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Absolution

by Alice McDermott

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All the Women in My Brain

by Betty Gilpin

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Althea

by Sally H. Jacobs

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Africa Risen

Edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight

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Anita de Monte Laughs Last

by Xochitl Gonzalez

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Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior

by Carole Lindstrom; illustrations by Bridget George; foreword by Autumn Peltier

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The Awesome! Box Set

by Eva Chen; illustrated by Derek Desierto

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Beyond That, the Sea

by Laura Spence-Ash

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Birdgirl

by Mya-Rose Craig

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

by bell hooks

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The Book of Hope

by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams

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Candy Darling

by Cynthia Carr

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Can't I Go Instead

by Lee Geum-yi; translated by An Seonjae

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Choosing Brave

by Angela Joy; illustrated by Janelle Washington

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The Connellys of County Down

by Tracey Lange

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Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

by Coretta Scott King; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

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Couplets

by Maggie Millner

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Dear Black Girls

 by A'ja Wilson

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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

by Crystal Smith Paul

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The Double X Economy

by Linda Scott

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Dream with the/Sueña con las Latinitas

by Juliet Menéndez

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Eloquent Rage

by Brittney Cooper

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Emotional Labor

by Rose Hackman

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The End of Drum-Time

by Hanna Pylväinen

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Ethel Rosenberg

by Anne Sebba

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Everyday Trauma

by Tracey Shors, PhD

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Exit Interview

by Kristi Coulter

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The Familiar

by Leigh Bardugo

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Fat Talk

by Virginia Sole-Smith

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Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline Boulley

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First to the Front

by Lorissa Rinehart

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Flowers for the Sea

by Zin E. Rocklyn

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The Fox Wife

by Yangsze Choo

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The Geek Feminist Revolution

by Kameron Hurley

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The Glass House

by Beatrice Colin

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The Girl Who Sang

by Children’s Literature

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Growing Up Biden

by Valerie Biden Owens

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A Guest in the House

by Emily Carroll

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Her Country

by Marissa R. Moss

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Her Honor

by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

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The House Guest

by Hank Phillippi Ryan

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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

by Angie Cruz

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How We Can Win

by Kimberly Jones

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Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz

by Claudia Romo Edelman and William Alexander; illustrated by Alexandra Beguez

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Hispanic Star: Ellen Ochoa

by Claudia Romo Edelman and Nathalie Alonso; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez

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Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor

by Claudia Romo Edelman and Nathalie Alonso; illustrated by Alexandra Beguez

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History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know

by Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams

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HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style

by Elizabeth Holmes

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In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet; Translated by Sophie R. Lewis; Foreword by Carmen Maria Machado

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Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

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Jane Against the World

by Karen Blumenthal

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Kantika

by Elizabeth Graver

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killing rage

by bell hooks

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Künstlers in Paradise

by Cathleen Schine

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The Last Dreamwalker

by Rita Woods

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The League of Wives

by Heath Hardage Lee

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Lessons for Survival

by Emily Raboteau

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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun

by Charles J. Shields

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Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

by Drew Afualo

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Luster

by Raven Leilani

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Maame

by Jessica George

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Magnificent Rebel

by Anne de Courcy

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Maiden Voyages

by Siân Evans

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Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards

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Minority Leader

by Stacey Abrams

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Misfits

by Michaela Coel

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The Moment of Lift

by Melinda Gates

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More Than a Dream

by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long

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My Body

by Emily Ratajkowski

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My Selma

by Willie Mae Brown

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Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

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The Night Guest

by Hildur Knutsdottir; translated by Mary Robinette Kowal

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The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley

by David Waldstreicher

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Olga Dies Dreaming

by Xochitl Gonzalez

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Of Women and Salt

by Gabriela Garcia

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On Women

Susan Sontag; Edited by David Rieff; Introduction by Merve Emre

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One Blood

by Denene Millner

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Opening My Eyes Underwater

by Ashley Woodfolk

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Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

by Stacey Abrams

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A Pair of Wings

by Carole Hopson

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The Peach Seed

by Anita Gail Jones

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Pelosi

by Molly Ball

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Persist

by Elizabeth Warren

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The Picture Bride

by Lee Geum-yi; translated by An Seonjae

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The Power of Women

by Dr. Denis Mukwege

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The Real Valkyrie

by Nancy Marie Brown

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Say Anarcha

by J. C. Hallman

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She Sang for India

by Suma Subramaniam; illustrated by Shreya Gupta

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Sing, Aretha, Sing!

by Hanif Abdurraqib; illustrated by Ashley Evans

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Skirts

by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

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Stories from Suffragette City

Introduction by Kristin Hannah; edited by M.J. Rose and Fiona Davis

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Somebody's Daughter

by Ashley C. Ford

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A Song Below Water : A Novel

by Bethany C. Morrow

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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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Tell Me Everything

by Minka Kelly

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The Three Mothers

by Anna Malaika Tubbs

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Unbound

by Tarana Burke

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Unstoppable!

by Maggie Nichols with Hope Innelli

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Uphill

by Jemele Hill

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Upright Women Wanted

by Sarah Gailey

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Wandering Souls

by Cecile Pin

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Warrior Girl Unearthed

by Angeline Boulley

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The Watergate Girl

by Jill Wine-Banks

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We Love Anderson Cooper

by R.L. Maizes

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While You Were Out

by Meg Kissinger

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Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?

by Tanya Lee Stone; illustrations by Marjorie Priceman

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Will Do Magic for Small Change

by Andrea Hairston

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Within These Wicked Walls

by Lauren Blackwood

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Woke : A Young Poet's Call to Justice

by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Theodore Taylor, III (Illustrated by), Jason Reynolds (Contributions by)

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The Women

by Kristin Hannah

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Women of the Harlem Renaissance

Edited by Marissa Constantinou

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The Women of NOW

by Katherine Turk

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The Women of Rothschild

by Natalie Livingstone

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Women in the Valley of the Kings

by Kathleen Sheppard

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Wolf Hustle

by Cin Fabré

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WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

by Abby Wambach

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