughter. Random House (1938), 275 pp. 8/18/06
• Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison. Coward-McCann (1956), 256 pp. 3/3/09
• Atherton, Gertrude. American Wives and English Husbands. Dodd, Mead (1898), 339 pp. 8/4/08
• Atherton, Gertrude. The Avalanche: A Mystery Story. Frederick A. Stokes Co. (1919), 229 pp. 6/4/08
• Austin, Mary. The Ford. Houghton Mifflin (1917), 440 pp. Not yet reviewed
• Austin, Mary. Santa Lucia. Harper and Brothers (1908), 346 pp. 9/18/07
• Baker, Dorothy. Trio. Houghton Mifflin (1943), 234 pp. 8/4/08
• Baker, Dorothy. Young Man with a Horn. Houghton Mifflin (1938), 243 pp. 1/21/13
• Baldwin, Faith. Enchanted Oasis. P. F. Collier and Son (1938), 305 pp. 7/4/07
• Bangert, Ethel E. Her Best Man. Gramercy (1943), 256 pp. 8/4/08
• Baum, Vicki. Falling Star. Doubleday, Doran (1934), 307 pp. 7/31/10
• Benson, Stella. The Poor Man. Macmillan (1922), 253 pp. 8/7/08
• Bentham, Josephine. Bright Avenues. Rae D. Henkle (1928), 304 pp. 2/8/06
• Bentham, Josephine. Outsiders. Rae D. Henkle (1929), 296 pp. 8/9/08
• Brackett, Leigh. No Good from a Corpse. Coward-McCann (1944), 202 pp. 9/5/06
• Branch, Florenz. The Fleshpots. Phoenix Press (1944), approx. 250pp. 12/14/10
• Branch, Florenz. The Love Shift. Phoenix Press (1943), 252 pp. 1/3/11
• Branch, Florenz. Program for Passion. Phoenix Press (1948), 255 pp. 2/1/11
• Branch, Florenz. She Had What They Wanted. Phoenix Press (1946), 255 pp. 1/20/11
• Bridgman, Margaret. Love Is a Place. Funk and Wagnalls (1953), 338 pp. 4/13/10
• Bristow, Gwen. Tomorrow Is Forever. Thomas Y. Crowell (1943), 259 pp. 7/22/08
• Burnham, Clara Louise. The Leaven of Love. Grosset and Dunlap (1908), 330 pp. 8/20/08
• Cameron, Eleanor. The Unheard Music. Little, Brown (1950), 278 pp. 9/3/08
• Carey, Bernice. Their Nearest and Dearest. Doubleday (1953), 190 pp. 11/20/12
• Caspary, Vera . Weeping and the Laughter, The. Little, Brown (1950), 301 pp. 3/29/10
• Charles, Frances. Siege of Youth, The. Little, Brown (1903), 293 pp. 6/16/08
• Child, Nellise. Diamond Ransom Murders. Collins Crime Club (1934), 285 pp. 8/20/10
• Child, Nellise. If I Come Home. Doubleday, Doran (1943), 311 pp. 3/6/07
• Collins, Mary. Dead Center. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1942), 240 pp. 10/14/10
• Cornell, Hughes. Born Rich. George W. Jacobs (1924), 307 pp. 9/18/08
• Cornell, Hughes. Marketing Deb. Macmillan (1926), 315 pp. 9/18/08
• Crum, Gertrude Bosworth. Strumpet Wind. Covici-Friede (1938), 290 pp. 2/14/07
• Delmar, Viña. About Mrs. Leslie. Harcourt, Brace (1950), 301 pp. 9/21/08
• Delmar, Viña. The Breeze from Camelot. Harcourt, Brace (1959), 309 pp. 7/5/11
• Delmar, Vina. “Hollywood Dynasty.” Cosmopolitan (1939), 52 pp. 3/28/08
• Dix, Beulah Marie. Pity of God. Viking Press (1932), 367 pp. 8/10/06
• Foote, Mary Hallock. The Valley Road. Houghton Mifflin (1915), 360 pp. 10/11/06
• Forbes, Kathryn. Mama’s Bank Account. Harcourt, Brace (1943), 204 pp. 2/4/06
• Forbes, Kathryn. Transfer Point. Harcourt, Brace (1947), 195 pp. 11/15/06
• Haines, Alice Calhoun. Flower of the World. E. P. Dutton (1922), 286 pp. 6/27/11
• Harraden, Beatrice. Hilda Strafford. Dodd, Mead (1897), 218 pp. 7/28/06
• Hitchens, Dolores. Sleep with Strangers. Doubleday (1955), 192 pp. 9/11/10
• Hobart, Alice Tisdale. The Cleft Rock. Bobbs-Merrill (1948), 376 pp. 11/10/08
• Holland, Marty. Fallen Angel. Dutton (1945), 224 pp. 6/20/13
• Holland, Marty. The Glass Heart. Julian Messner (1946), 192 pp. 7/10/07
• Hornblow, Leonora. Memory and Desire. Random House (1950), 211 pp. 9/14/07
