There’s nothing we love more than celebrating women, and with March marking National Women’s History month, we’re spotlighting books with a feminist vibe—by women, for women, and about the unique experiences of modern womanhood. Luckily, there’s no shortage of incredible books by brilliant women, and we’ve rounded up some of the best from recent years.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Elizabeth Zott faces discrimination and mistreatment as a female scientist in the 1960s, and reluctantly becomes the host of a cooking show when she’s forced out of her lab position. With fascinating and unique characters, gorgeous prose, and a profound sense of humanity, readers will understand the substantial effort women have faced to be treated as human beings with talent and skill.
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Circe by Madeline Miller
A reimagining of the Greek myth, Circe is a feminist text about the power women have to find love and beauty even when they stand alone. With lush writing, this captivating novel is about discovering the beauty of mortality in the face of the divine.
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo became the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize with this book, in 2019. The novel comprises the stories of twelve unique characters, many of whom are Black women. They share their stories of struggle, family, and resilience in this joyful and celebratory work.
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Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
This collection of queer and feminist stories includes the tale of a group of lumberjacks gathering for a dance, where some of them will be women for the evening, a story about a pandemic affecting hormones raging across the country, a novella about a boarding school rising up against a queer kid, and a complex tale of a cross-dresser and a trans woman crossing paths. It’s sure to entertain and enlighten readers with its provocative audacity.
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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
An exhausted mother and artist finds herself transforming into a creature at night, a fitting metaphor for her life experiences. Mothers will feel seen by this funny, subversive, and visceral story.
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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six comes a novel that will break your heart and stitch it back up again. A love story set in the 1980s, Atmosphere imagines female astronauts who are finally getting their chance at NASA, and finding love and family in the process.
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Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
Olga Isabel Acevedo, a self-made Brooklyn woman and wedding planner, finds love and family secrets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The novel explores ideas connected to the American Dream and what it means to be a modern woman trying to have it all.
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Weyward by Emilia Hart
Three women connected by blood but separated by centuries share a mystical, nature-bound family heritage in this atmospheric and captivating novel. In spite of cruel men and prejudiced societies, the Weyward women find strength from their connection to the earth and to each other in a powerful story of female resilience.
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Intemperance by Sonora Jha
A 55-year-old American woman draws inspiration from her Indian heritage to host a competition for her hand in marriage. This book about self-love, charting your own path, and female independence will have you rooting for an unlikely heroine.
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing is a story of two sisters in 18th century Ghana each fated to a different life, and the effect that fate has on their descendants for generations to come. This breathtaking and emotional book shows the quiet influence of women on the ever-changing world.
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All Fours by Miranda July
It’s a road trip novel, but really it’s about one woman’s search for identity, a reinvention of her sexual, artistic, and domestic self. This book offers transformation for the character and the reader, too.
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