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Women's Literature October 2026 |
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Big Little Truths: The Sequel to Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Ten years after Big Little Lies, Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie are navigating teenage children, strained marriages, and new family crises. When a threatening package arrives at the high school and a stranger starts asking questions, the women must confront the secrets they’ve kept--and what their children need to know.
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Hollow Bones
by Jodi Picoult
On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn't have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse--a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis--have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.
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The Witch by Freida McFadden After losing her job and apartment, Julia Barlow retreats to her family’s centuries-old Massachusetts estate, hoping to disappear. Instead, unexplained disturbances lead her to the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692. As family secrets surface, Julia fears the house is haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.
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The Pirate Queenby Ariel Lawhon Born with a gift for seafaring, Grace O’Malley is forced into marriage to serve her noble family’s ambitions. When betrayal drives her from her husband’s lands, she returns to sea and takes command of her clan’s fleet. But as Queen Elizabeth’s forces tighten their grip on Ireland, Grace must defend her hard-won independence, her people, and those she loves.
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The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mi'kmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother died bringing Aliet into the world under that very tree; her father remains a mystery no one will name. Aliet's childhood is shaped by the old ways, but the world beyond their community is changing. Traditional midwifery is condemned, prejudice deepens, and when the wrong person witnesses a birth, the consequences are disastrous. As Aliet comes of age, she navigates love, loss, and a personal tragedy that veers her from the path her grandmother wanted for her.
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Partitaby Barbara KingsolverDecades earlier, Livia Cable's old lover knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she's kept at bay for a lifetime. Shifting between past and present, Livia's decision to meet or reject the reunion means confronting step by step, in memories framed as musical dances, the experiences of childhood loss, abandonment, self-immolating passion, and perilous attachment to a man who broke her belief in love and ruptured the course of her life.
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Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson Back in postwar Britain, reporter Harry Flynn takes a job preparing the Festival of Britain alongside a team of eccentrics. When a Frenchwoman disappears, he becomes the prime suspect--but can’t remember their evening together. As evidence mounts and hidden agendas emerge, Flynn questions his own innocence amid a nation’s efforts to celebrate and rebuild.
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The Witches of Cambridgeby Alice Hoffman At Radcliffe College in the 1950s, quiet newcomer Ava and wealthy, rebellious Lauren seem unlikely friends. But both are recruited into the Lilith Society, a secret order of witches dating back to colonial times. As they discover their magical inheritance, their growing bond faces the challenges of newfound power, friendship, and love.
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The Me I Used to Be by Kristan Higgins Four former best friends reunite twenty-five years after a tragic graduation-night accident fractured their bond. Their lives bear little resemblance to their teenage dreams, and one friend’s early-onset dementia diagnosis makes their time together urgent. Over one weekend, they confront old secrets and disappointments--and decide whether their friendship has a future.
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Just for the Plotby Meghan Quinn Baseball star Bennett Brinkman has fallen for his sister’s best friend, Bower, who considers him firmly off-limits. But when she moves into his apartment building, their easy friendship gives way to flirtation and undeniable chemistry. As the sparks intensify, Bower must decide whether romance is worth risking her closest friendship.
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