LibraryAware Women's History Month 2025: Adult Titles

Fiction

The Blue Maiden
by Anna Noyes

It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's sinister past. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths – piece by piece – a buried history to shocking ends.

The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali

Two young women in 1950s Tehran come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.

Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

As China's civil war ravages and engulfs their once-privileged lives, four resourceful daughters defy tradition and flee their home as the Communist army closes in, charting a path across a war-torn nation to independence in Taiwan.

Mother of Rome
by Lauren J. A. Bear

A reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus—and their mother, the mythical Rhea Silvia, whose sacrifice made it all possible.

The Dressmakers of London
by Julia Kelly

In World War II-era London, after their mother's unexpected death, Isabelle Shelton and her estranged sister Sylvia inherit the family dressmaking shop, leading to the possibility of reconciliation.

Nonfiction

When women ran Fifth Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion
by Julie Satow

Rich with personal drama and trade secrets, an award-winning journalist takes us back to the golden age of American department stores and the three visionary women—Hortense Odium of Bonwit Teller; Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor; and Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel—who led them.

The fall of Roe : the rise of a new America
by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer

With expertise across politics and religion, two award-winning New York Times journalists show how the battle over Roe, no matter your view on abortion, symbolizes a miscarriage of the ideals America promised: democracy, morality and freedom, while inadvertently laying out a roadmap for how we might make our way forward in this new America.

Women in the Valley of the Kings : the untold story of women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
by Kathleen Sheppard

Bringing the untold stories of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt, this book, using their travelogues, diaries and maps, upends the grand male narrative of Egyptian exploration and shows how a group of courageous women charted unknown territory, forever changing the field of Egyptology.

Toxic : women, fame, and the tabloid 2000s
by Sarah Ditum

Reexamining the lives of nine women who defined the hell of celebrity in the 2000s, this book reveals how their portrayal has shaped the way all women are viewed today as their stories intersect with our current political, social and cultural climate.

The talented Mrs. Mandelbaum : the rise and fall of an American organized-crime boss
by Margalit Fox

Painting a vibrant portrait of Gilded Age New York—and of a once-famous, now-forgotten heroine—this unforgettable story of America's first lady of organized crime recounts how she turned theft into a viable, scalable business.