Fiction - Feminist

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas--a sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist who's determined to build Britain's first women's bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family she's...

After Genevieve's husband dies under suspicious circumstances and leaves behind a trail of stolen money, she sets out to answer the questions many have asked: "What if I create a whole new person? What if I become Eve?" Call Me Eve is a story...

National Book Award finalist Karen E. Bender returns with stunning speculative stories of parents and children, together and apart, surviving near-future dystopias that feel all-too-possible--and realities that can be even stranger Grounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, celebrated...

A feminist utopia crumbles with one impossible birth. On an isolated mountaintop, a small feminist community is fracturing under the weight of ideological divides and dwindling numbers. Mila struggles to hold the women together, while deeper in the bush her aunt Frank--an ailing recluse--lives...

A Lynchian, absurdist debut novel for fans of Alexandra Tanner and Emma Cline about two disaffected young women and the local homeless man they become obsessed with. The Bowl is a strange place: surrounded by abandoned almond orchards filled with feral children and neighboring...

Verses for Melanie is a powerful, poetic manifesto for equality, resilience, and hope. This verse collection weaves together truth and imagination, using mermaids as metaphor and the tide as a call to change. The writing honours the women who came before, those who continue...

A sharp, empowering novel about a group of women who refuse to go quietly when society tells them they're no longer valuable beyond the age of 40, from the author of Ginger and Me. 'A rebellious and uplifting tale of punkish, middle-aged, feminist defiance'...

Kat is at loose ends after her husband ditched her and their daughter followed suit. When a lost time traveler appears in her Pennsylvania kitchen, she grasps at the chance to give her life meaning by helping the woman find her way home. But...

A crown prince holds a secret. If he reveals it, he risks losing the throne. If he doesn't, he risks losing even more-love.In the mid-twentieth century, patriarchal norms abound in the Kingdom of Gulaz. Princess Maryam, dressed and treated as a boy since birth...

One of the most visceral, profane, and distinctive reading experiences of the 21st century, The Orange Eats Creeps was praised as "beautiful and deranged" by Bookforum, while Shelley Jackson said it is "like something you read on the underside of a freeway overpass in...

In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who comes to them as a tall headless man and gives them dark powers: they steal happiness, perform unchristian...

While navigating life in her new home, and the cold world of science and engineering, a young Maya Castro faces the challenges of social marginalization, gender inequality, addiction, and sexual confusion. An immigrant to Canada from Latin America, Maya desires to bring a new,...

A young woman on the run. A life built in the shadows. A story that refuses to be forgotten.Amarillo, Texas, 2000. Margaret Kenyon, the oldest practicing nurse in the Panhandle, has lived long enough to know the difference between rumor and truth. When a...

"In Stasis" is a lyrical, slow-burn survival novel that invites you to explore a dualityof worlds and survival from the perspective of an average woman. "Jessi is forced to choose to flee to the forest with her dog, Janus, after facing abetrayal and to...

From the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story comes a biting slasher perfect for fans of John Tucker Must Die and The Final Girl Support Group, following three women who lure their cheating boyfriend to a remote mountain cabin,...

Author: Lisa KleypasISBN-10: 0063247631ISBN-13: 9780063247635Publisher: Avon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2026Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.26d

From award-winning author Katie Powner comes a funny feel-good novel about a woman discovering her second chance at life. This charming and heartfelt story is perfect for readers who loved Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame. Fifty-two-year-old Meredith McGillicutty is not having a midlife crisis....

"In Stasis" is a lyrical, slow-burn survival novel that invites you to explore a dualityof worlds and survival from the perspective of an average woman. "Jessi is forced to choose to flee to the forest with her dog, Janus, after facing abetrayal and to...

"Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era, and Rebecca Novack is one of our funniest and most acerbic new writers." --Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X The exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker turned political assassin on the run,...

A tense, propulsive drama set in Shanghai, about a fractured American family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters, from the New York Times bestselling author of Mercy Street. ​ Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a...

This historical mystery novel re-imagines a little-known time in the life of famous Canadian painter Emily Carr. When Emily leaves her restrictive home in Canada to study art in London, England, she longs to prove herself as an artist, trying to carve a path...

Dr. Jonathan is a powerful exploration of social reform, class struggles, and evolving American ideals in the early 20th century. Winston Churchill presents a thought-provoking narrative of conflict between progress and tradition, examining the personal and societal costs of change. A compelling mix of...

On a brisk February morning while walking to work, Ruth Foster is stopped by the local sheriff. He insists she accompany him to a health clinic, threatening to arrest her if she doesn't undergo testing in order to preserve decency and prevent the spread...

"Dunn's pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy." --Alexandra Kleeman, The New York TimesA previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love. A woman invests in a series of sex robots...

In an opulent villa near the English channel lives a well-to-do family. A man--a husband, father, and employer--has been shot dead. The bullet is from his own gun, which he got from the Germans during the war. In this family, the father has a...

A bold, intimate debut novel that follows a young Moroccan woman's flight from shame to self-reclamation. For Alia, being a teenager in Tangier means constantly facing a gauntlet of unwanted encounters by men in the streets who look her over, grab her, or make...