• Howard, F. Ruth. View from a Window. Morrow (1942), 341 pp. 6/28/11
• Hughes, Dorothy B. The Bamboo Blonde. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1941), 314 pp. 3/31/12
• Hughes, Dorothy B. In a Lonely Place. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1947), 217 pp. 11/13/08
• Hulme, Kathryn. We Lived as Children. Alfred A. Knopf (1938), 325 pp. 7/6/11
• Jackson, Shirley. The Road through the Wall. Farrar, Straus (1948), 271 pp. 11/28/08
• Jessey, Cornelia. Teach the Angry Spirit. Crown Publishers (1949), 249 pp. 6/8/06
• Johnson, Gladys. Desire. Macrae-Smith (1929), 368 pp. 11/28/08
• Johnson, Gladys. Late September. Macrae-Smith (1932), 299 pp. 12/2/08
• Kramer, Martin. Sons of the Fathers. Macmillan (1959), 342 pp. 12/8/08
• Lambert, Alice Elinor. Hospital Nocturne. Vanguard Press (1932), 306 pp. 4/22/08
• Lane, Rose Wilder. Diverging Roads. Century Company (1919), 360 pp. 10/10/06
• Lasswell, Mary. Suds in Your Eye. Houghton, Mifflin Co. (1942), 184 pp. 10/2/06
• Lederer, Virginia. Married at Leisure. Doubleday, Doran (1944), 213 pp. 2/7/08
• Lewis, Janet. Against a Darkening Sky. Doubleday, Doran (1943), 301 pp. 2/10/09
• Lipke, Kay. Rain on the Roof. Dial Press (1931), 301 pp. 10/21/10
• Loomis, Rae. House of Deceit. Ace Books (1955), 160 pp. 2/10/10
• Loomis, Rae. Luisita. Ace Books (1954), 160 pp. 6/25/07
• Loomis, Rae. The Marina Street Girls. Ace Books (1953), 169 pp. 2/23/09
• Lubou, Haynes. Reckless Hollywood. Amour Press (1932), 312 pp. 10/2/06
• Lynde, H. H. The Adversary. Random House (1957), 344 pp. 4/6/06
• Lyon, Dana. The Frightened Child. Harper (1948), 186 pp. 3/11/12
• Lyon, Dana. The Tentacles. Harper and Brothers (1950), 235 pp. 3/3/09
• MacGowan, Alice and Newberry, Perry. The Mystery Woman. Frederick A. Stokes (1924), 303 pp. 10/28/09
• Marble, M. S. Die by Night. Rinehart (1947), 182 pp. 4/10/07
• Marion, Frances. Valley People. Reynal and Hitchcock (1935), 282 pp. 9/22/06
• Martin, Nell. Lovers Should Marry. Macaulay (1933), 316 pp. 9/18/07
• Martin, Kay. On Easy Terms. Berkley Medallion (1960), 143 pp. 7/12/12
• Martin, Kay. The Whispered Sex. Hillman (1960), 160 pp. 11/22/12
• McKee, Ruth Eleanor. Under One Roof. Doubleday, Doran (1936), 276 pp. 6/1/07
• Michelson, Miriam. Anthony Overman. Doubleday, Page (1906), 330 pp. 3/1/07
• Michelson, Miriam. A Yellow Journalist. D. Appleton Co. (1905), 315 pp. 8/17/06
• Millar, Margaret. Do Evil in Return. Random House (1950), 243 pp. 12/3/07
• Millar, Margaret. Wives and Lovers. Random House (1954), 308 pp. 3/24/09
• Mitchell, Ruth Comfort. Play the Game!. D. Appleton (1921), 244 pp. 11/21/06
• Myers, Virginia. Escape from Morales. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 155 pp. 12/29/06
• Nickerson, Kate. Passion Is a Woman. Star Guidance Venus (1952), 129 pp. 6/1/10
• Nielsen, Helen. The Woman on the Roof. Ives Washburn (1954), 220 pp. 11/20/06
• Parkhurst, Genevieve. Headlong. Henry Holt (1931), 297 pp. 4/7/08
• Peattie, Louise Redfield. Lost Daughter. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1938), 238 pp. 5/20/08
• Rayter, Joe. Asking for Trouble. M. S. Mill and William Morrow (1954), 256 pp. 2/11/10
• Roberts, Marta. Tumbleweeds. G. P. Putnam's Sons (1940), 294 pp. 7/6/06
• Roberts, Marjorie. Webs in the Sky. Wilfred Funk (1940), 299 pp. 9/5/06
• Rolfs, Mary Jane. No Vacancy. Houghton Mifflin (1951), 247 pp. 3/16/07
• Rosmanith, Olga. Picture People. Doubleday, Doran (1934), 301 pp. 5/21/09
• Ryerson, Florence and Clements, Colin. Diana Laughs. Ray Long and Richard Smith (1932), 384 pp. 9/15/06
