Happy Tuesday, bibliophiles!
Here in the U.S., March is Women’s History Month! Every year, I find myself repeating the same horrors about the attacks on women’s rights in the past five years. This year is no different, save for the fact that with Trump’s presidency, so many men have felt emboldened to let their misogyny run rampant—and our society seems to encourage it, time after time. Every year, we fight to make sure that misogyny, sexism, and rape culture become impermissible again. Though it seems like an uphill climb with no discernible light at the end of the tunnel, there will always be a constant: we will keep fighting for all women. For women of color, for immigrant women, for queer and trans women (especially trans women, because feminism wouldn’t be possible without them), for disabled women, for survivors. They keep pushing against them, so we’ll keep fighting—and keep reading. The good news is that literature is rife with heroines fighting against the system, and as long as these stories are told and spread, someone will be inspired to fight. So as with all the other year, I’ve compiled even more books of women fighting against oppression from a variety of perspectives, age ranges, and genres.
NOTE: once again, I’ve switched these posts to books for several age ranges, too lazy to change the header, etc. etc.
For my previous lists, click below:
Let’s begin, shall we?
🚺THE BOOKISH MUTANT’S BOOKS FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH🚺
SCIENCE FICTION:
- Countess – Suzan Palumbo | Adult, POC, retellings | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Camp Zero – Michelle Sterling | Adult, POC, dystopia | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
- Womb City – Tlotlo Tsamaase | Adult, POC, Afrofuturism, horror | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
- Goldilocks – Laura Lam | Adult, dystopia, disability | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
- Agnes at the End of the World – Kelly McWilliams | YA, dystopia | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
FANTASY:
- Our Crooked Hearts – Melissa Albert | YA, paranormal, urban fantasy, mystery, LGBTQ+ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Maid and the Crocodile – Jordan Ifueko | YA, POC, high fantasy, disability | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
- So Let Them Burn – Kamilah Cole | YA, POC, high fantasy, | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
- Brooms – Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall | YA, alternate history, LGBTQ+, POC, disability | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Unbroken – C.L. Clark | Adult, high fantasy, POC, LGBTQ+ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Squire – Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas | MG, POC, high fantasy | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
REALISTIC FICTION:
- This Book Won’t Burn – Samira Ahmed | YA, contemporary, LGBTQ+ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson | YA, mystery/thriller | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Shit Cassandra Saw – Gwen E. Kirby | Adult, short stories | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
- While You Were Dreaming – Alisha Rai | YA, romance, POC | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
- Love Letters for Joy – Melissa See | YA, romance, LGBTQ+, disability | ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
NONFICTION:
- Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire – edited by Alice Wong | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism – Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music – National Public Radio | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life – Alice Wong | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! Have you read any of these books, and if so, what did you think of them? What are your favorite feminist books? Let me know in the comments!
Today’s song:
That’s it for this year’s Women’s History Month list! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 