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Swift and Saddled

by Lyla Sage • 2024

A designer's dream Wyoming ranch gig turns complicated: the cowboy she kissed is her boss.

3.88

100k+

🐎 City Girl Meets Cowboy 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🌄 Starting Over 🏡 Small Town Charm 🐮 Ranch Life

Swift and Saddled

A designer's dream Wyoming ranch gig turns complicated: the cowboy she kissed is her boss.

by Lyla Sage 2024 320 pages

3.88

100k+ ratings

🐎 City Girl Meets Cowboy 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🌄 Starting Over 🏡 Small Town Charm 🐮 Ranch Life

The Menopause Manifesto

by Jennifer Gunter • 2021

Menopause is biology, not a disease. The supplement industry profits from what you don't know.

4.06

9k+

🩸 Menopause 🩺 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔄 Midlife Health ✊ Medical Feminism

The Menopause Manifesto

Menopause is biology, not a disease. The supplement industry profits from what you don't know.

by Jennifer Gunter 2021 369 pages

4.06

9k+ ratings

🩸 Menopause 🩺 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔄 Midlife Health ✊ Medical Feminism

Good Time Girl

by Heather Gay • 2024

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

3.57

3k+

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Good Time Girl

Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.

by Heather Gay 2024 288 pages

3.57

3k+ ratings

⛪ Mormon Memoir 💔 Religious Deconstruction 📺 Reality Tv Memoir ✊ Good Girl Rebellion 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

City of Night Birds

by Juhea Kim • 2024

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

3.62

13k+

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose

City of Night Birds

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

by Juhea Kim 2024 320 pages

3.62

13k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Everyone Has A Story

by Savi Sharma • 2015

An aspiring writer looking for her story finds it in a banker who has lost his.

3.33

12k+

🇮🇳 Indian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👥 Dual Pov Romance

Everyone Has A Story

An aspiring writer looking for her story finds it in a banker who has lost his.

by Savi Sharma 2015 184 pages

3.33

12k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👥 Dual Pov Romance

The XX Brain

by Lisa Mosconi • 2020

Why two in three Alzheimer's patients are women, and what you can do about it.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Women's Brain Health 🔥 Menopause And Cognition 🧩 Alzheimer's Prevention ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🥗 Brain-Healthy Nutrition

The XX Brain

Why two in three Alzheimer's patients are women, and what you can do about it.

by Lisa Mosconi 2020 384 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Women's Brain Health 🔥 Menopause And Cognition 🧩 Alzheimer's Prevention ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🥗 Brain-Healthy Nutrition

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley • 1982

Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.

4.13

200k+

🔮 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Mythology 🌙 Priestess Protagonist 🕯️ Goddess Worship ⛪ Pagan Vs Christianity

The Mists of Avalon

Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.

by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982 1009 pages

4.13

200k+ ratings

🔮 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Mythology 🌙 Priestess Protagonist 🕯️ Goddess Worship ⛪ Pagan Vs Christianity

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

A Brief History of Misogyny

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

Captivating

by John Eldredge • 2005

Three core longings live in every woman's heart. This journal leads you into reclaiming them.

4.08

416

🕊️ Christian Womanhood 📖 Biblical Femininity 💔 Inner Healing ⛪ Complementarian Theology ✍️ Devotional Journaling

Captivating

Three core longings live in every woman's heart. This journal leads you into reclaiming them.

by John Eldredge 2005 272 pages

4.08

416 ratings

🕊️ Christian Womanhood 📖 Biblical Femininity 💔 Inner Healing ⛪ Complementarian Theology ✍️ Devotional Journaling

Reham Khan

by Reham Khan • 2018

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

Reham Khan

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018 562 pages

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women's Memoirs 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🎭 Manipulation And Gaslighting

The Red Tent

by Anita Diamant • 1997

Jacob's only daughter grows up in the red tent, learning women's sacred stories from four mothers.