• Salzscheider, Florence Lucie. Pandora. Whitaker and Ray (1901), 198 pp. 7/14/08
• Sela, Lora. Push-Over. Fabian Books (1958), 153 pp. 4/10/07
• Shaw, Wilene. Out for Kicks. Ace Books (1959), 160 pp. 7/11/09
• Shedd, Margaret. Return to the Beach. Doubleday (1950), 276 pp. 7/29/08
• Shedd, Margaret. Run. Doubleday (1956), 252 pp. 7/13/09
• Shiras, Wilmar H. Children of the Atom. Gnome Press (1953), 216 pp. 9/6/06
• Simpson, Lola Jean. Back Fire. Macmillan (1927), 399 pp. 7/16/09
• Spadoni, Adriana. The Noise of the World. Boni and Liveright (1921), 256 pp. 7/27/09
• Speare, Dorothy. The Road to Needles. Houghton Mifflin (1937), 300 pp. 8/4/09
• St. Johns, Adela Rogers. A Free Soul. Cosmopolitan Book Corp. (1927), 355 pp. 8/11/09
• Stewart, Ramona. Desert Town. William Morrow (1946), 248 pp. 4/3/08
• Stine, Buena Vista. Not a Joy Forever. Wetzel Publishing Co. (1945), 200 pp. 10/1/09
• Stone, Thomas. Almost a Lady. Phoenix Press (1947), 255 pp. 1/27/11
• Stone, Thomas. City Doctor. Phoenix Press (1943), 253 pp. 12/1/10
• Stone, Thomas. Doctor Tony. Phoenix Press (1944), 256 pp. 8/15/11
• Stone, Thomas. One More Lover. Phoenix Press (1947), approx. 250 pp. 1/24/11
• Stone, Thomas. Raging Passions. Stork Books (1950), 128 pp. 8/30/11
• Stone, Thomas. Red-Headed Nurse. Designs Intimate (1953), 122 pp. 9/12/11
• Stone, Thomas. Tramp Girl. Designs Intimate (1952), approx. 124 pp. 9/10/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. The Analyst. Phoenix Press (1946), 256 pp. 8/18/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. Frisco Dame. Quarter Books (1950), 120 pp. 8/24/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. Love Life of a Hollywood Mistress. Quarter Books (1950), 120 pp. 9/15/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. Lust for Love. Designs Intimate (1952), approx. 124 pp. 9/7/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. Sinful Desires. Bedside Books (1959), 186 pp. 2/27/10
• Stonebraker, Florence. Strange Sinner. Stanley Library (1959), 159 pp. 11/22/11
• Stonebraker, Florence. Strange Passions. Croydon (1953), approx. 128 pp. 9/19/11
• Stuart, Florence. Police Lady. Arcadia (1958), 221 pp. 7/25/12
• Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor. The Starling. Bobbs-Merrill (1919), 267 pp. 6/22/11
• Truesdell, June. Be Still, My Love. Dodd, Mead (1947), 220 pp. 8/23/10
• Turnbull, Margaret. The Close-Up. Harper and Brothers (1918), 351 pp. 2/10/06
• Turney, Catherine. The Other One. Henry Holt (1952), 248 pp. 7/9/11
• Van der Veer, Judy. November Grass. Longmans, Green (1940), 246 pp. 11/5/09
• West, Jessamyn. Cress Delahanty. Harcourt, Brace (1953), 311 pp. 1/ 29/10
• West, Jessamyn. Love, Death, and the Ladies’ Drill Team. Harcourt, Brace (1955), 248 pp. 4/11/12
• Wiggin, Kate. Marm Lisa. Houghton, Mifflin Co. (1896), 199 pp. 7/3/07
• Wilhelm, Gale. No Letters for the Dead. Random House (1936), 212 pp. 2/25/10
• Wilhelm, Gale. The Time Between. William Morrow (1942), 208 pp. 2/26/10
• Wilhelm, Gale. Torchlight to Valhalla. Random House (1938), 191 pp. 2/23/10
• Wilhelm, Gale. We Too Are Drifting. Random House (1935), 206 pp. 2/19/10
• Williams, Mona. The Marriage. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1958), 320 pp. 4/22/06
• Wilson, Dana. Make with the Brains, Pierre . Julian Messner (1946), 206 pp. 1/5/11
• Wolf, Alice S. House of Cards, A. Stone and Kimball (1896), 279 pp. 10/9/06
• Wolf, Emma. Other Things Being Equal. A. C. McClurg (1892), 275 pp. 9/7/06
• Wolff, Maritta. The Big Nickelodeon. Random House (1956), 373 pp. 3/5/10