International Women's Day 8th March 2025

A selection of Fiction and non-fiction titles for adult readers as we promote and celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) 8th March 2025.

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

IWD belongs to all who care about women's equality.

If paper titles are not your thing browse our collection of International women's day related eAudio and eBooks at this link: Kirklees Libraries' eAudio and eBook collection.


Updated March 7, 2025
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Rise : extraordinary women of colour who changed the world
Abidi, Maliha
Paper Book
Rise celebrates the uplifting and inspiring stories of 100 remarkable women of colour. From the entrepreneur with a homemade marmalade business who went on to found Women World Banking, to the educator who built the first university in the world; and from the athlete who fled civil war on...
My thoughts exactly
Allen, Lily
Paper Book
I'm strong. I can be tough. I've been broken. I'm opinionated. I'm a people-pleaser. I'm spoilt. I'm needy. I contradict myself. I try to do good. I want to do good. I'm impassioned. I'm observant. Most importantly, I tell the truth. And this is my story.
The collected autobiographies of Maya Angelou
Angelou, Maya.
Paper Book
When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garnered the attention of an international audience with the triumphs and tragedies of her childhood in the American South. This soul-baring memoir launched a six-book epic spanning the sweep of the...
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: The Bestselling South Korean Therapy Memoir
Sehee, Baek
Paper Book
** PRE-ORDER THE SEQUEL I WANT TO DIE BUT I STILL WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI NOW ** THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR 'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public...
Women & power : a manifesto
Beard, Mary
Paper Book
A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material on rape, consent and how the discussion has moved on.
Becoming
Obama, Michelle
Paper Book
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwide Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate,...
Butter
Yuzuki, Asako
Paper Book
WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025 THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 'A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'I have been glued...
I Am an Island: The Sunday Times Bestselling Memoir of One Woman's Search for Belonging
Calidas, Tamsin
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Memoir of the year' - Vogue 'A wondrous, sensuous memoir of salt-stung survival . . . clear-eyed and poetic prose' Sunday Times 'A fascinating memoir' - Daily Mail ...
The silence factory
Collins, Bridget
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The Binding 'Utterly original... ensnared me from the very first page' EMILIA HART 'Storytelling at its most immersive' ERIN KELLY The whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY In...
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Featuring paperback exclusive bonus content THIS IS ONE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH 'Juno Dawson is at the top of her game in this vibrant and meticulous take on witchcraft. Her characteristic wit and grit...
The Shadow Cabinet
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
The follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal Coven All is not as it seems within the halls of Her Majesty's Royal Coven... Despite thinking they've thwarted the prophecy, the witches are still reeling from the events of the past few...
Gentleman Jack : a biography of Anne Lister, regency landowner, seducer & secret diarist
Steidele, Angela
Paper Book
'A fascinating book about a remarkable woman' The TimesAnne Lister was a Yorkshire heiress, an intrepid world traveller and a proud lesbian during a time when it was difficult simply to be female. She chose to remain unmarried, dressed all in black and spoke openly of her lack of interest in men....
The wren, the wren
Enright, Anne
Paper Book
Nell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel's...
More than a woman
Moran, Caitlin
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Exceptionally brilliant and powerful' Marina Hyde 'This book is a hilarious memoir, a passionate polemic, and a moving manifesto on how to be a decent person and try, in the face of...
Face It: A Memoir
Harry, Debbie
Paper Book
'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing...
It's not about the burqa : Muslim women on faith, feminism, sexuality and race
Khan, Mariam
Paper Book
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience. Now in paperback.In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the...
Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS
Moaveni, Azadeh
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE. A GUARDIANAND OBSERVERBOOK OF THE YEAR. An intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their comfortable lives behind and...
She called me woman : Nigeria's queer women speak
Mohammed, Azeenarh
Ebook
Endell Street the trailblazing women who ran World War One's most remarkable military hospital
Moore, Wendy
Paper Book
Forgotten women : the scientists
Tsjeng, Zing
Paper Book
Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand theyve been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures. From leaders and scientists to artists and writers,...

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