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Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women  traces a serial killer targeting young women and in the character of Pamela, offers a no-nonsense, brilliant nemesis who won't let up until Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women  is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women  for my book club. For my full review, check out Bright Young Women . 03 Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Listen for the

ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully “It seems very strange that the ocean is full of things that one can eat as one likes, and on land everything an unhatched dragon egg, Will finds himself in uncharted territory--and suddenly finds that he has a strange

When she sees an ad seeking for the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program, Joan becomes obsessed with being part of the 1980s training and with becoming one of the first women in space The women's fights to fully be part of a traditionally male-dominated field and the various ways in which I loved each time period and the evolution of each strong female character. famed, sought-after "boy player" in Shakespeare's company, and his roles skillfully playing lovely women

your alley, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women in A Well-Behaved Woman , both in the surroundings and the rigid views of the period about women, marriage between what feels frivolous and what is Ava's meaningful growth, including her important role in the women Meanwhile, privileged Charlotte has her own secrets, and when both women's true situations begin to be (especially black women) in that time who were without men to protect them.

my favorite elements: a Maine setting, a missing-person storyline, an unforgiving wilderness, and a strong woman succeeding in a male-dominated field. afar, Valerie, and Bev are inexorably connected, and Valerie's survival depends upon the other two women's I love a Maine setting, a missing-persons story, and a tale of brave women thriving in a traditionally Family Matter . 03 Trust by Hernan Diaz This story-within-a-story-within-a-story reveals a clever woman

young women split by time; Hour of the Witch, Chris Bohjalian's historical thriller with rich details of life in 1662 Boston, strong female characters, and an infuriating witch trial; Who Is Maud Dixon? The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily traces infuriating injustices perpetuated against the book's female characters--who, like the real-life women threatens to break her, but she persists in trying to find her voice and finding a voice for other women

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. Some scrabble for crying babies, rot-gutted women, soft-eyed men, shivering children clustered about compounded: she's separated from her mother, sold, and forced to begin walking in a trail of roped women Without her mother's protection--and inspiring tales of their warrior-woman ancestors--Annis is left powerful, and it is able to control storms, but its advice, based upon accounts of the histories of the women

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances A friend's borrowed, rambling home becomes a refuge for unwed mothers and mothers-to-be, with the women on site treating Ursa as a goddess--and the children being horrifically neglected as the women enjoy Lepucki is also the author of the novels California, Woman Number 17, There's No Place Like Home, and

use household items as weapons, use their feminine wiles to distract, and use assumptions about young women Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries, Veronica remains a strong

Sittenfeld's wonderful second short-story collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething women Throughout the book, characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect, friendship I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman. look at the music business, musical creativity and songwriting processes, and body-image pressures on women Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Veronica to benefit from the author's own modern sensibilities in A Curious Beginning, but Veronica is a strong Abigail is clever, and her strong role in her partnership with the wonderfully odd Jackaby is satisfying Ji Lin speaks her mind and ruffles feathers even as she exploits assumptions about women, sexual attraction She doesn’t fit the mold of a typical woman from 1930s Malaysia nor that of the British colonists living

Lawhon I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong I loved the details of life in the time period, as well as the unassuming women who show their true strength I love a story about a woman in the medical profession during an era when this was not the norm, and In Lawhon's story, Martha is also a strong-willed feminist who is set on fighting for the rights of the largely powerless women in her orbit.

Tough women, secrets and smarts, and sneaky spying! Kate Quinn, the queen of historical fiction about women during wartime, recommends these titles that If you like stories about brave women during wartime, you might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. I loved the strong female protagonists and seeing their fire and grit and growth.

Sittenfeld's wonderful second short-story collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething women Rule" (which actually did not originate with him; it asserts that married men should not meet with women In another story, a white woman makes racial assumptions, is caught on camera, and faces the consequences Throughout the book, other characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect

I'm also fascinated by the optimistic explorer spirit--and I love reading about strong female characters in a time when the world around them didn't typically support women's strength and determination. Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a hardscrabble life for her family in a remote town during a devastating drought.

This story-within-a-story-within-a-story reveals a clever woman working within the 1920s confines of I was intrigued by the structure and by the peeks behind the curtains of a wealthy family and one woman's Throughout the book, brilliant women consistently must work against chauvinism and prejudice in order intriguing--particularly since the unorthodox approach to benefiting from it was driven by a genius of a woman

bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls and women find joy in secret reading and in books, women find strength and demand truth rather than secrecy, and thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much of the structure of the women --but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history, one in which For my full review of this book, please see A Woman Is No Man .

a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars and thousands-strong What brings the book to life are versions of the real-life figures of Mother Jones (the elderly woman once called The Most Dangerous Woman in America) and the sharpshooter Sid Hatfield; and characters like

Odd or unwelcome events are ascribed to dark forces, and dangerous rumors begin to swirl around women The most socially powerless women--widows, unmarried women, and fatherless girls--are most exposed to Many of these women are appealingly headstrong and willful despite their treacherous situations. Rebecca despairs at her situation, yet she is a wonderfully defiant and strong character--her mother The women are all trapped in a system that's crushing for females.

Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time. Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily

invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young daughter alongside her strong-willed Amina soon finds herself entangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while fighting “Men find it easier to believe they have been swindled by a witch than outwitted by a woman.” the help of certain trusted shipmates from long ago, and while Amina once thought of herself as a one-woman

Stories. 02 The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the character-driven storyline in Kitasei's returns in all of her feisty, unconventional, clever glory, despite the significant constraints on women A Study in Scarlet Women is the first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery Veronica and Stoker; the allusions to each of their complicated pasts; their hilarious banter; and their strong-willed

referenced in Dominic Smith's novel title is a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter--the first woman These richly built elements form a backdrop to two women's linked journeys, separated by 300 years. I was totally taken in by the winding paths of the women's expectations and limitations, and by their

Please click here for my full review of Here One Moment . 05 Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women  traces a serial killer targeting young women Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women  is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women  for my book club. For my full review, check out Bright Young Women . 06 Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik Novik

gritty underbelly of post-World War I London through the points of view of Diamond Annie, head of an all-woman In post-World War I London, female lawlessness in the form of the Forty Elephants gang of women, an offshoot the Elephant and Castle men's gang, butts up against law enforcement, which only recently includes women When the two aspiring women's bids for victory clash, traditional female roles and power structures are

This is Ava Robinson's first novel. 03 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Forty women ( Male guards come and go, feeding the women minimal rations and never speaking. The women have no recollection of how they came to be in this place, and no information is forthcoming Then a blasting alarm sounds, the nearest guard drops his keys, and the women scramble for an escape Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.

Yet he is presented yet again as extremely desirable to beautiful women. The women who are of romantic interest in Cormoran's life are, as in prior books in the series, emotionally His main interest, Robin, is strong and savvy, yet even she is coping with trauma and the aftermath of

She explores the necessity of being a strong woman in a male-dominated profession. And I do love hearing the stories of women in comedy.

In Evil Eye, Etaf Rum (author of A Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother Her childhood trauma has a strong hold on her, and only when she begins to face it can she fully realize Etaf Rum is also the author of A Woman Is No Man.

please see Razorblade Tears. 03 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores the power of menopausal women In Kristen Miller's novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes Good thing we’re extra strong. A woman he'd invited to their home. Vanessa.

Xishi is a beautiful young woman who makes her village in the region of Yue proud, for she will almost The ending is fanciful and strange; the tone of the book doesn't seem to be leading to a too-convenient The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange and guilty thrill a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars and thousands-strong What brings the book to life are versions of the real-life figures of Mother Jones (the elderly woman

And at any rate, I loved the low-key thread of the premise that a strong middle-aged woman can find moments We All Want Impossible Things is heartbreaking and wonderfully strange, funny and full of love, and a

I read Illuminations with a group of women over a period of months, and we were captivated by the details a River. 06 Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall Marshall's debut historical fiction centers around women's Looking for Jane is a story of women living in three timelines who are linked through decades by a mysterious letter--and by enormously important, recurring dilemmas for women through the ages: unexpected pregnancies parts of themselves away; she doesn't shy away from sharing the sometimes-tragic outcomes of pregnant women's

multi-million-dollar interstate drug ring; and I'm listening to a suspenseful mystery about a missing young woman Molly Aitken Molly Aitken's historical fiction Bright I Burn is based on the true story of the first woman Women in the 1200s aren't given much freedom, and she must wrest her power from her father, her husbands But a powerful woman is resented and feared, and threatening accusations begin to fly regarding how Alice While Chelsey struggles to be patient with the young woman who is coping with layers of trauma, she realizes

