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The Booklover's Library

by Madeline Martin • 2024

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

3.97

25k+

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Booklover's Library

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

by Madeline Martin 2024 432 pages

3.97

25k+ ratings

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

2k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

بی‌حجاب

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019 366 pages

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

You Become What You think

by Shubham Kumar Singh • 2023

Becoming the woman a serious man commits to: the ten skills beyond beauty and chemistry.

4.01

500+

💘 Dating Advice 🧔 Male Psychology 🌸 Self-Respect For Women ❤️ Emotional Connection 🕊️ Traditional Courtship

You Become What You think

Becoming the woman a serious man commits to: the ten skills beyond beauty and chemistry.

by Shubham Kumar Singh 2023 186 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

💘 Dating Advice 🧔 Male Psychology 🌸 Self-Respect For Women ❤️ Emotional Connection 🕊️ Traditional Courtship

Kurdish Women's Stories

by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

4.40

194

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Kurdish Women's Stories

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages

4.40

194 ratings

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Flirt

by Adriana Locke • 2022

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

4.25

13k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter

Flirt

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

by Adriana Locke 2022 366 pages

4.25

13k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter

On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

by Arianna Huffington • 2006

Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.

3.47

1k+

💪 Women's Empowerment 🪞 Body Image 🤲 Self-Acceptance 💔 Vulnerability 🗣️ Authentic Leadership

On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

Fear will never vanish. The skill is acting anyway, in every domain that counts.

by Arianna Huffington 2006

3.47

1k+ ratings

💪 Women's Empowerment 🪞 Body Image 🤲 Self-Acceptance 💔 Vulnerability 🗣️ Authentic Leadership

Sarah

by Orson Scott Card • 1983

A barren princess forsakes her goddess for a nomad's God, who promises the impossible: a child.

3.89

11k+

📖 Biblical Retelling 🏺 Ancient Near East 👩 Women Of The Bible 🌾 Barren Woman's Journey 🤱 Surrogate Motherhood

Sarah

A barren princess forsakes her goddess for a nomad's God, who promises the impossible: a child.

by Orson Scott Card 1983 341 pages

3.89

11k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Retelling 🏺 Ancient Near East 👩 Women Of The Bible 🌾 Barren Woman's Journey 🤱 Surrogate Motherhood

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

by Atwood Margaret • 2000

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

4.17

275

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

by Atwood Margaret 2000 325 pages

4.17

275 ratings

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

Aman

by Virginia Lee Barnes • 1994

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

3.78

500+

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Aman

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

by Virginia Lee Barnes 1994 368 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Power Shift

by Sally Armstrong • 2019

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

4.17

253

📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Power Shift

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

by Sally Armstrong 2019

4.17

253 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

City of Women

by Christine Stansell • 1986

In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.

3.89

500+

👩 Working-Class Women 👷 Labor History 🏚️ Urban Poverty 👥 Sex And Class 🏠 Cult Of Domesticity

City of Women

In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.

by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages

3.89

500+ ratings

👩 Working-Class Women 👷 Labor History 🏚️ Urban Poverty 👥 Sex And Class 🏠 Cult Of Domesticity

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

by Kelli Estes • 2015

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

4.10

33k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

by Kelli Estes 2015 391 pages

4.10

33k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

Life in Code

by Ellen Ullman • 2017

Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.

3.96

1k+

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🖥️ Tech Culture 📵 Digital Isolation 🧠 Programming Psychology 📉 Tech Criticism

Life in Code

Programming is obsession, not logic, and the people who built the internet mistrust human beings.

by Ellen Ullman 2017 320 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🖥️ Tech Culture 📵 Digital Isolation 🧠 Programming Psychology 📉 Tech Criticism

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

50k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages

4.07

50k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Mongrel

by Hanako Footman • 2024

Mei grew up the wrong kind of English girl. Her Japanese mother never died.

4.26

14k+

👥 Multigenerational Saga 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 👭 Sisters Reunited 🌈 Queer Awakening

Mongrel

Mei grew up the wrong kind of English girl. Her Japanese mother never died.

by Hanako Footman 2024 352 pages

4.26

14k+ ratings

👥 Multigenerational Saga 🌏 Diaspora Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 👭 Sisters Reunited 🌈 Queer Awakening

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

by Marina Lewycka • 2005

Warring sisters unite when their 84-year-old father decides to marry a Ukrainian gold digger.

3.45

37k+

🎭 Dark Family Comedy ⚔️ Warring Sisters 👴 Aging Parent Crisis 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Diaspora 🇬🇧 Immigrant England

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Warring sisters unite when their 84-year-old father decides to marry a Ukrainian gold digger.

by Marina Lewycka 2005 326 pages

3.45

37k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Family Comedy ⚔️ Warring Sisters 👴 Aging Parent Crisis 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Diaspora 🇬🇧 Immigrant England

Chillpreneur

by Denise Duffield-Thomas • 2019

Break up with hustle culture: a guide for women who want profit without the burnout.

4.34

1k+

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧑‍💻 Solopreneurship 🏖️ Lifestyle Business 💸 Money Mindset 💲 Pricing Strategies

Chillpreneur

Break up with hustle culture: a guide for women who want profit without the burnout.

by Denise Duffield-Thomas 2019 304 pages

4.34

1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🧑‍💻 Solopreneurship 🏖️ Lifestyle Business 💸 Money Mindset 💲 Pricing Strategies

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

by David Leser • 2021

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

4.02

460

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

by David Leser 2021 336 pages

4.02

460 ratings

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

The Vacation Rental

by Katie Sise • 2024

A summer rental turns into a reckoning when the tenant is the dead nanny's daughter.

3.99

15k+

😱 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Creepy Old House 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Vacation Rental

A summer rental turns into a reckoning when the tenant is the dead nanny's daughter.

by Katie Sise 2024 284 pages

3.99

15k+ ratings

😱 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Creepy Old House 🎭 Hidden Identity

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It

by Lois P. Frankel • 2005

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

3.61

500+

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Strategic Networking 📢 Self-Advocacy

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It

How your 'nice' conditioning costs you promotions, raises, and respect, and what to do instead.

by Lois P. Frankel 2005 320 pages

3.61

500+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Business 🗣️ Assertiveness Training 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Strategic Networking 📢 Self-Advocacy

The Tigress of Forlì

by Elizabeth Lev • 2011

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

4.07

2k+

🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue 👑 Dynastic Politics 🏰 Siege Warfare

The Tigress of Forlì

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

by Elizabeth Lev 2011 316 pages

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue 👑 Dynastic Politics 🏰 Siege Warfare

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2024

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

3.52

12k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 💕 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2024 278 pages

3.52

12k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 💕 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Tears of the Desert

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008 396 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Leapfrog

by Nathalie Molina Niño • 2018

Smarter money, real influence, and corporate clients: the shortcut playbook for women founders.

4.28

194

🚺 Women Entrepreneurs ✊ Feminist Business 💰 Startup Funding 🛠️ Scrappy Startups 🕸️ Strategic Networking

Leapfrog

Smarter money, real influence, and corporate clients: the shortcut playbook for women founders.

by Nathalie Molina Niño 2018 256 pages

4.28

194 ratings

🚺 Women Entrepreneurs ✊ Feminist Business 💰 Startup Funding 🛠️ Scrappy Startups 🕸️ Strategic Networking

Millionth Circle

by Jean Shinoda Bolen • 1999

The smallest unit of revolution is a circle of women. One more might tip everything.

4.07

440

🔮 Feminist Spirituality 🗣️ Consciousness Raising ⭕ Circle Practice 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Ritual And Ceremony

Millionth Circle

The smallest unit of revolution is a circle of women. One more might tip everything.

by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1999 108 pages

4.07

440 ratings

🔮 Feminist Spirituality 🗣️ Consciousness Raising ⭕ Circle Practice 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Ritual And Ceremony

Waiting on You

by Nikki Ash • 2025

A London fling, an unexpected pregnancy, and the man who crosses an ocean to find her.

3.99

2k+

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💘 He Falls First 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family ✈️ Vacation Fling 💔 Emotional Healing

Waiting on You

A London fling, an unexpected pregnancy, and the man who crosses an ocean to find her.

by Nikki Ash 2025 401 pages

3.99

2k+ ratings

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💘 He Falls First 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family ✈️ Vacation Fling 💔 Emotional Healing

Little Black Book

by Otegha Uwagba • 2017

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

3.52

3k+

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

Little Black Book

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

by Otegha Uwagba 2017 113 pages

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

엄마를 부탁해

by Kyung-Sook Shin • 2008

After a mother disappears at Seoul Station, her family's search uncovers the woman they never knew.

3.92

48k+

📖 Korean Family Drama 👤 Mother's Hidden Life 🔒 Family Secrets 🌸 Sacrificial Mother 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

엄마를 부탁해

After a mother disappears at Seoul Station, her family's search uncovers the woman they never knew.

by Kyung-Sook Shin 2008 320 pages

3.92

48k+ ratings

📖 Korean Family Drama 👤 Mother's Hidden Life 🔒 Family Secrets 🌸 Sacrificial Mother 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

What Women Want Men to Know

by Barbara De Angelis • 2001

She isn't complicated, she's just built different. The blueprint for a woman's emotional circuitry.

