Remarkable Women: Fiction, History, and Memoirs

A selection of books celebrating women and their accomplishments, for Women’s History Month and all year long.

Updated February 23, 2024
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The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts
Grush, Loren
Paper Book
The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make-up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms and flight suits that didn't fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space. In...
The life I stole
Scott, Nikola
Paper Book
A gripping and emotional novel of secrets, romance and betrayal in 1950s London 'Atmospheric and compelling. I loved it!' Lorna Cook 'Packed with intrigue, heart and emotion . . . brought the realities and attitudes of post-war London to life...
Violeta
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE_______________'Epic, beautifully crafted . . . Gripping from start to finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A moving exploration of both the pain and the freedom of...
Wake the hidden history of women-led slave revolts
Hall, Rebecca, 1963- author.
Paper Book
A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the "powerful" (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's...

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