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Real Food for Pregnancy

by Lily Nichols • 2018

Standard prenatal nutrition gets carbs wrong. The real-food, higher-protein guide for pregnancy.

4.51

5k+

🥑 Prenatal Nutrition 🥩 Real Food Movement 🥚 Nutrient Density 🦴 Ancestral Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Management

Real Food for Pregnancy

Standard prenatal nutrition gets carbs wrong. The real-food, higher-protein guide for pregnancy.

by Lily Nichols 2018 344 pages

4.51

5k+ ratings

🥑 Prenatal Nutrition 🥩 Real Food Movement 🥚 Nutrient Density 🦴 Ancestral Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Management

Things We Left Behind

by Lucy Score • 2023

A librarian's feud with a powerful man combusts after her father's funeral leaves her unguarded.

4.39

400k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense

Things We Left Behind

A librarian's feud with a powerful man combusts after her father's funeral leaves her unguarded.

by Lucy Score 2023 698 pages

4.39

400k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense

Financial Feminist

by Tori Dunlap • 2022

A step-by-step money plan for women that skips the shame and goes straight to the numbers.

4.09

18k+

💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🎯 Value-Based Spending 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Management

Financial Feminist

A step-by-step money plan for women that skips the shame and goes straight to the numbers.

by Tori Dunlap 2022 306 pages

4.09

18k+ ratings

💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🎯 Value-Based Spending 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Management

Hello Stranger

by Katherine Center • 2023

A face-blind artist falls for her neighbor, unaware he's the man she's been avoiding.

3.92

100k+

🩺 Medical Romance 🎨 Artist Heroine 🕵️‍♀️ Mistaken Identity 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 😊 Feel-Good Romance

Hello Stranger

A face-blind artist falls for her neighbor, unaware he's the man she's been avoiding.

by Katherine Center 2023 323 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Romance 🎨 Artist Heroine 🕵️‍♀️ Mistaken Identity 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 😊 Feel-Good Romance

Desert Flower

by Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

4.25

42k+

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Desert Flower

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

by Waris Dirie 1998 240 pages

4.25

42k+ ratings

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

The PLAN

by Kendra Adachi • 2024

A planning method that finally treats your hormones as a feature, not a bug.

3.86

5k+

📋 Women's Productivity ⚙️ Productivity Systems 🌙 Cycle Syncing 😌 Anti-Hustle Culture ⚡ Energy Management

The PLAN

A planning method that finally treats your hormones as a feature, not a bug.

by Kendra Adachi 2024 233 pages

3.86

5k+ ratings

📋 Women's Productivity ⚙️ Productivity Systems 🌙 Cycle Syncing 😌 Anti-Hustle Culture ⚡ Energy Management

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

13k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016 172 pages

3.66

13k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Beach Read

by Emily Henry • 2020

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

3.97

1.6M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Beach Read

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

by Emily Henry 2020 358 pages

3.97

1.6M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Kiss Quotient

by Helen Hoang • 2018

An autistic economist hires a male escort for dating practice. Their chemistry defies the contract.

3.87

500k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 📝 Relationship Lessons 💼 Escort Hero 💘 He Falls First 🔄 Opposites Attract

The Kiss Quotient

An autistic economist hires a male escort for dating practice. Their chemistry defies the contract.

by Helen Hoang 2018 333 pages

3.87

500k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 📝 Relationship Lessons 💼 Escort Hero 💘 He Falls First 🔄 Opposites Attract

Girl Abroad

by Elle Kennedy • 2024

A year in London. Three male roommates. One rule: don't fall for any of them.

3.63

46k+

🛫 Study Abroad 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🚪 Forced Proximity 🇬🇧 London Romance

Girl Abroad

A year in London. Three male roommates. One rule: don't fall for any of them.

by Elle Kennedy 2024 432 pages

3.63

46k+ ratings

🛫 Study Abroad 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🚪 Forced Proximity 🇬🇧 London Romance

Água Viva

by Clarice Lispector • 2012

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

4.25

26k+

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation 🎨 Artist Narrator 🇧🇷 Brazilian Modernism

Água Viva

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

by Clarice Lispector 2012 88 pages

4.25

26k+ ratings

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation 🎨 Artist Narrator 🇧🇷 Brazilian Modernism

Leaving Time

by Jodi Picoult • 2014

A girl enlists a psychic and a detective to find her mother, who vanished ten years ago.

