You Go Girl Challenge

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9 participants (116 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This challenge asks you to seek out female authors and break the mould of filling our shelves with predominately male writers. Let’s celebrate the incredible women’s voices that fill the page and show just how important their stories are! 

Challenge Books

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce

Harold Fry #3

Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

Rachel Joyce

126 pages • 2022 • 21 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple Collection #1

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

298 pages • 1982 • 224 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez

The Fall Risk

Abby Jimenez

82 pages • 2025 • 26 editions

fiction contemporary romance short stories funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

ReVisioning American History

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • 2014 • 16 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Decoy Girlfriend by Lillie Vale

The Decoy Girlfriend

Lillie Vale

320 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Secrets of the Nile #1

What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • 2023 • 61 editions

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Lost Letters of Aisling by Cynthia Ellingsen

The Lost Letters of Aisling

Cynthia Ellingsen

294 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

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fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow #1

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • 2021 • 84 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother

Danielle Teller

384 pages • 2018 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced