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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

by Elena Ferrante • 2013

Elena flees Naples through writing. Lila remains. Neither can measure her life without the other.

4.36

200k+

👯 Female Friendship 📈 Class Mobility 💔 Marital Discontent 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🏙️ Naples

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Elena flees Naples through writing. Lila remains. Neither can measure her life without the other.

by Elena Ferrante 2013 418 pages

4.36

200k+ ratings

👯 Female Friendship 📈 Class Mobility 💔 Marital Discontent 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🏙️ Naples

My Beloved World

by Sonia Sotomayor • 2013

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

4.09

34k+

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

My Beloved World

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

by Sonia Sotomayor 2013 336 pages

4.09

34k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

Meant to Be

by Emily Giffin • 2022

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

3.91

98k+

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Meant to Be

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

by Emily Giffin 2022 368 pages

3.91

98k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

by Heather Webber • 2019

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

4.04

64k+

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

by Heather Webber 2019 336 pages

4.04

64k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Kristin Harmel • 2021

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

4.25

97k+

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

by Kristin Harmel 2021 376 pages

4.25

97k+ ratings

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

The Wife Drought

by Annabel Crabb • 2014

We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.

4.15

4k+

🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality 🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide 👻 Invisible Labor 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 📊 Feminist Economics

The Wife Drought

We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.

by Annabel Crabb 2014 288 pages

4.15

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality 🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide 👻 Invisible Labor 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 📊 Feminist Economics

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019 290 pages

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Idea of You

by Robinne Lee • 2017

A divorced mother falls for her teenage daughter's favorite pop star. Then the secret breaks.

3.73

100k+

🎭 Age Gap Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Bittersweet Romance

The Idea of You

A divorced mother falls for her teenage daughter's favorite pop star. Then the secret breaks.

by Robinne Lee 2017 372 pages

3.73

100k+ ratings

🎭 Age Gap Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Bittersweet Romance

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle • 2022

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

3.59

200k+

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

One Italian Summer

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages

3.59

200k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

Sorry, Bro

by Taleen Voskuni • 2023

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

3.64

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Sorry, Bro

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

by Taleen Voskuni 2023 354 pages

3.64

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

The Bookshop on the Corner

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

3.84

100k+

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

The Bookshop on the Corner

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

by Jenny Colgan 2016 348 pages

3.84

100k+ ratings

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

Attachments

by Rainbow Rowell • 2011

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

3.86

200k+

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Attachments

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

by Rainbow Rowell 2011 323 pages

3.86

200k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

It's About Damn Time

by Arlan Hamilton • 2020

The outsider's playbook for turning low expectations into a venture capital firm and a movement.

4.19

1k+

🏦 Venture Capital 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🤝 Strategic Networking 🔄 Personal Reinvention 🌐 Diversity In Tech

It's About Damn Time

The outsider's playbook for turning low expectations into a venture capital firm and a movement.

by Arlan Hamilton 2020 224 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏦 Venture Capital 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🤝 Strategic Networking 🔄 Personal Reinvention 🌐 Diversity In Tech

The Gift

by Cecelia Ahern • 2009

A neglectful father accepts a stranger's gift: the power to be in two places at once.

3.7

30k+

🎄 Christmas Parable ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏰ Workaholic Redemption 🔮 Mysterious Mentor 💔 Neglected Family

The Gift

A neglectful father accepts a stranger's gift: the power to be in two places at once.

by Cecelia Ahern 2009 305 pages

3.7

30k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Parable ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏰ Workaholic Redemption 🔮 Mysterious Mentor 💔 Neglected Family

The Mars Room

by Rachel Kushner • 2018

She killed her stalker. Now a women's prison will take everything else.

3.43

49k+

🏚️ Prison Fiction 💔 Motherhood And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🌁 San Francisco

The Mars Room

She killed her stalker. Now a women's prison will take everything else.

by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages

3.43

49k+ ratings

🏚️ Prison Fiction 💔 Motherhood And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🌁 San Francisco

Millionaire Women Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley • 2004

Why the wealthiest women drive used cars, run dull businesses, and never stop saving.

3.88

500+

💰 Personal Finance 👩‍💼 Women And Money 🧾 Frugality 👷‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs 🏠 Real Estate Investing

Millionaire Women Next Door

Why the wealthiest women drive used cars, run dull businesses, and never stop saving.

by Thomas J. Stanley 2004 407 pages

3.88

500+ ratings

💰 Personal Finance 👩‍💼 Women And Money 🧾 Frugality 👷‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs 🏠 Real Estate Investing

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

3.49

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017 116 pages

3.49

43 ratings

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

More Than Enough

by Elaine Welteroth • 2019

From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.

4.38

10k+

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 📰 Media Careers 🎟️ Workplace Tokenism 👩🏾‍🎤 Black Women In Media 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

More Than Enough

From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.

by Elaine Welteroth 2019 336 pages

4.38

10k+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 📰 Media Careers 🎟️ Workplace Tokenism 👩🏾‍🎤 Black Women In Media 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 pages

3.70

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Unleash the Power of the Female Brain

by Daniel G. Amen • 2013

A psychiatrist's imaging-backed playbook for boosting the female brain's mood, focus, and libido.

3.75

1k+

🧠 Brain Health 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🌿 Integrative Medicine ⚡ Neuroplasticity 💊 Hormonal Health

Unleash the Power of the Female Brain

A psychiatrist's imaging-backed playbook for boosting the female brain's mood, focus, and libido.

by Daniel G. Amen 2013 416 pages

3.75

1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 👩‍⚕️ Women's Health 🌿 Integrative Medicine ⚡ Neuroplasticity 💊 Hormonal Health

Herbal Healing for Women

by Rosemary Gladstar • 1993

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

4.39

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women's Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies 🫙 Home Apothecary 📖 Materia Medica

Herbal Healing for Women

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

by Rosemary Gladstar 1993 508 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women's Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies 🫙 Home Apothecary 📖 Materia Medica

Big Chicas Don't Cry

by Annette Chavez Macias • 2022

Four Latina cousins swore they'd stay close forever. Adulthood, it turns out, had other plans.

4.22

15k+

🏡 Multigenerational Saga 👭 Sisterhood 🇲🇽 Mexican American 💘 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Family Reconciliation

Big Chicas Don't Cry

Four Latina cousins swore they'd stay close forever. Adulthood, it turns out, had other plans.

by Annette Chavez Macias 2022 367 pages

4.22

15k+ ratings

🏡 Multigenerational Saga 👭 Sisterhood 🇲🇽 Mexican American 💘 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Family Reconciliation

The Anxiety Solution

by Chloe Brotheridge • 2017

An anxious mind isn't a defect. The food, breath, and boundary fixes that rewire it.

3.79

1k+

🧘 Anxiety Management 👩 Women's Mental Health 💖 Self Compassion 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

The Anxiety Solution

An anxious mind isn't a defect. The food, breath, and boundary fixes that rewire it.

by Chloe Brotheridge 2017

3.79

1k+ ratings

🧘 Anxiety Management 👩 Women's Mental Health 💖 Self Compassion 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Julie and Julia

by Julie Powell • 2005

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

3.71

100k+

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

Julie and Julia

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

by Julie Powell 2005 310 pages

3.71

100k+ ratings

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

Dressing With Dignity

by Colleen Hammond • 2005

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

3.92

337

👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 👩‍👧‍👦 Catholic Mothers

Dressing With Dignity

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

by Colleen Hammond 2005 152 pages

3.92

337 ratings

👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 👩‍👧‍👦 Catholic Mothers

We're Going to Need More Wine

by Gabrielle Union • 2017

Growing up Black in a white suburb, surviving assault, failed IVF: a Hollywood star chooses herself.

4.19

37k+

👤 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🗣️ Code Switching 🙏 Survivor Stories 🩹 Trauma Healing

We're Going to Need More Wine

Growing up Black in a white suburb, surviving assault, failed IVF: a Hollywood star chooses herself.

by Gabrielle Union 2017 272 pages

4.19

37k+ ratings

👤 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🗣️ Code Switching 🙏 Survivor Stories 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Social Sex

by Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

3.17

311

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

by Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 pages

3.17

311 ratings

📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

Breaking Free from Body Shame

by Jess Connolly • 2021

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

4.39

3k+

✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women's Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology 😔 Body Shame 🤲 Embodied Faith

Breaking Free from Body Shame

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

by Jess Connolly 2021 234 pages

4.39

3k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women's Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology 😔 Body Shame 🤲 Embodied Faith

Handle with Care

by Jodi Picoult • 2009

Bankrupted by her fragile daughter's bones, a mother sues her best friend for wrongful birth.

4.01

100k+

🏥 Medical Ethics 🦴 Parenting Disability 👤 Invisible Sibling ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Handle with Care

Bankrupted by her fragile daughter's bones, a mother sues her best friend for wrongful birth.

by Jodi Picoult 2009 477 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 🦴 Parenting Disability 👤 Invisible Sibling ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

4.06

2k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Climate Justice

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

4.45

107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019 336 pages

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Drawdown

by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

4.40

4k+

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Drawdown

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages

4.40

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

This American Woman

by Zarna Garg • 2025

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

4.32

16k+

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage 📦 Immigrant Memoirs 🔥 Cultural Rebellion

This American Woman

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

by Zarna Garg 2025 320 pages

4.32

16k+ ratings

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage 📦 Immigrant Memoirs 🔥 Cultural Rebellion

Her True Worth

by Brittany Maher • 2022

Stop chasing affirmation that expires. At the cross, your worth was settled permanently.