4.21

600k+

🏕️ Biblical Retelling 🤱 Midwifery 👩‍👩‍👧 Sister Wives 🗣️ Female Storytelling 🏜️ Ancient Near East

The Red Tent

Jacob's only daughter grows up in the red tent, learning women's sacred stories from four mothers.

by Anita Diamant 1997 324 pages

4.21

600k+ ratings

🏕️ Biblical Retelling 🤱 Midwifery 👩‍👩‍👧 Sister Wives 🗣️ Female Storytelling 🏜️ Ancient Near East

Harlem Rhapsody

by Victoria Christopher Murray • 2025

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

4.06

10k+

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Harlem Rhapsody

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

by Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 400 pages

4.06

10k+ ratings

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Three Daughters of Eve

by Elif Shafak • 2016

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

3.82

33k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

Three Daughters of Eve

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

by Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages

3.82

33k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

The Book Woman's Daughter

by Kim Michele Richardson • 2022

Kentucky, 1953: her parents jailed for their marriage, sixteen-year-old Honey fights to stay free.

4.23

87k+

📚 Appalachian Historical 🐴 Packhorse Librarian 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Solidarity 💙 Maternal Legacy

The Book Woman's Daughter

Kentucky, 1953: her parents jailed for their marriage, sixteen-year-old Honey fights to stay free.

by Kim Michele Richardson 2022 336 pages

4.23

87k+ ratings

📚 Appalachian Historical 🐴 Packhorse Librarian 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Solidarity 💙 Maternal Legacy

The Girls

by Emma Cline • 2016

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

3.51

200k+

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

The Girls

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

by Emma Cline 2016 355 pages

3.51

200k+ ratings

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

Created to be His Help Meet

by Debi Pearl • 2004

God gave wives one job: help your husband succeed. This book shows what that actually requires.

3.57

3k+

🕊️ Biblical Womanhood 🙏 Wifely Submission ⛪ Complementarianism 💒 Christian Marriage 🏠 Christian Homemaking

Created to be His Help Meet

God gave wives one job: help your husband succeed. This book shows what that actually requires.

by Debi Pearl 2004 297 pages

3.57

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Biblical Womanhood 🙏 Wifely Submission ⛪ Complementarianism 💒 Christian Marriage 🏠 Christian Homemaking

The Wishing Game

by Meg Shaffer • 2023

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

4.02

100k+

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

The Wishing Game

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

by Meg Shaffer 2023 278 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

Don't Look Back

by Christine Caine • 2023

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

4.32

1k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity 🐕 Protective Dog 🤰 Pregnant Protagonist

Don't Look Back

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

by Christine Caine 2023 240 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity 🐕 Protective Dog 🤰 Pregnant Protagonist

An Anonymous Girl

by Greer Hendricks • 2019

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

3.79

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

An Anonymous Girl

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

by Greer Hendricks 2019 375 pages

3.79

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Truths We Hold

by Kamala Harris • 2019

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

4.05

34k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Truths We Hold

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

by Kamala Harris 2019 336 pages

4.05

34k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

Beautiful World, Where Are You

by Sally Rooney • 2021

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

3.52

500k+

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌊 Coastal Ireland

Beautiful World, Where Are You

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

by Sally Rooney 2021 337 pages

3.52

500k+ ratings

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌊 Coastal Ireland

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict • 2021

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

4.05

200k+

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

The Personal Librarian

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

by Marie Benedict 2021 341 pages

4.05

200k+ ratings

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

Pregnancy Notes

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2017

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

4.09

1k+

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating 🦠 Gut Health 🤸‍♀️ Prenatal Exercise

Pregnancy Notes

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2017 220 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating 🦠 Gut Health 🤸‍♀️ Prenatal Exercise

What in the World?!

by Leanne Morgan • 2024

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

4.34

16k+

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

What in the World?!

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

by Leanne Morgan 2024 240 pages

4.34

16k+ ratings

🏡 Southern Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🌟 Second Acts 👶 Motherhood Humor 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Come as You Are Workbook

by Emily Nagoski • 2019

Science-backed exercises mapping sexual response and clearing what blocks your path to pleasure.

