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Books for Women's History Month

In case you didn't know, March is Women's History Month! In case you're in need of recommendations, I've put together some of my favorite books by and about women.
HISTORY
Want to read about some women being awesome in the past? Here's a bunch of historical fiction recommendations.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22020592-a-tyranny-of-petticoatshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6202556-the-evolution-of-calpurnia-tatehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7740048-wildthorn

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17564519-walk-on-earth-a-strangerhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24807186-wolf-by-wolfhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16250900-code-name-verity

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28818313-iron-casthttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26192915-outrun-the-moonhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222767-a-death-struck-year

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28078791-odd-truehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4419501-flygirlhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12883645-silhouette-of-a-sparrow

CONTEMPORARY
Maybe you'd rather read about some women making the world their own in this day and age. Here are some fantastic contemporaries!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-givehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30339479-you-ll-miss-me-when-i-m-gonehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28458598-when-dimple-met-rishi

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145133-i-believe-in-a-thing-called-lovehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25812109-the-female-of-the-specieshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156987-if-i-was-your-girl

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31449227-ramona-bluehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25528801-exit-pursued-by-a-bearhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25701463-you-re-welcome-universe

FANTASTICAL
Perhaps you'd like your daily dose of feminism in the form of an escape from reality. Here are some great fantasy and sci-fi titles!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-gracelinghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10576365-the-darkest-mindshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11235712-cinder

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18798983-the-wrath-and-the-dawnhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27883214-caravalhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24337.Ella_Enchanted

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-gameshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17234658-a-thousand-pieces-of-youhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17878931-red-queen

NONFICTION
Or maybe you'd like your Women's History Month to have some real history in it - here are some nonfiction books that celebrate real women and their stories!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318499-how-to-be-a-heroinehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821284-brown-girl-dreaminghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35888416-bygone-badass-broads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25953369-hidden-figureshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9516.Persepolishttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28820006-rejected-princesses

What are some of your favorite books for Women's History Month? Are you reading anything special this month to celebrate? Tell me in the comments!
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  1. SkyMarch 17, 2018 at 9:52 PM

    There are quite a few of these that I still need to read. Top of the list is prrroobbbably Outrun the Moon? Hidden Figures is up there, too, though.

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  2. SkyMarch 17, 2018 at 9:53 PM

    On a side note we're already halfway through the month and now I feel like I should be reading lots of feminist books and so far I've read Meet Cute and Simon. Whoops. Lol.

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