Featuring books about women taking control of their
lives and learning to accept themselves.
 
Candice Carty-Williams
 
Candice Carty-Williams is a British author who has written for publications such as The Guardian, Vogue, and The Sunday Times.
 
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Katherine Center
Center has been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.”
 
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Elle Cosimano
Cosimano combines suspense and laughs with metafictional twists. Her writing features snarky female main characters.
 
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Laurie Gelman
Gelman’s writing features well-crafted dialogue with plenty of wit and snark.

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Linda Holmes
American author Linda Holmes writes novels with kind characters, life revelations, and small towns.
 
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Balli Kaur Jaswal
Jaswal handles myriad familiar themes related to the complicated experiences of womanhood, immigration, and grief with a fresh voice. - Kirkus Reviews
 
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Elinor Lipman
Elinor Lipman writes humorous novels about contemporary American society.
 
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Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery is a bestselling author of novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance.
 
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Jane L. Rosen
Rosen writes relatable, heartwarming characters with complex interpersonal relationships.
 
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Radhika Sanghani
Radhika Sanghani is a writer specializing in comedy and an award-winning journalist. She regularly writes on women’s issues and social affairs for national newspapers and women’s magazines.
 
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Jesse Q. Sutanto
Jesse Q. Sutanto is a Chinese-Indonesian author. As of 2023, she has published nine novels for adults, young adults, and middle grade readers. She is most famous for her novel Dial A for Aunties, which won the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize and has been optioned for a film by Netflix.
 
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Abbi Waxman
Waxman writes flawed but relatable characters that reflect modern women.
 
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Laura Zigman
Zigman is terrific at melding heartbreaking situations with humorous, evocative details without once veering off
into saccharine sentimentality…
– Boston Globe
 
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