4.19

383

🌸 Women's Sexuality 🧘 Sexual Wellbeing 💖 Body Acceptance 📜 Cultural Scripts 🛋️ Modern Sex Therapy

The Come as You Are Workbook

Science-backed exercises mapping sexual response and clearing what blocks your path to pleasure.

by Emily Nagoski 2019 193 pages

4.19

383 ratings

🌸 Women's Sexuality 🧘 Sexual Wellbeing 💖 Body Acceptance 📜 Cultural Scripts 🛋️ Modern Sex Therapy

Melania

by Melania Trump • 2024

Slovenian model lands in New York. Melania Trump ends up in the White House. Her version.

3.79

15k+

👑 First Ladies Memoir 🗽 Immigrant Memoir 📸 Modeling Career 👠 New York Fashion 🏠 White House Life

Melania

Slovenian model lands in New York. Melania Trump ends up in the White House. Her version.

by Melania Trump 2024 338 pages

3.79

15k+ ratings

👑 First Ladies Memoir 🗽 Immigrant Memoir 📸 Modeling Career 👠 New York Fashion 🏠 White House Life

The Art of War for Women

by Chin-Ning Chu • 2001

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

3.66

1k+

👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking ⚔️ Sun Tzu Business ✨ Personal Branding

The Art of War for Women

Win at work without becoming someone else: Sun Tzu's strategy, rewritten for women's careers.

by Chin-Ning Chu 2001 208 pages

3.66

1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Feminine Leadership 🏢 Office Politics ♟️ Strategic Thinking ⚔️ Sun Tzu Business ✨ Personal Branding

The Satisfaction Café

by Kathy Wang • 2025

A Taiwanese immigrant marries into wealth but spends decades building the home she was never given.

3.54

8k+

🧳 Immigrant Saga 🫂 Found Family 💍 Cross-Class Marriage 🔍 Social Outsider 🌿 Quiet Resilience

The Satisfaction Café

A Taiwanese immigrant marries into wealth but spends decades building the home she was never given.

by Kathy Wang 2025 352 pages

3.54

8k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Saga 🫂 Found Family 💍 Cross-Class Marriage 🔍 Social Outsider 🌿 Quiet Resilience

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris • 2019

Auschwitz survivor Cilka is sentenced to a Siberian gulag. Inside, nursing becomes her salvation.

4.40

200k+

📚 Gulag Literature 🕊️ Post-Holocaust 💪 Resilient Women 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🩺 Nurse Protagonist

Cilka's Journey

Auschwitz survivor Cilka is sentenced to a Siberian gulag. Inside, nursing becomes her salvation.

by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages

4.40

200k+ ratings

📚 Gulag Literature 🕊️ Post-Holocaust 💪 Resilient Women 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🩺 Nurse Protagonist

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

by George S. Clason • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

4.19

500+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

by George S. Clason 2002

4.19

500+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

The Assertiveness Guide for Women

by Julie de Azevedo Hanks • 2016

Speak up, set limits, stop people-pleasing. The missing piece is your attachment style.

3.95

500+

💬 Women's Assertiveness 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 💖 Self-Compassion

The Assertiveness Guide for Women

Speak up, set limits, stop people-pleasing. The missing piece is your attachment style.

by Julie de Azevedo Hanks 2016 224 pages

3.95

500+ ratings

💬 Women's Assertiveness 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 💖 Self-Compassion

Until We Are Free

by Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

4.27

1k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Mom Genes

by Abigail Tucker • 2021

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

3.81

1k+

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

Mom Genes

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

by Abigail Tucker 2021 325 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

24k+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

The Flamethrowers

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages

3.51

24k+ ratings

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

Nervous Conditions

by Tsitsi Dangarembga • 2004

A Rhodesian farm girl inherits her dead brother's education and learns it demands a new self.

4.04

23k+

🗺️ Colonial Rhodesia 🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 📚 Education As Escape 🏠 Patriarchal Family 🌸 Feminist Awakening

Nervous Conditions

A Rhodesian farm girl inherits her dead brother's education and learns it demands a new self.

by Tsitsi Dangarembga 2004 204 pages

4.04

23k+ ratings

🗺️ Colonial Rhodesia 🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 📚 Education As Escape 🏠 Patriarchal Family 🌸 Feminist Awakening

Lessons from Madame Chic

by Jennifer L. Scott • 2011

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

3.73

8k+

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Lessons from Madame Chic

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

by Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 pages

3.73

8k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

by Lilith Dorsey • 2020

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

4.13

500+

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

by Lilith Dorsey 2020 240 pages

4.13

500+ ratings

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

Evidence of the Affair

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2018

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

3.85

200k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

Evidence of the Affair

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018 88 pages

3.85

200k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

Savor It

by Tarah DeWitt • 2024

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

3.82

45k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

Savor It

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

by Tarah DeWitt 2024 336 pages

3.82

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

Lioness Arising

by Lisa Bevere • 2010

Stop thinking prey. Start thinking lioness: strength, strategy, and a pride at your back.

4.19

2k+

⛪ Women's Ministry 💪 Christian Empowerment 🦁 Spiritual Courage ⚖️ Activist Faith 📖 Biblical Womanhood

Lioness Arising

Stop thinking prey. Start thinking lioness: strength, strategy, and a pride at your back.

by Lisa Bevere 2010 240 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

⛪ Women's Ministry 💪 Christian Empowerment 🦁 Spiritual Courage ⚖️ Activist Faith 📖 Biblical Womanhood

Stranger in the Shogun's City

by Amy Stanley • 2020

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

3.77

2k+

🧐 Microhistory 🏯 Edo Period Japan 📚 Social History 👤 Ordinary Lives ✊ Women's Agency

Stranger in the Shogun's City

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

by Amy Stanley 2020 352 pages

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧐 Microhistory 🏯 Edo Period Japan 📚 Social History 👤 Ordinary Lives ✊ Women's Agency

Think and Grow Rich for Women

by Sharon L. Lechter • 2014

A classic success system, rebuilt from the ground up for women whose ambitions outrun the old rules.

3.95

500+

🏢 Women In Business 📜 Classic Success Principles 🌟 New Thought 🧠 Autosuggestion 👁️ Goal Visualization

Think and Grow Rich for Women

A classic success system, rebuilt from the ground up for women whose ambitions outrun the old rules.

by Sharon L. Lechter 2014 351 pages

3.95

500+ ratings

🏢 Women In Business 📜 Classic Success Principles 🌟 New Thought 🧠 Autosuggestion 👁️ Goal Visualization

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante • 2002

Her husband leaves. A woman descends into fury, grief, and the raw fight to reclaim herself.

3.86

60k+

🏚️ Marital Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 💔 Abandoned Wife 👩‍👧 Maternal Ambivalence 🔥 Female Rage

The Days of Abandonment

Her husband leaves. A woman descends into fury, grief, and the raw fight to reclaim herself.

by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages

3.86

60k+ ratings

🏚️ Marital Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 💔 Abandoned Wife 👩‍👧 Maternal Ambivalence 🔥 Female Rage

A Widow's Story

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

3.76

4k+

🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

A Widow's Story

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 pages

3.76

4k+ ratings

🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

by Maya Angelou • 1993

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

4.30

11k+

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

by Maya Angelou 1993 144 pages

4.30

11k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka • 2022

Hours before a killer's execution, three women confront the wreckage he left in his wake.

4.03

100k+

🩸 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Psychological Thriller ✍️ Literary Thriller 🕰️ Death Row Setting 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

Notes on an Execution

Hours before a killer's execution, three women confront the wreckage he left in his wake.

by Danya Kukafka 2022 306 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Psychological Thriller ✍️ Literary Thriller 🕰️ Death Row Setting 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2022

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a retired tennis legend returns to the court at thirty-seven.

4.20

700k+

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Women's Sports 🔄 Comeback Story 💪 Difficult Women ⏳ Aging Athlete

Carrie Soto Is Back

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a retired tennis legend returns to the court at thirty-seven.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages

4.20

700k+ ratings

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Women's Sports 🔄 Comeback Story 💪 Difficult Women ⏳ Aging Athlete

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

500k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

One for the Money

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994 320 pages

4.05

500k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

by Jean M. Twenge • 2012

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

3.93

1k+

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

by Jean M. Twenge 2012 272 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

One Plus One

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A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

3.97

100k+

🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

One Plus One

A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

by Jojo Moyes 2014 368 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

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