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Top Books and Publishers to Read for International Women’s Day

Updated: Jan 25, 2023

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Carrie Thornbrugh

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” 

–Mary Shelley


 

Women’s History Month arrives two years into the global COVID-19 pandemic and it's been a wild ride for women, replete with frustrations and challenges. Yet despite setbacks, there are still bright moments to celebrate:

 

 

The final data point inspired us to shine a light on women writers and publishers with the following curated reading and book club recommendations. For more information about women in the literary arts, check out VIDA, an amazing non-profit and intersectional feminist literary organization.


Maya Angelou lying on a bed reading a magazine

 

Women Founded Presses, Publishers, and Literary Magazines:

 



Brazilian writer, Clarice Lispector sitting in a study looking at the camera

 

Read on for Feminist Fiction and Women’s Rights reading recommendations and discussion guides for women by women across the world. You’ll be happy to know that the following recommendations pass the Bechdel Test, a measure of the representation of women in fiction. It asks whether a work features at least two named women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Preach!

 

 

 

illustration of a group of diverse women

 

Women Who Read: Public Book Clubs for Women

 


 

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