Skip to main content
Kirklees Council
All Lists
General Recommendations
Featuring Notable Women (DDL Winter Reading 24-25)
Unpublished
Share
Updated December 16, 2024
D
DeWitt District Library
A list cannot be published until it has at least four items.
List was unpublished.
List was published.
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
All in : an autobiography
King, Billie Jean
Paper Book
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A constant role model in my life, Billie Jean King is a leading example of integrity in the face of adversity. The...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The bandit queens : a novel
Shroff, Parini
Paper Book
A sharply observed tragicomedy set in rural India revolving around an isolated woman falsely accused of killing her vanished husband, who becomes sought after to help other aspiring widows - perfect for readers of Love After Love, My Sister the Serial Killer and How to Kidnap the Rich.
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Black butterflies
Morris, Priscilla (College teacher)
Paper Book
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Cher : the memoir, part one
Cher
Paper Book
The Collector's Edition: The first hardback print run will feature an exclusive foiled board design. Order now to avoid missing out! 'A rock 'n' roll memoir like no other' Daily Mail 'A gutsy account of tenacity and perseverance...Cher's voice reverberates with the grit and depth...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Detransition, baby : a novel
Peters, Torrey
Ebook
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Diva
Goodwin, Daisy
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. 'An extraordinary, vivid, and skilful re-imagining of a modern Greek legend' -...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Divine might : goddesses in Greek myth
Haynes, Natalie
Paper Book
Get ready to meet the goddesses.In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it's time to look beyond the columns of a ruined temple to the...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science
Sobel, Dava
Paper Book
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. 'A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Emily Wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries
Fawcett, Heather
Paper Book
'A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Enter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical, enchanting and heart-warming tale...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The final girl support group
Hendrix, Grady
Paper Book
In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The first ladies
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognised by U.S. Presidents....
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year 'Sparkling' OBSERVER 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY<...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
How to age disgracefully
Pooley, Clare
Paper Book
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
In the upper country
Thomas, Kai
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD COSMOPOLITAN'S 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 'Fresh and propulsive . . . a veneration of those whose tales are...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Lady Macbeth : a novel
Reid, Ava
Paper Book
'Channelling the dark magic at the heart of one of Shakespeare's most intriguing anti-heroes, this reimagining of Lady Macbeth is full of witchcraft, deadly power games, dark schemes, supernatural elements, and a touch of romance.' Cosmopolitan 'A...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The last stargazers : the enduring story of astronomy's vanishing explorers
Levesque, Emily
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2020 To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving mountain passes, sub-zero...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Learned by heart
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The lion women of Tehran
Kamali, Marjan
Paper Book
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship,...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Maria : a novel of Maria von Trapp
Moran, Michelle
Audiobook
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Maude Horton's glorious revenge
Pook, Lizzie
Paper Book
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Mrs. Quinn's rise to fame
Ford, Olivia
Paper Book
In their sixty years together, Jennifer Quinn has only kept two secrets from her husband. One is that her love of baking has just won her a spot as a contestant on primetime TV show Britain Bakes. The other she hopes will stay hidden forever . . . Whisked into an unfamiliar world...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Swift River
Chambers, Essie
Paper Book
Discover a sweeping story that will break your heart and mend it again, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Vanishing Half. 'I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
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
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The voyage home : a novel
Barker, Pat
Paper Book
THE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER'S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle. Alongside the...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
When women were dragons : a novel
Barnhill, Kelly Regan
Ebook
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear
Moore, Kate, (Writer and editor)
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girlscomes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary Victorian housewife and mother of six. That was, until the first Woman's Rights Convention...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
The women
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture! 'Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph' - Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six 'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus,<...
Comment
Save
Cancel
Check Availability
Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or
log in here.