reality that is more brutal and uncertain than the children and their parents may have feared. ​6 A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum ​ In A Woman Is No Man, Etaf Rum explores the often powerless and essentially A Woman Is No Man ultimately explores the superhuman drive and bravery required by Rum's female characters --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.

Gwendoline has strong opinions and is feeling constricted in her prescribed royal role even without the I loved the strong female protagonists and their fire and grit and growth.

In this third novel in French's series, the community reels over the disappearance of a local young woman

frequently unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the universal challenges women collection of stories felt rooted where universal experience intersects with the uniqueness of Any Woman

“I’m a woman, kid. Kingfisher writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange I loved the dark academia setting; the brilliant, socially awkward, unlikely heroine Neema; and the strange

identity, eschewing societal fears and superstition, and belonging; a mystery novel about a brave young woman shaped by her Native American heritage; and a young adult book set in an alternate world where women and seventeen-year-old Ada is a newlywed, falling into the path set out for her as a young married woman by Laura Maylene Walter In Body of Stars, debut author Walter imagines a world in which each young woman's As each young woman enters her magical "changeling" period in which her permanent markings (which carry

Hannah Brooks, an innocent-looking bodyguard for a superstar action hero; I'm listening to The Book Woman Hannah Brooks looks like the young woman next door--but she's actually an Executive Protection Agent- prepublication audiobook version of this book courtesy of MacMillan Audio and NetGalley. 02 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome The book's sequel is The Book Woman's Daughter, published earlier this year. 03 Weather Girl by Rachel

This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect This sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman This is my first Sarah Gailey book, but she's authored many others, including Upright Women Wanted, Magic

But when a young woman shows up bleeding at his home, then mysteriously disappears, he is shocked into

into a destructive relationship with a volatile older artist, while Sunny is living with an American woman

then I began listening to the book's relentless, churning roller coaster of hopes, dashed dreams, and strong

She's lived next to the local Liverpool tennis club for years but hasn't played since she was a young woman

“I’m a woman, kid.

She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing Frankie is an equal-opportunity problem solver, but I admit that I missed the focus on searching for women

single-mindedly set out to learn enough complex, intuitive, precise, powerful magic to become the first woman

The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily , complex male characters the women love as family or romantic partners). Equation. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney In Rooney's novel Normal People, Marianne, a solitary young woman

development of her faith and beliefs, and her split with the Southern Baptist Church amid disagreement about women realizes that someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes in which strange

But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study may When she alludes to mysterious connections between the women--and a long-ago crime--she threatens to

When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest

But as the wedding week goes on, each woman is surprised by what she discovers about herself and the

Now Clementine must figure out if her heart is strong enough to cope with losing the unlikely love she's

character secretly meets a stranger for intimacy--despite actively feeling disgust and complicated and strong believe that after all of the trauma and betrayals—and what ultimately felt like thin bonds holding the women

In the first story of the collection the Sarahs are college women, and Cohen takes tongue-in-cheek potshots In other stories, Cohen recasts Sarahs and explores various roles for women, different searches for self A Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and a Bible-era trans woman are two of So far this is a weird and edgy

"It’s strange how the discovery of an ancient girl in Siberia and viruses we’ve never encountered before But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could The interconnected stories here are made up of strange, affecting situations, including those in which

about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman His endearingly strong sense of duty complicates his mission as he tries to save those in need, avoid becoming emotionally entangled with a smart young woman who is out of his league socially, and keep

Although the three interconnected women faced sometimes staggeringly tragic challenges, Spera injects during the first chapter that Gertrude was going to feel like a caricature of a backwoods Southern woman And although the three interconnected women faced sometimes staggeringly tragic challenges, Spera injects

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

Bracken's story offered sassy banter that I loved, a great enemies-to-(not-quite)-lovers setup, a strong

In Michelle Moran's novel Maria , she uses two timelines to shape the story of the real woman behind

As in Murphy's novel Dumplin', the main protagonist is a body-positive, plus-sized woman.

But as the wedding week goes on, each woman is surprised by what she discovers about herself and the 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

01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American I loved Williams's immersive story so much, I was in for all of Our Woman in Moscow's elements: Russia For my full review, check out Our Woman in Moscow. 02 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's

Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman

robot-focused story (A Psalm for the Wild-Built), the newest novel by the fantastic Blake Crouch (Upgrade), a strange The strong, ruthless, intelligent women in Harrow the Ninth absolutely steal the show--which is saying The story is full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world--and of an unorthodox

a reason to kill you; witch might be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman In Hester: A Novel, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman who inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman

is Benedict and Murray's historical fiction based on the real figure of Belle da Costa Greene, the woman She was a Black woman who hid her heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, but would have been all but impossible for a Black woman.

in the story Grey, Kier, and choice members of their army are assigned to the protection of a young woman

Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which The interconnected stories here are made up of strange, affecting situations.

science-fiction novel Those Beyond the Wall; I'm listening to Kristin Hannah's historical fiction about women who served in the Vietnam War, The Women; and I'm listening to Dolly Alderton's contemporary literary Micaiah Johnson is also the author of The Space Between Worlds, a book I loved. 02 The Women by Kristin Kristin Hannah's The Women shines a light on the women who served pivotal roles in the Vietnam War--but I'm listening to The Women as an audiobook. 03 Good Material by Dolly Alderton Andy and Jen were in love

used to love, who resents his own abandonment but knows that the girl he once adored is an innocent woman

Sara is detained along with other women who are desperately asserting their innocence. The center's managers keep changing the rules so that he women's stays are prolonged--until a new inmate shakes up everything and becomes the women's biggest hope of escape.

his 1940 Ford, driving fast, avoiding federal agents, and living with his grandmother, a healer with strong

in fighting the enemy in World War II offers lots of heart, sassy dialogue, and a showcasing of the women's It's part historical fiction with wonderful World War II details and part sassy modern-day tale about women I love the reveal on an underestimating-women scenario, and kind, unassuming Archie also exceeds expectations If you like books about World War II and women spies, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II and Six Books about Brave Female Spies

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and

This is a slim book that's full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world 03 Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese In Hester: A Novel, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman

It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters

The long-ago brutal death of a young woman in the town was introduced early but faded in weight in what

world as World War II looms; I'm reading When the Day Comes, Gabrielle Meyer's time-travel story of a woman Amita Parikh In Amita Parikh's upcoming (to be published December 6) novel The Circus Train, a young woman In 1914, she's an independent single woman and suffragette, wealthy and expected to marry a man appropriate

In Hester, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman who inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some For my full review, please check out The Marriage Portrait. 06 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was a winning read for me. Appalachian setting? Check. I'm not sure why it took me so long to read Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

In Untamed, Doyle focuses largely on how women can "take up space in the world;" feel and express a full better place. 03 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions