20 Books by Female Authors in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

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Read 20 (or more) books written by Female Authors in 2025.

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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

528 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

Mehrsa Baradaran

558 pages • digital • 2017 user-added

nonfiction economics history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • digital • 2010

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Diabetes: A History of Race and Disease by Arleen Marcia Tuchman

Diabetes: A History of Race and Disease

Arleen Marcia Tuchman

288 pages • 2020

challenging informative slow-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

416 pages • digital • 2011

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

464 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plant-based Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners: 150 Slow Cooking Recipes for Everyday Cooking by ANGELICA MAY

Plant-based Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners: 150 Slow Cooking Recipes for Everyday Cooking

Plant-based Cookbook for Beginners #3

ANGELICA MAY

253 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction cookbook
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

Emily of New Moon

Emily #1

L.M. Montgomery

339 pages • paperback • 1923

fiction classics middle grade lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate

The Broken Earth #2

N.K. Jemisin

433 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced