Books with strong female leads.
Strong Women
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The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories
by Louise Kennedy
Hardcover: Dec 2023
Paperback: Dec 2024
Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times)
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The Frozen River: A Novel
by Ariel Lawhon
Hardcover: Dec 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that...
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A Council of Dolls: A Novel
by Mona Susan Power
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Nov 2024
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day.
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Absolution: A Novel
by Alice McDermott
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Oct 2024
A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.
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My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir
by Sarah Moss
Hardcover: Oct 2024
An unflinching memoir about childhood, food, books, and our ability to see, become, and protect ourselves.
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Murder by Degrees: A Mystery
by Ritu Mukerji
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Oct 2024
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.
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The Rest of You
by Maame Blue
Paperback: Oct 2024
An internationally award-winning writer makes her triumphant American debut in this emotionally powerful story—a potent blend of Queenie and The Vanishing Half—about a woman's journey to uncover a foundational family secret from the ...
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Shred Sisters
by Betsy Lerner
Hardcover: Oct 2024
No one will love you more or hurt you more than a sister.
From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The Bridge Ladies, comes a wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sisters.
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Julia: A Novel
by Sandra Newman
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell's 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith's lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.
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Land of Milk and Honey: A Novel
by C Pam Zhang
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world
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The Reformatory: A Novel
by Tananarive Due
Hardcover: Oct 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.
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Beyond the Door of No Return: A Novel
by David Diop
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
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