Celebrating Women - Fiction

Celebrating Women

FICTION by Female Authors

Woman with her hand over her heart and a scarf wrapped around her face.

Private Way by Ladette Randolph

Patch-work hand signing.

True Biz by Sarah Nović

Abstraction of two women's faces overlapping.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Faceless woman wearing a bonnet and cloak.

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Barefoot young woman wearing a simple braid and dress.

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Woman's solemn face depicted like Greek pottery.

Circe by Madeline Miller

Portrait of an apathetic Regency era noblewoman.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Leafless tree.

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Two concentric circles overlap.

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

Overhead view of a suburban neighborhood.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Two women of Asante descent face opposite directions.

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Torn paper reveals the painting of a goldfinch.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Stylistically Nigerian font.

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Woman wearing a matching head wrap and dress.

Earthseed: the Complete Collection by Octavia Butler

Glamorous woman levitates in front of a stage curtain.

The Magician's Assistant by Ann Pratchett

Broken brick wall in a suburban neighborhood.

The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

Short Story Collections

Wilted flower with missing petals.

Joy: and 52 Other Very Short Stories by Erin McGraw

Tentacles rising from watery depths.

Stories No One Hopes Are About Them by A. J. Bermudez

Impressionist lighthouse on the coast.

What Isn't Remembered by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry

African woman wearing a stylized mask.

Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

Line of dancing Native American cornhusk dolls.

Living on the Borderlines by Melissa Michal

Woman with feathered hair and large glasses.

Thanks for This Riot by Janelle Bassett

Woman's face fades into a grape vine.

Daughters of Muscadine by Monic Ductan

Black hair braids.

All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere by DeMisty D. Bellinger

Young Adult

Woman looking out from an apartment window.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Black leather jacket.

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Girl with a braid overlooks a city scape.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

Girl's yellow eye represents the Yellow Fever Epidemic.

Fever 1973 by Laurie Halse Anderson

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