Browsing: Women’s Studies

From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The first three…

An NPR Best Book of the Year: Ariel Levy chronicles her experience with devastating tragedy in this must-read New York Times bestseller. “Unflinching and intimate, wrenching and revelatory… Shimmers with truth and heart on every page” (Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild).

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.

In Savannah, Georgia, the women of the powerful Temple family maintain their influence by hoarding secrets — but when someone starts leaking tidbits to the press, their lives are soon transformed. “Gabriel unfolds her story deftly… A satisfying read” (Kirkus Reviews).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR, ESQUIRE, The LA Times, and NEWSWEEK WINNER…

Nineteen women from Appalachia’s hill country share their stories of hardship, resistance, and survival in this classic work. “As powerful and direct as a bulldozer” (Kirkus Reviews).

With over 3,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: In this “searing exposé” (Publishers Weekly), an investigative journalist chronicles the gripping true stories of girls raised as boys in Afghanistan. “Unique, important, and compelling… Book clubs will be riveted” (Booklist starred review).

A New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award: Having grown up a privileged member of the black Chicago elite, Margo Jefferson expounds on her experience with issues of race, class, and gender. “Brave… revelatory” (The New York Times Book Review).

A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 22,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Before she left Iran, Azar Nafisi met secretly with seven young women every week to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. A “sparkling memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) that “reminds us why we read in the first place” (Newsday).