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The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the '90s From the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, an exploration of women i...

*NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES* *ONE of NPR's and TIME's BEST BOOKS of the YEAR * NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of the YEAR by WOMAN'S DAY, NEWSDAY, P...

Perfect for readers of Madeleine Miller and Claire Heywood, this mythic retelling is a rich, thrilling story of war and peace, love and betrayal, a...

Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon The story of how Victoria's Secret skyrocketed from a tiny chain of boutiques to a retail ...

Notes from a Loud Woman Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a porcelain dove that wil...

How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during Wo...

Rekindled romance spreads new wings in this atmospheric romantic fantasy, where magic empowers women trapped inside an oppressive patriarchy. This ...

The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the mo...

An empowering message inspired by a beloved quote from Madeleine L'Engle's enduring classic A Wrinkle in Time. "Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs. Whats...

The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author ...

Harker & Moriarty, Book #1 In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale - part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery - the worlds of Dracula an...

A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Wor...

TikTok sensation, comedian, and digital content creator Elyse Myers shares relatable personal stories told with vulnerability and humor, shining a ...

An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The Book of Ayn follows a writer from New York to Los...

How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal f...

When the Career Ladder Breaks for Women - And How They Can Succeed in Spite of It  The broken rung is more pervasive than the glass ceiling in hold...

How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence...

Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American's search for home and belonging on h...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate ...

An Instant New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller! A Next Avenue Influencer in Aging...

A Women's History of the Ancient World A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center - from Cleopatra to Boud...

A fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment to the yakuza princess she's been forced to protect in this explosive queer thriller: Ki...