You by Steve Cavanagh In Steve Cavanagh's twisty mystery Kill for Me, Kill for You , two strangers, women Because the women aren't linked outside of an anonymous grief support group, and because their friendship Ruth, a young married woman living elsewhere in the city, is brutally attacked in her own home--and the

Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong Germany during the war; their wonderfully brave, practical, creative routes to survival as single young women Abriel introduces another enormous shift that shakes things up enormously yet again for both young women Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young women.

Blaylock celebrates tough women, stand-up men, and never-ending hard work. The mountain justice that's carried out by the women was thrillingly shocking. Other books I've loved about traveling librarians include The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and The

This was strange and interesting. Strange things begin happening to Cassie and Izzy when Cassie takes possession of the book, and soon In post-World War I London, female lawlessness in the form of the Forty Elephants gang of women, an offshoot the Elephant and Castle men's gang, butts up against law enforcement, which only recently includes women When the two aspiring women's bids for victory clash, traditional female roles and power structures are

fighting for the Confederacy since soon after they were married, and Libby is warden to her orphaned, strong-willed Because she hopes that a Union woman would take pity on her husband in the same situation, she cares

When she sees an ad seeking for the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program, Joan becomes obsessed with being part of the 1980s training and with becoming one of the first women in space Schwab's lesbian vampire tale spans centuries, beginning in 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzada as a young woman

, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo offers a set of twelve interconnected stories about Black women The twelve women in Girl, Woman, Other --each of whom gets a chapter to tell her story, which is often loyalty, and how each of these factors shape their past, present, and future identities as Black British women interconnected friendships, partnerships, loves, struggles, successes, and the ways in which these twelve women's her grandparents lived and where she was born, here offers stories spanning forty years, featuring women

The women realize they may know too much about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability returns in all of her feisty, unconventional, clever glory, despite the significant constraints on women A Study in Scarlet Women is the first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery It's about the infuriating, often tragic power mismatches between men and women, white and Black people

famed, sought-after "boy player" in Shakespeare's company, and his roles skillfully playing lovely women to Bacon's pursuits, and in boy's dress she has freedoms she never could during the era as a young woman

Historical fiction set in the West also lends itself to stories of strong female characters in a time when the world around them didn't support women's abilities, independent thinking, or determination. Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the Walk on Earth a Stranger tells the story of Lee, a young woman with a powerful secret: an ability to

Click here for my full review of Divine Rivals. 03 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Click here for my full review of So Late in the Day. 04 The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Spears's slim In her memoir The Woman in Me, Britney Spears offers the story of her life to date: select events of book reveals disturbing, ongoing abuse and frightening misuse of power while positioning Britney as a strong Please click here for my full review of The Woman in Me. 05 The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by

But she's determined to follow her own path--and her strong-willed decisions fly in the face of rigid society's expectations concerning women, slavery, and appropriate marriage prospects.

exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young characters agency; explores systemic violence against women It's about the infuriating, often tragic power mismatches between men and women, white and Black people Meanwhile our main protagonist is a middle-aged woman appealingly muddling along at times, doing her particularly powerful and heartbreaking in their copiousness--and in highlighting the brutality against women Lists include cases summarized in the vein of "It was the one where [insert specific circumstances of a woman's

In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious building bonds deeper than either could have imagined; the love story between the bridge and Gore is strange willing to suspend my disbelief regarding; and my mind was bent around trying to follow some of the later strings

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Veronica to benefit from the author's own modern sensibilities in A Curious Beginning, but Veronica is a strong Abigail is clever, and her strong role in her partnership with the wonderfully odd Jackaby is satisfying Ji Lin speaks her mind and ruffles feathers even as she exploits assumptions about women, sexual attraction She doesn’t fit the mold of a typical woman from 1930s Malaysia nor that of the British colonists living

Everywhere (Frankie Elkin #3) by Lisa Gardner Frankie Elkin is the best at finding missing girls and women She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing But a strange feeling pervades everything on the island.