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“Land of Women is a moving feminist account of women’s historical roles in rural communities.”

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“With its urgent discussions of climate change and human rights, Feminism or Death is a perennial feminist text.”

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“Sexual Revolution is Laurie Penny’s radical work of literary journalism; it concerns current sociopolitical climates and the ways that feminism can save the world.”

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“In Maggie Smith’s novel Truth and Other Lies, three driven women make life-altering decisions about the secrets they’ve kept in order to get ahead.”

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“Thorough in analyzing the history and psychology of work and exhaustion, Jonathan Malesic’s The End of Burnout suggests ways to revamp a system that burns people out.”

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“Robert Kerbeck’s juicy memoir Ruse tells riveting tales about working in Hollywood and Wall Street at the same time—and about committing white collar crimes.”

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“In Jay Hardwig’s sweet novel Just Maria, a blind twelve-year-old girl wants to be known for what she does, not by the fact of her disability.”

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“Leanne Hall’s exploratory novel The Gaps is about what it feels like to be left behind after tragedy strikes.”

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Britta’s first writing opportunity at her magazine job is to chronicle her experience with a body-positive fitness app. She doesn’t expect to land the CEO as her coach, or for the two of them to hit it off immediately in the app’s messenger. They eventually trade phone numbers and Wes has no problem breaking the rule he set about maintaining a barrier between real life and app connections with clients. They start working out in person and pretending the attraction between them isn’t real, until both their careers are on the line and they have to decide whether a relationship or job is more important. Also: Things get steamy.

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Elliot is living the dream: She landed a job as communications manager for the Denver Mustangs, and all is going beautifully. Until the star quarterback takes a knee during the national anthem and turns her job into a nightmare. She’s put on special duty to contain the Quinton situation, but as the son of a former player who was chewed up and spit out by the league, he refuses to back down. This romance deals with heavy topics—grief, trauma, racism—and is at times more of a downer than an upper, but the payoff is well worth it. I’m so glad Alexa got to write this story.

✨ From Sports Romances to Pump You Up at Crooked Reads.