New and Recommended Adult Fiction to Read During Women's History Month and Beyond

Updated March 2, 2026
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The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel The Age of Innocence reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste and form, manners and morals, and intricate social ceremonies. Newland Archer, soon to marry the lovely May Welland, is a man torn between his respect for...
And then there were none
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the...
Astral Library (Standard Edition)
Quinn, Kate.
Paper Book
*Special Collector's Edition will be available to the first UK print run only! Revealing a beautiful foil on board design beneath the dust jacket. Make sure to pre-order your copy. Available while stocks last* Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new...
Atlas shrugged
Rand, Ayn.
Ebook
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The...
Atmosphere : A Love Story
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*** 'Tipped as the read of the summer' SUNDAY TIMES 'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER 'Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet' COSMOPOLITAN 'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON...
Beloved : a novel
Morrison, Toni.
Paper Book
Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature. 'An American masterpiece' AS Byatt It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an...
Best offer wins : a novel
Kashino, Marisa
Paper Book
'I finished it in a day because I couldn't stop reading!' Freida McFadden 'Not since Gone Girl have I been so gripped' Alex Michaelides 'I promise you, you have no idea where this story is going' Taylor Jenkins Reid, recommended for her Must...
The Bewitching
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. 'Moreno-Garcia is a deft enchantress - this is a ghost story in high Gothic style' -...
Boleyn Traitor
Gregory, Philippa
Paper Book
She ​survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant? Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly. As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king's love is a fickle thing. And when the royal...
Broken Country
Hall, Clare Leslie
Paper Book
​*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR​​​***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK ...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Schwab, V. E.
Paper Book
The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New York Times Bestseller The Radio 2 Book Club Pick From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .
The correspondent : a novel
Evans, Virginia
Paper Book
Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year! LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD...
Cursed daughters : a novel
Braithwaite, Oyinkan
Paper Book
THE SECOND NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GLOBAL MEGA-SELLER, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
Don't Let Him in
Jewell, Lisa
Paper Book
PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER LISA JEWELL. * AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN 'A thrilling chilling work of...
Dream Count
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
'Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary' NEW STATESMAN THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER; LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A publishing event...
The Everlasting
Harrow, Alix E.
Paper Book
From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.A legend. A lie. A love story.A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He's sent back...
Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
The world's most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and...
Girl Dinner
Blake, Olivie
Paper Book
From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Olivie Blake, this is a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust and eating your fill - as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .Good girls deserve a treat.The House...
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
Paper Book
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell's magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O'Hara and the dashing soldier...
Great big beautiful life
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from the TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story. AN INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Emily knows how...
Half His Age
McCurdy, Jennette
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power - and the (often misguided) lengths we'll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom...
Heart the Lover
King, Lily.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times'Exploring how first love shapes a...
Heartwood
Gaige, Amity
Paper Book
'Fast-paced and full of grace . . . a memorable meditation on the forms of care' SARAH MOSS 'An unforgettable treat' JANICE HALLETT 'An absolute must-read' ELIN HILDEBRAND 'One of my favourite recent reads' BARBARA KINGSOLVER,...
Hidden Nature
Roberts, Nora
Paper Book
From multi-million copy bestselling author Nora Roberts - a brand new thriller about an injured cop fighting to bring down a pair of twisted killers. 'If you're after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she's your woman' The...
Jane Eyre
Brontë, Charlotte
Paper Book
Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece - the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations" (The Guardian). Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read A novel of intense power and...
The Love Haters
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
THE LATEST FEEL GOOD ROM-COM FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ROM-COMMERS 'The Love Haters made me laugh out loud and escape, just as her novels always do' JODI PICOULT Video producer Katie Vaughn has been burned...
Mrs. Dalloway
Woolf, Virginia
Paper Book
A brand new series of five of Woolf's major works, in beautifully designed hardback editions On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days...
The names : a novel
Knapp, Florence
Paper Book
A once-in-a-generation debut from a major new talent, The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. 'I've just been blown away by the best debut novel in years . . . A genius idea for...
Not Quite Dead Yet
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' FREIDA MCFADDEN 'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker' CHRIS WHITAKER 'An original and unique thriller'...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister...
Rebecca
Du Maurier, Daphne
Paper Book
Now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas "Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again..." With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the...
The talented Mr. Ripley
Highsmith, Patricia
Paper Book
'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an...
Their eyes were watching God
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Paper Book
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next' GUARDIAN 'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON 'Devilishly funny and academically...
This Book Made Me Think of You
Page, Libby
Paper Book
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK Twelve stories. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heart... When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there's a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn't come as more of a shock....
Uncle Tom's cabin : or, Life among the lowly
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Paper Book
We Are All Guilty Here
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
The instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller! The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the international sensation Karin Slaughter. 'A thriller of breadth and depth--a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena 'Explosive from the very...
The wedding people : a novel
Espach, Alison
Paper Book
The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 'Best read of the year' THE TIMES 'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN
Wuthering Heights
Bront©±, Emily
Paper Book
Emily Brontë's only novel and a gothic classic--a gripping story of obsession, revenge, and tragedy--now the feature film "Wuthering Heights" from Emerald Fennell, which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. ...

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