4.29

500+

✝️ Identity In Christ 🙇 People Pleasing 📱 Social Media And Faith 👀 Comparison Trap 👩 Christian Women

Her True Worth

Stop chasing affirmation that expires. At the cross, your worth was settled permanently.

by Brittany Maher 2022 244 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

✝️ Identity In Christ 🙇 People Pleasing 📱 Social Media And Faith 👀 Comparison Trap 👩 Christian Women

Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2011

Forget diet drama. The real work is local food, honest hunger, deep sleep, and self-kindness.

4.02

1k+

🥗 Holistic Nutrition 🩺 Women's Health 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Eating Local 🔍 Weight Loss Myths

Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha

Forget diet drama. The real work is local food, honest hunger, deep sleep, and self-kindness.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2011 420 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🥗 Holistic Nutrition 🩺 Women's Health 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Eating Local 🔍 Weight Loss Myths

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

15k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025 332 pages

3.54

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

The Bonus

by T.L. Swan • 2024

Her billionaire boss never noticed her. One night, then she fled, pregnant with his twins.

4.00

49k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance 🌲 Small Town

The Bonus

Her billionaire boss never noticed her. One night, then she fled, pregnant with his twins.

by T.L. Swan 2024 545 pages

4.00

49k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance 🌲 Small Town

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2022

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a tennis legend comes out of retirement at thirty-seven.

4.20

700k+

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Sports Comeback 🏃‍♀️ Female Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Sports Drama ⚔️ Generational Rivalry

Carrie Soto Is Back

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a tennis legend comes out of retirement at thirty-seven.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 11 pages

4.20

700k+ ratings

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Sports Comeback 🏃‍♀️ Female Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Sports Drama ⚔️ Generational Rivalry

Below Stairs

by Margaret Powell • 1968

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

3.58

14k+

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History 🕰️ Early 1900s Britain 🍳 Cooking Memoir

Below Stairs

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

by Margaret Powell 1968 288 pages

3.58

14k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History 🕰️ Early 1900s Britain 🍳 Cooking Memoir

The Unexpected Spy

by Tracy Walder • 2020

Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.

3.84

6k+

🕵️ Spy Memoirs 👩‍✈️ Female Spies 💣 Counterterrorism ⚖️ Workplace Sexism 🧠 Vicarious Trauma

The Unexpected Spy

Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.

by Tracy Walder 2020 272 pages

3.84

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Memoirs 👩‍✈️ Female Spies 💣 Counterterrorism ⚖️ Workplace Sexism 🧠 Vicarious Trauma

Consent

by Jill Ciment • 2024

At 17 she became her art teacher's lover. At 70 she finally asks: was that consent?

3.83

6k+

🎓 Teacher-Student Affairs 👥 Age-Gap Relationships ⚠️ Grooming And Exploitation ✊ Sexual Agency 🧠 Memory And Narrative

Consent

At 17 she became her art teacher's lover. At 70 she finally asks: was that consent?

by Jill Ciment 2024 145 pages

3.83

6k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher-Student Affairs 👥 Age-Gap Relationships ⚠️ Grooming And Exploitation ✊ Sexual Agency 🧠 Memory And Narrative

Gone Tonight

by Sarah Pekkanen • 2023

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

3.82

36k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Gone Tonight

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2023 338 pages

3.82

36k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Small Wonder

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2002

A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.

4.03

11k+

🍃 Nature Writing 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Living 🌸 Ecofeminism ✍️ Writing Life

Small Wonder

A novelist watches hummingbirds and dying rivers and finds the lesson America keeps ignoring.

by Barbara Kingsolver 2002 300 pages

4.03

11k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Living 🌸 Ecofeminism ✍️ Writing Life

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

by Courtney Walsh • 2023

A lonely researcher tests a magazine's happiness tips on herself, expecting every one to fail.

4.16

24k+

🎓 Academic Setting ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

A lonely researcher tests a magazine's happiness tips on herself, expecting every one to fail.

by Courtney Walsh 2023 358 pages

4.16

24k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Setting ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

She Means Business

by Carrie Green • 2017

Build the founder, then the business: clearing the blocks that keep women from launching online.

4.11

1k+

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 💻 Online Business 🚀 Startup Guides 🧠 Founder Mindset 💰 Money Mindset

She Means Business

Build the founder, then the business: clearing the blocks that keep women from launching online.

by Carrie Green 2017

4.11

1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 💻 Online Business 🚀 Startup Guides 🧠 Founder Mindset 💰 Money Mindset

Pay Up

by Reshma Saujani • 2022

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

3.59

500+

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor 🍼 Intensive Parenting 🔥 Burnout Culture

Pay Up

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

by Reshma Saujani 2022 234 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor 🍼 Intensive Parenting 🔥 Burnout Culture

When Women Pray

by T.D. Jakes • 2020

Ten Bible women show you how to turn ordinary prayer into chain-breaking, purpose-giving power.

4.38

1k+

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She fell for her sister's boyfriend. Now he's her landlord, and he wants a second chance.

by L.J. Shen 2017 369 pages

4.14

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Don't Kiss the Bride

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

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4.03

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