3.66

500+

🧠 Female Psychology 💞 Emotional Connection 🗣️ Communication Styles 🔥 Sexual Intimacy 🧐 Pop Psychology

What Women Want Men to Know

She isn't complicated, she's just built different. The blueprint for a woman's emotional circuitry.

by Barbara De Angelis 2001 481 pages

3.66

500+ ratings

🧠 Female Psychology 💞 Emotional Connection 🗣️ Communication Styles 🔥 Sexual Intimacy 🧐 Pop Psychology

When Women Were Birds

by Terry Tempest Williams • 2012

Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.

4.21

9k+

📖 Lyric Essay 🗣️ Finding Voice 🤫 Women's Silence 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🌿 Nature As Teacher

When Women Were Birds

Her mother's journals arrived after her death: every page blank. The silence became the gift.

by Terry Tempest Williams 2012 224 pages

4.21

9k+ ratings

📖 Lyric Essay 🗣️ Finding Voice 🤫 Women's Silence 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🌿 Nature As Teacher

Mad, Bad, and Sad

by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

3.70

500+

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

Mad, Bad, and Sad

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

by Lisa Appignanesi 2007 560 pages

3.70

500+ ratings

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence

by Jessica Ortner • 2014

Why stress keeps you heavy: a tapping method that cuts cortisol and ends emotional eating.

4.06

500+

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🧠 Weight Loss Psychology 🪞 Body Image Healing 👆 Tapping Therapy ⚡ Energy Psychology

The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence

Why stress keeps you heavy: a tapping method that cuts cortisol and ends emotional eating.

by Jessica Ortner 2014 279 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🍽️ Emotional Eating 🧠 Weight Loss Psychology 🪞 Body Image Healing 👆 Tapping Therapy ⚡ Energy Psychology

Energy Medicine for Women

by Donna Eden • 2008

A five-minute routine that reaches where hormones and diet cannot: the body's own energy wiring.

4.28

500+

⚡ Energy Medicine 🌸 Holistic Women's Health 🌀 Chakras And Meridians ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🔥 Menopause Relief

Energy Medicine for Women

A five-minute routine that reaches where hormones and diet cannot: the body's own energy wiring.

by Donna Eden 2008 326 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

⚡ Energy Medicine 🌸 Holistic Women's Health 🌀 Chakras And Meridians ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🔥 Menopause Relief

The Baker's Daughter

by Sarah McCoy • 2012

A baker's daughter hides a Jewish boy while an SS officer courts her.

3.98

24k+

🕰️ Dual Timelines 🏠 WWII Home Front 🤐 Hiding A Jew 🍞 Food As Heritage 💔 Inherited Trauma

The Baker's Daughter

A baker's daughter hides a Jewish boy while an SS officer courts her.

by Sarah McCoy 2012 279 pages

3.98

24k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timelines 🏠 WWII Home Front 🤐 Hiding A Jew 🍞 Food As Heritage 💔 Inherited Trauma

A Confident Heart

by Renee Swope • 2011

Stop performing for approval. A Christian woman's guide to replacing self-doubt with God's promises.

4.29

3k+

🕊️ Christian Living 👩‍🦰 Christian Women 🙏 Identity In Christ 📖 God's Promises 🧠 Overcoming Self-Doubt

A Confident Heart

Stop performing for approval. A Christian woman's guide to replacing self-doubt with God's promises.

by Renee Swope 2011 240 pages

4.29

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 👩‍🦰 Christian Women 🙏 Identity In Christ 📖 God's Promises 🧠 Overcoming Self-Doubt

Mom Heart Moments

by Sally Clarkson • 2019

Daily encouragement for mothers who need endurance more than advice, and grace more than guilt.

4.71

500+

🕯️ Daily Devotions ✝️ Christian Parenting 🏠 Family Discipleship 🌷 Intentional Motherhood 🤱 Motherhood

Mom Heart Moments

Daily encouragement for mothers who need endurance more than advice, and grace more than guilt.

by Sally Clarkson 2019 384 pages

4.71

500+ ratings

🕯️ Daily Devotions ✝️ Christian Parenting 🏠 Family Discipleship 🌷 Intentional Motherhood 🤱 Motherhood

The Last Assignment

by Erika Robuck • 2025

Rejected at home, a woman war correspondent finds family among soldiers on the front lines

4.03

1k+

💪 Woman In A Man's World 🫂 Found Family 📖 Based On A True Story 💔 Toxic Marriage 🌱 Trauma Recovery

The Last Assignment

Rejected at home, a woman war correspondent finds family among soldiers on the front lines

by Erika Robuck 2025 448 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

💪 Woman In A Man's World 🫂 Found Family 📖 Based On A True Story 💔 Toxic Marriage 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Tough Broad

by Caroline Paul • 2024

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

4.13

500+

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

Tough Broad

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

by Caroline Paul 2024 288 pages

4.13

500+ ratings

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer • 2018

When a shy student meets a feminist legend, ambition pulls her toward power and compromise.

3.56

58k+

🧑‍🏫 Feminist Mentorship 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏫 College Campus 🌧️ Campus Assault 💔 Sisterhood Tested

The Female Persuasion

When a shy student meets a feminist legend, ambition pulls her toward power and compromise.

by Meg Wolitzer 2018 640 pages

3.56

58k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Feminist Mentorship 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏫 College Campus 🌧️ Campus Assault 💔 Sisterhood Tested

The Battered Woman

by Lenore E. Walker • 1980

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

4.01

101

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Battered Woman

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

by Lenore E. Walker 1980 288 pages

4.01

101 ratings

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Wonder

by Emma Donoghue • 2016

An English nurse watches a fasting Irish child and discovers a horror no prayer can heal.

3.65

91k+

🍂 Post-Famine Ireland ⚖️ Faith Versus Science 🕊️ Fasting Girl 🙏 Miracle Or Fraud 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Wonder

An English nurse watches a fasting Irish child and discovers a horror no prayer can heal.

by Emma Donoghue 2016 291 pages

3.65

91k+ ratings

🍂 Post-Famine Ireland ⚖️ Faith Versus Science 🕊️ Fasting Girl 🙏 Miracle Or Fraud 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

God Wears Lipstick

by Karen Berg • 2005

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

3.93

500+

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women's Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships ✨ Mystical Self-Help 👑 Sacred Feminine

God Wears Lipstick

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

by Karen Berg 2005 273 pages

3.93

500+ ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women's Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships ✨ Mystical Self-Help 👑 Sacred Feminine

When She Was Me

by Marlee Bush • 2024

After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.

3.32

16k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌿 Southern Gothic 👯 Twin Sisters 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Codependent Siblings

When She Was Me

After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.

by Marlee Bush 2024 400 pages

3.32

16k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌿 Southern Gothic 👯 Twin Sisters 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Codependent Siblings

The Devil You Know

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2022

Two rival lawyers. One partnership. A case that blurs the line between competition and desire.

4.10

31k+

🏛️ Legal Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivals 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Heroine

The Devil You Know

Two rival lawyers. One partnership. A case that blurs the line between competition and desire.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2022 298 pages

4.10

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivals 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Heroine

What Wild Women Do

by Karma Brown • 2023

Trapped in her fiancé's YouTube channel, she uncovers a 1970s mystery in the Michigan woods.

3.74

5k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Inherited Mystery 📱 Social Media Strain 🌲 Atmospheric Woods 🌿 Women's Legacy

What Wild Women Do

Trapped in her fiancé's YouTube channel, she uncovers a 1970s mystery in the Michigan woods.

by Karma Brown 2023 320 pages

3.74

5k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Inherited Mystery 📱 Social Media Strain 🌲 Atmospheric Woods 🌿 Women's Legacy

The Man Watching

by Tim Crothers • 2006

How a former insurance salesman built a women's soccer dynasty that won 21 national championships.

4.37

339

🏟️ College Athletics 🏅 Women's Sports ⚽ Soccer Coaching 🔍 Talent Identification 🏆 Dynasty Building

The Man Watching

How a former insurance salesman built a women's soccer dynasty that won 21 national championships.

by Tim Crothers 2006 376 pages

4.37

339 ratings

🏟️ College Athletics 🏅 Women's Sports ⚽ Soccer Coaching 🔍 Talent Identification 🏆 Dynasty Building

Fallen

by Karin Slaughter • 2011

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4.23

79k+

🕵️ Police Procedural 🔑 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏚️ American South

Fallen

A GBI agent's mother is kidnapped, her baby locked in a shed. Every answer points home.

by Karin Slaughter 2011 387 pages

4.23

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Police Procedural 🔑 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏚️ American South

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Her ex's brother was never the plan. Neither was following a doctor into a war zone.

4.13

34k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Slow Burn 🎤 Celebrity Romance

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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4.13

34k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Slow Burn 🎤 Celebrity Romance

Whore

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Abandoned at fourteen with two siblings, she turns to the streets to keep them alive.

4.47

2k+

📖 Street Lit 🏙️ Inner City 🏠 Found Family 🛟 Rescuer Romance 💔 Mother Wound

Whore

Abandoned at fourteen with two siblings, she turns to the streets to keep them alive.

by Tanika Lynch 2002 272 pages

4.47

2k+ ratings

📖 Street Lit 🏙️ Inner City 🏠 Found Family 🛟 Rescuer Romance 💔 Mother Wound

Crow Talk

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An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

4.12

5k+

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

Crow Talk

An ornithologist escapes to a remote lake, where a silent boy and a wounded crow find her.

by Eileen Garvin 2024 368 pages

4.12

5k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🧩 Neurodivergent Child 🖤 Grieving Woman

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