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Fiction & Literature Fantasy

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Fiction & Literature Science Fiction

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

Circe

by Madeline Miller

Fiction & Literature Fantasy

In the house of Helios, god of the sun, a daughter is born — but Circe is a strange child, not powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her craft and encounters legends of mythology.

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Fiction & Literature Science Fiction

In the totalitarian Republic of Gilead, women have been stripped of all rights. Offred, a Handmaid forced into reproductive servitude, recounts her life in this chilling dystopia. Atwood's prescient novel is a searing examination of power, gender, and the fragility of freedom.

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte

Orphaned and mistreated, the fiercely independent Jane Eyre becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls for the brooding Mr. Rochester. But the house holds a dark secret. A groundbreaking novel of passion, morality, and a woman's right to equality and self-respect.

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. In 1960s America, when she's reluctantly becomes the host of a cooking show, she uses it as a platform to teach chemistry to housewives across the nation.

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman interning at a New York magazine, slowly descends into a suffocating depression. Plath's only novel is a searingly honest and semi-autobiographical portrait of mental illness, societal expectations, and the impossible pressures placed on women.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

Janie Crawford tells her friend the story of her three marriages and her quest for love, independence, and self-discovery in early twentieth century Florida. Written in rich Southern dialect, Hurston's masterpiece is a celebration of Black womanhood and the courage to live on one's own terms.