Listed: 15 Must Read Books By Female Authors

Happy International Women's Day & Welcome to my First Substack Post!

Hello!

I’m so happy to finally get my Substack launched and to make a return to writing about books. If you’d like a bit more background on my book and reading backstory check out my About page! This move onto Substack is a bit of a full circle moment for me as I began “talking” about books on the internet in 2016 when I began writing about books for my blog Itsbooktalk. That blog led me to my Instagram which led me to connecting with my friend Tina (@tbretc) and us starting our book podcast Book Talk, etc where I got to literally talk about books every week. Recently, I realized that I wanted to return to writing about books- and more! I’m especially excited about the ‘more’ which will be a mix of things I love including: book lists, book reviews, other content creators I admire, inspiration, tv shows/movies/products I’m enjoying and really anything else that’s on my mind.

For my first post and because today is International Women’s Day, I thought it would be fun to share some books I’ve enjoyed by female authors. I’m not sure of the exact percentage, but I would say that at least 60% of the books I read are written by women. There’s something extra special about reading books by known female authors, as well as getting a recommendation for a book written by a debut female author (sharing a few of those below!). My list (in no particular order) with links to Goodreads is below, plus I’ve put together a graphic for the covers because it’s always more fun to see the covers with the titles. These are all books I loved and would recommend! Let me know if we have any in common and I’d love to hear what books by female authors you’d recommend. Let’s Chat!

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (debut)

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (debut)

Like A House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer (debut)

Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love by Jennifer Armstrong

Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

The World That We Knew By Alice Hoffman

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Divorce Party by Laura Dave

Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri (debut)

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Alone by Lisa Gardner

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