Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
By: Elise Hooper
3.88
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war Ame…
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1. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
2. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
3. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
4. The First Ladies
By: Marie Benedict
4.04
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
5. The Underground Library
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
6. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
By: Janet Skeslien Charles
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
7. Finding Margaret Fuller
By: Allison Pataki
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. A Bakery in Paris
By: Aimie K. Runyan
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel set in nineteent… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
9. Becoming Madam Secretary
By: Stephanie Dray
4.45
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- womens
- adult
- audiobook
10. The Phoenix Crown
By: Kate Quinn
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
By: Elise Hooper
3.88
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war Ame… read more
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- adult fiction
- feminism
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- womens
- sports
- book club
- audiobook
12. When We Had Wings
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- womens
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13. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
14. Can't We Be Friends
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Husbands & Lovers
By: Beatriz Williams
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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- adult
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- audiobook
17. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
By: Katie Ledecky
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more
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- womens
- sports
- adult
- audiobook
18. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
By: Michelle Moran
4.30
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
19. The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
20. Darkness Calls the Tiger
By: Janyre Tromp
4.59
Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition
"Evocative and transportive, filled with nuance and spiked with the violence of war, Darkness Calls… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
21. In a League of Her Own
By: Kaia Alderson
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black busin… read more
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- historical
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- sports
- audiobook