A broken warrior. A broody outcast king. And a darkness that threatens to destroy them both. Niall never imagined he would become king, nor did he ever imagine that he would be granted the abilities of a seer. His unnatural power, however, has proven...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," presents a compelling vision of social reform in "What Diantha Did." This early 20th-century feminist fiction explores themes of domestic service and women's rights through the lens of utopian ideals. Focusing on the experiences of women...

Grant Allen's "The Woman Who Did" remains a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of gender roles and societal expectations in the Victorian era. As a cornerstone of feminist fiction and the "New Woman" literary movement, this novel fearlessly confronts the constraints placed upon women and...

Ana Castillo es un tesoro estadounidense. Temeraria, compasiva y absolutamente brillante: es la escritora que necesitamos mientras enfrentamos los retos de nuestro mundo cambiante . --Tayari Jones, autora de Un matrimonio americano Ana Castillo es una narradora de primera . --Julia Álvarez, escritora galardonadaLa...

From the author of the book club favorite The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano comes a riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood. When successful Rhode Island real estate agent Lucy Mendoza vanishes, leaving her baby behind in a grocery store...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American humanist, author, lecturer, sociologist, social reform advocate, and utopian feminist whose best-known work is her chilling, semi-autobiographical masterpiece, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which redefined feminist literature. Inspired by Gilman's battle with postpartum depression and the damaging "rest cure"...

Verses for Fleur is a contemporary verse novel set in the southern Barossa Valley, South Australia, weaving together themes of grief, healing, belonging, and the deep connection between people and land. The story follows Fleur Laurent, a French food and wine writer, who returns...

What do we learn about sex if our teacher is porn?What is the difference between entering and being entered?What haunts us in the wake of childhood abuse?Porn Tales & Sex Demons eavesdrops on a psychotherapist's consulting room as 23-year-old Evan-raised in an abusive, hyper-sexualized...

Before Love became a household name, she was Lacey Dove Bart, a determined teen with dreams of stardom. Desperate to escape her bleak small-town life, Lacey dazzles at an audition for the prestigious Newland Academy, catching the eye of mega producer Jimmy Coins. Lacey's...

You could look 20 years younger. Would you do it? You could look 20 years younger. Would you do it? 47-year-old beauty journalist Erica Pells is over the 'pro-ageing' articles she is exclusively asked to write (apart from the punny headlines that no one...

An Unwelcome ReunionAngie's pre-work sanctuary includes a quiet break room, high-test coffee, and no one demanding her attention.A precious few minutes preparation for juggling the stresses of IT.But a gloating ghost of Rotten Coworkers Past shatters her serenity.Threatening to drag her kicking and screaming...

Remember Margaret? She survived middle school. Now she's sweating through middle age. An unfiltered, hilarious new chapter for every woman who's ever yelled "ARE YOU THERE, GOD?!" into a fan. Margaret prayed for boobs. What she got was menopause. In this hilarious and deeply...

Return to The Five Queendoms series with the final book in this "ambitious and engaging" (Rebecca Roanhorse) epic fantasy trilogy, in which a centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born. While a fragile...

The Mad Women's Ball is now an Amazon Prime Video Original Film starring Mélanie Laurent and Lou de Louâge. Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see. In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin...

The women in these stories are at all times, through their many varied emotions, entirely reasonable... at least to themselves. They each do what they need to do and believe what they need to believe. They are trustful, loyal, and believing, but also heedless,...

Born into a family of sixteen children, Nora Ascouth is used to fighting to be heard. From a young age, Nora becomes determined to have a writing career, and travels around the world looking for the best place to work. From Canada, she moves...

What do we learn about sex if our teacher is porn?What is the difference between entering and being entered?What haunts us in the wake of childhood abuse?Porn Tales & Sex Demons eavesdrops on a psychotherapist's consulting room as 23-year-old Evan-raised in an abusive, hyper-sexualized...

In First & Girl, Phil Curry returns to his hometown of Revelee, Texas, seeking solace after a failed marriage and a disappointing career in Dallas. As the operations manager for the Revelee Raiders, a semi-pro football team, he hopes to find stability and purpose....

Within this small book you'll find a few tales of Small Town Witch. She is everywhere, but almost never noticed or recognized. She contains multitudes, and she is ever-changing. Her purpose is compassion, wisdom, justice, and comfort. She may be watching over your shoulder...

Author: Alba de CéspedesISBN-10: 1668083647ISBN-13: 9781668083642Publisher: Washington Square PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2026Pages: 304Format: Paperback

Set in a future where human values are more important than technology, Hybrids weaves a science-fiction world with a story of love, friendship and tolerance.Hybrids is divided into four parts: Trouble, Vengeance, Fear and Hope.Summary of Volume 1: TroubleAfter fleeing Gambling Nova, her home...

Explore a fascinating vision of a future society in Mary E. Bradley's "Mizora: A Prophecy." This enduring work of utopian fiction, subtitled "A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch," transports readers to a world where science and societal structures...

A heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer--actually, a traveling con artist--joins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster deadly enough to vanquish their own demons. We make monsters in order to destroy them....

STEMinist mecha fantasy meets reality television in this high-stakes novel from the author of A Magical Girl Retires--a wildly imaginative tale of sibling bonds, unexpected friendship, and an existential quest to understand what it means to be human. Robotics student Kim Wooram, runner-up at...