4.00

200k+

🔎 Missing Mother 🔮 Psychic Investigator 🐘 Elephant Grief 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⏳ Dual Timeline

Leaving Time

A girl enlists a psychic and a detective to find her mother, who vanished ten years ago.

by Jodi Picoult 2014 398 pages

4.00

200k+ ratings

🔎 Missing Mother 🔮 Psychic Investigator 🐘 Elephant Grief 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⏳ Dual Timeline

The View From Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani • 2025

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

3.80

35k+

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Italian Countryside

The View From Lake Como

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

by Adriana Trigiani 2025 416 pages

3.80

35k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Italian Countryside

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

4.25

100k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Echo of Old Books

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

by Barbara Davis 2023 413 pages

4.25

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Ideal Muslimah

by Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi • 2010

How the Muslim woman builds Islamic character across worship, marriage, parenting, and community.

4.33

1k+

🧕 Muslim Women 🤲 Islamic Character 👨👩👧👦 Family In Islam 📿 Islamic Spirituality 🧒 Islamic Parenting

The Ideal Muslimah

How the Muslim woman builds Islamic character across worship, marriage, parenting, and community.

by Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi 2010 538 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🧕 Muslim Women 🤲 Islamic Character 👨👩👧👦 Family In Islam 📿 Islamic Spirituality 🧒 Islamic Parenting

City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2019

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

4.04

300k+

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour 💕 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

City of Girls

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2019 470 pages

4.04

300k+ ratings

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour 💕 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

I Hope This Finds You Well

by Natalie Sue • 2024

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

3.73

100k+

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤫 Office Secrets

I Hope This Finds You Well

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

by Natalie Sue 2024 338 pages

3.73

100k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤫 Office Secrets

The Mother-in-Law

by Sally Hepworth • 2019

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

3.96

200k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Mother-in-Law

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

by Sally Hepworth 2019 347 pages

3.96

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline

Healing the Soul of a Woman

by Joyce Meyer • 2018

Old wounds still run the show. A spiritual path to reclaiming your life from past pain.

4.42

1k+

🩹 Emotional Healing ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🙏 Faith-Based Healing 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🚧 Boundary Setting

Healing the Soul of a Woman

Old wounds still run the show. A spiritual path to reclaiming your life from past pain.

by Joyce Meyer 2018 253 pages

4.42

1k+ ratings

🩹 Emotional Healing ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🙏 Faith-Based Healing 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🚧 Boundary Setting

Simple Abundance

by Sarah Ban Breathnach • 2019

365 daily readings that train your eye to notice the abundance hiding in plain sight.

4.42

500+

🙏 Gratitude Practice 🌿 Simple Living 🍂 Seasonal Rhythms ✨ Everyday Beauty 🎨 Creative Living

Simple Abundance

365 daily readings that train your eye to notice the abundance hiding in plain sight.

by Sarah Ban Breathnach 2019 624 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🙏 Gratitude Practice 🌿 Simple Living 🍂 Seasonal Rhythms ✨ Everyday Beauty 🎨 Creative Living

This Could Be Us

by Kennedy Ryan • 2024

After her husband's financial crimes, a mother leans on the forensic accountant who exposed him.

4.37

66k+

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🤝 Co-Parenting

This Could Be Us

After her husband's financial crimes, a mother leans on the forensic accountant who exposed him.

by Kennedy Ryan 2024 416 pages

4.37

66k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🤝 Co-Parenting

Ariel

by Sylvia Plath • 1965

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

4.18

90k+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

Ariel

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

by Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages

4.18

90k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum • 2019

From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.

4.25

100k+

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora 💍 Arranged Marriage 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🤐 Silenced Women

A Woman Is No Man

From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.

by Etaf Rum 2019 339 pages

4.25

100k+ ratings

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora 💍 Arranged Marriage 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🤐 Silenced Women

The Radium Girls

by Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

4.16

100k+

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

The Radium Girls

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

by Kate Moore 2016 479 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

400k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Flatshare

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019 394 pages

3.98

400k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

Women Who Love Psychopaths

by Sandra L. Brown • 2008

The brain chemistry that keeps capable women tethered to conscienceless men, and the path out.

4.20

386

🧪 Toxic Relationships 🧠 Personality Disorders 💔 Emotional Abuse ⛓️ Trauma Bonds 🎭 Manipulation Tactics

Women Who Love Psychopaths

The brain chemistry that keeps capable women tethered to conscienceless men, and the path out.

by Sandra L. Brown 2008 185 pages

4.20

386 ratings

🧪 Toxic Relationships 🧠 Personality Disorders 💔 Emotional Abuse ⛓️ Trauma Bonds 🎭 Manipulation Tactics

The Multi-Orgasmic Woman

by Mantak Chia • 2005

A Taoist method that turns climax into a circulating current, so pleasure builds instead of ending.

4.01

261

🌸 Female Sexuality ☯️ Taoist Sexuality 💫 Multiple Orgasm 🔥 Energy Cultivation 📘 Sexual Self-Help

The Multi-Orgasmic Woman

A Taoist method that turns climax into a circulating current, so pleasure builds instead of ending.

by Mantak Chia 2005 320 pages

4.01

261 ratings

🌸 Female Sexuality ☯️ Taoist Sexuality 💫 Multiple Orgasm 🔥 Energy Cultivation 📘 Sexual Self-Help

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver • 1998

Four sisters follow their father to the Congo, where his holy mission exacts a terrible price.

4.11

700k+

🕊️ Missionary Fiction 📖 Postcolonial Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👭 Sister Bonds ⚡ Cultural Clashes

The Poisonwood Bible

Four sisters follow their father to the Congo, where his holy mission exacts a terrible price.

by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages

4.11

700k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Fiction 📖 Postcolonial Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👭 Sister Bonds ⚡ Cultural Clashes

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch • 2025

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

3.77

40k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

A Family Matter

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

by Claire Lynch 2025 240 pages

3.77

40k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

The Next Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine • 2024

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

3.81

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Next Mrs. Parrish

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

by Liv Constantine 2024 336 pages

3.81

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

Troubles in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2020

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

3.94

100k+

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍼 Unexpected Pregnancy

Troubles in Paradise

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2020 352 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍼 Unexpected Pregnancy

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes • 2023

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

3.96

200k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Someone Else's Shoes

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

by Jojo Moyes 2023 438 pages

3.96

200k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

The Soulmate Equation

by Christina Lauren • 2022

A dating app built on DNA pairs a single mom with its own guarded inventor.

3.98

300k+

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🧬 STEM Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Soulmate Equation

A dating app built on DNA pairs a single mom with its own guarded inventor.

by Christina Lauren 2022 360 pages

3.98

300k+ ratings

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🧬 STEM Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Final Offer

by Lauren Asher • 2023

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

4.18

300k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Final Offer

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

by Lauren Asher 2023 583 pages

4.18

300k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

4.01

200k+

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage 😰 Slow Burn Dread 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Marriage Portrait

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages

4.01

200k+ ratings

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage 😰 Slow Burn Dread 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

by Jennifer Weiner • 2025

A love triangle destroys a sister pop duo, silencing them until a daughter unearths the truth.

3.82

50k+

🎸 Rock Music Family Saga 🥊 Sibling Rivalry 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎹 Musical Prodigy 🤫 Family Secrets

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

A love triangle destroys a sister pop duo, silencing them until a daughter unearths the truth.

by Jennifer Weiner 2025 384 pages

3.82

50k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music Family Saga 🥊 Sibling Rivalry 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎹 Musical Prodigy 🤫 Family Secrets

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Bible Study Guide

by Lysa TerKeurst • 2018

A step-by-step Bible study for navigating the gap between shattered expectations and steady faith.

