Women's History Month Fiction

Historical fiction about women

Updated February 5, 2024
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The wind knows my name : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' - KHALED HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' - DAILY MAIL 'What a joy it must be to...
The personal librarian
Benedict, Marie
Audiobook
The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! "Historical fiction at its best!"*   A remarkable novel...
The weaver and the witch queen
Gornichec, Genevieve
Paper Book
The lives of two women -- one desperate to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to become queen of Norway -- intertwine in this spellbinding, powerful novel of Viking Age history and myth from the acclaimed author of The Witch's Heart....
The vaster wilds
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Exhilarating' GUARDIAN 'Her writing has a timeless quality' THE TIMES '[Has] a visionary quality' OBSERVER A profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive
The forest of vanishing stars
Harmel, Kristin
Paper Book
'A cracking story and characters that zing from the page. Totally immersive' LIZ TRENOW 'A master storyteller' SANTA MONTEFIORE Yona has used her knowledge of the wilderness to help hundreds of Jews escape the Nazis. But what happens when a secret from her past...
Code name Sapphire
Jenoff, Pam
Paper Book
1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiance was killed, taking refuge with her cousin, Lily, in Brussels. Desperate to flee Europe, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line- a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Mateo....
Let us descend : a novel
Ward, Jesmyn
Paper Book
* AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * 'A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL 'One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON 'Extraordinary' GUARDIAN'The...

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