Big Books of 2026

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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerOut of Africa by Isak DinesenMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Unusual women in history
336 books — 55 voters
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsDragon Bound by Thea HarrisonLetters to Eloise by Emily WilliamsLittle Earthquakes by Jennifer WeinerPlaying for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson
Adult Pregnancy and Babies (not YA)
140 books — 63 voters

AlmaMia Cienfuegos and Other Stories by Magaly GuerreroThe Heart of Revenge by Richie DrenzHope Divine by Tan MorganKaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest by Wayne Gerard TrotmanThe Humming-Bird Tree by Ian McDonald
Caribbean Fiction
22 books — 26 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonOrlando by Virginia WoolfRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Women in turn-of-the century's culture (1880-1940)
484 books — 61 voters

Taking Charge by Bridgitte LesleyJozi Gold by Leanne HuntHouse of Belonging by Andrea ThomeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Feel-good women's fiction in cosy settings
54 books — 51 voters
When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergAmerican Gypsy by Oksana MarafiotiLesie, ojcze mój by PapuszaPieśni mówione by PapuszaZwischen Liebe und Hass by Philomena Franz
Twenty Romani Women You Should Be Reading
42 books — 10 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Hello Giggles: 40 books every woman should read
40 books — 7 voters
Burial Rites by Hannah KentThe Secret River by Kate GrenvillePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanLooking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Australian Women Writers
441 books — 90 voters

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. GreenA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfTwenty Years at Hull House by Jane AddamsThe Role of Women in Society in the 20th Century by Salvatore Ferrazzani
First Wave Feminism
81 books — 22 voters
The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanBREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisSexual Politics by Kate Millett
Second Wave Feminism
142 books — 57 voters

The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksAsking for It by Kate HardingHe's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica ValentiBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Third-Wave Feminism
169 books — 64 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo the Grave by Caitlin MossJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHouse of Belonging by Andrea ThomeCalifornia Sister by Gloria Mattioni
Women Finding Themselves
129 books — 55 voters


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