4.29

38k+

📖 Bible Study Guides 💔 Disappointment And Faith 🕊️ Suffering And Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 👩‍🏫 Women's Bible Teaching

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Bible Study Guide

A step-by-step Bible study for navigating the gap between shattered expectations and steady faith.

by Lysa TerKeurst 2018 176 pages

4.29

38k+ ratings

📖 Bible Study Guides 💔 Disappointment And Faith 🕊️ Suffering And Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 👩‍🏫 Women's Bible Teaching

After You

by Jojo Moyes • 2016

Louisa Clark is still grieving Will Traynor. Then his secret daughter lands on her doorstep.

3.75

400k+

😢 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family 👧 Surprise Child 🫂 Grief Support Group 💕 Love After Loss

After You

Louisa Clark is still grieving Will Traynor. Then his secret daughter lands on her doorstep.

by Jojo Moyes 2016 352 pages

3.75

400k+ ratings

😢 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family 👧 Surprise Child 🫂 Grief Support Group 💕 Love After Loss

What to Expect When You're Expecting

by Heidi Murkoff • 1984

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

3.82

61k+

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 📆 Week By Week Pregnancy 🩺 Prenatal Care 🤢 Pregnancy Symptoms 👶 Fetal Development

What to Expect When You're Expecting

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

by Heidi Murkoff 1984 649 pages

3.82

61k+ ratings

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 📆 Week By Week Pregnancy 🩺 Prenatal Care 🤢 Pregnancy Symptoms 👶 Fetal Development

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

3.82

1k+

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

3.82

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Period Power

by Maisie Hill • 2019

Your cycle has four hormonal seasons. Each brings distinct strengths you can learn to harness.

4.04

11k+

🩸 Menstrual Health 🔄 Cycle Syncing 🧬 Hormone Health ✊ Feminist Health 🌸 Period Positivity

Period Power

Your cycle has four hormonal seasons. Each brings distinct strengths you can learn to harness.

by Maisie Hill 2019 352 pages

4.04

11k+ ratings

🩸 Menstrual Health 🔄 Cycle Syncing 🧬 Hormone Health ✊ Feminist Health 🌸 Period Positivity

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus • 2022

She wanted a lab. They gave her a kitchen. So she taught a nation of housewives chemistry.

4.28

1.8M+

👩‍🔬 Women In Stem ✊ Feminist Historical Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🇺🇸 1960s America 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Lessons in Chemistry

She wanted a lab. They gave her a kitchen. So she taught a nation of housewives chemistry.

by Bonnie Garmus 2022 404 pages

4.28

1.8M+ ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Stem ✊ Feminist Historical Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🇺🇸 1960s America 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Iran Awakening

by Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

5k+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Iran Awakening

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

by Shirin Ebadi 2006 256 pages

4.18

5k+ ratings

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism ⚖️ Human Rights Law ✊ Resistance Memoirs

Aftermath

by Rachel Cusk • 2012

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

3.67

4k+

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Aftermath

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

by Rachel Cusk 2012 160 pages

3.67

4k+ ratings

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

The Diamond Eye

by Kate Quinn • 2022

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

4.29

200k+

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

The Diamond Eye

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages

4.29

200k+ ratings

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

Pretty Girls

by Karin Slaughter • 2015

Her dead husband's computer holds snuff films. One victim is her sister, missing twenty years.

4.00

700k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔎 Missing Person Case 💔 Emotionally Harrowing

Pretty Girls

Her dead husband's computer holds snuff films. One victim is her sister, missing twenty years.

by Karin Slaughter 2015 432 pages

4.00

700k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔎 Missing Person Case 💔 Emotionally Harrowing

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar • 2019

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

3.97

1k+

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 273 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

by Damilare Kuku • 2024

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

4.00

9k+

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇳🇬 Nigerian Women 😏 Relationship Satire

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

by Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9k+ ratings

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇳🇬 Nigerian Women 😏 Relationship Satire

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2013

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

3.64

200k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Forever, Interrupted

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013

3.64

200k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

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