Browsing: Notable Women

When Paris aristocrats accuse orphan Victoire of a crime she didn’t commit, she is imprisoned in an infamous psychiatric hospital — where the seductive con artist who deceived Marie Antoinette takes Victoire under her wing. A captivating tale set during the French Revolution!

When the bodies of eight women were found hidden in the home 27-year-old Kendall Francois shared with his family, reporter Claudia Rowe became obsessed with understanding Francois’s horrific crimes. “Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching… A must-read” (Gillian Flynn).

At 23, Isabella was sent with her family to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. This powerful memoir chronicles their courageous efforts to survive its horrors. “Profoundly moving” (Publishers Weekly).

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993–a witty, engaging, serious, and playful…

A nurse aide position in the local maternity annexe at the age of sixteen gave Julie a love for being…

Linda Thompson shares her journey from pageant queen to Academy Award–nominated songwriter — and opens up about her turbulent romance with Elvis Presley — in this New York Times bestselling autobiography. “Linda Thompson has had quite a life, and she’s quite a woman” (Tony Danza).

The #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired the feature film: Immerse yourself in the lives and work of the extraordinary Black women whose mathematical advances made space missions possible. This “tender account of genuine transcendence and camaraderie” (The New York Times) is top-rated on BookBub.

With nearly 1,500 five-star Goodreads ratings! Celebrate the remarkable achievements of women throughout history with this guide to almost 100 female warriors, spies, and more. From a princess turned pirate to a legendary Mongolian wrestler, these stories are sure to captivate and inspire.

Young Hanna fled East Germany for the United States — but her family remained trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Decades later, her daughter would cross the Berlin Wall as a Cold War intelligence officer for the US Army. A “poignant and engrossing” intergenerational memoir (Kirkus Reviews).

New York Times Bestseller “A soaring and gorgeous American story” (Karen Abbott) from the author of the New York Times…