Must-Read Fiction with Strong Female Characters
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Little Children
by Tom Perrotta
A group of young suburban parents, including a stay-at-home dad, a former feminist, and an over-structured mom, finds its sleepy existence shattered when a convicted …
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Love
by Toni Morrison
The epitome of a group of women's ideals about love, fatherhood, and friendship, wealthy hotel owner Bill Cosey finds his life compromised by his troubled …
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Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver
In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended …
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The Opposite of Fate
by Amy Tan
The author reflects on her family's Chinese American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, and her struggle to manage three …
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A Perfect Day
by Richard Paul Evans
A Story of a man who found everything he thought he was missing in the love he already had.
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Nighttime is My Time
by Mary Higgins Clark
The undisputed "Queen of Suspense" delivers a chilling new thriller, set during the 20th high school reunion of a "tragedy-ridden" class, as a murderer sets …
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. …
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare …
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Thursday Next in The Well of Lost Plots
by Jasper Fforde
Exhausted by her stint as Miss Havisham's apprentice at Jurisfiction, Thursday Next is delighted by a respite in the Character Exchange Program in the Well …
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2nd Chance
by James Patterson
The Women's Murder Club returns for another thrilling crime investigation. Will their skills be enough to take down a brutal madman? A brutal madman sprays …
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Lost in a Good Book
by Jasper Fforde
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Constant Rabbit comes “Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost …
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Murder, She Wrote: Dying to Retire
by Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher is in a Florida retirement community for the funeral of a dear old friend whose heart gave out-only to discover that the woman's …
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Blacklist
by Sara Paretsky
Investigating the death of a man found in an empty estate building for a long-time client starts V.I. on the trail of four generations of …
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice ; Or, on the Segregation of the Queen
by Laurie R. King
A chance meeting with an elderly beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive Sherlock …
