Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Strong Women

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  • T. Kingfisher
    Paperback: 07/15/2025
     
    From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call&#...
  • Kate Quinn
    Paperback: 07/08/2025
     
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting ...
  • Benedict Nguyen
    Hardcover: 07/01/2025
     
    In this outrageous and deeply serious satire, two star indoor volleyball players juggle unspoken jealousies in...
  • Victoria E. Schwab
    Hardcover: 06/10/2025
     
    From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-...
  • Caro De Robertis
    Paperback: 06/03/2025
     
    Perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of ...
  • Akira Otani, Sam Bett
    Paperback: 06/03/2025
     
    A fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment to the yakuza princess she's been forced to protect...
  • Endling: A Novel
    Maria Reva
    Hardcover: 06/03/2025
     
    Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of ...

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