Women's History Month

The Lamb

A Novel

By: Lucy Rose
Narrated by: Emma Rydal
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

“Coming-of-age folk horror for fans of Bones and All, Ethel Cain, Carmen Maria Machado, gay stuff & cannibalism in general. Margot lives with Mama in the woods. Together, they lure in lost travellers, "strays" who are killed and consumed to satiate the hunger that rules Mama's life. Mother and daughter are bound by flesh and blood,... Read more

Enemy Feminisms

TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation

By: Sophie Lewis
Narrated by: Helen Phillips
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

In recent years, "white feminism" and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won't make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies. But in a time of rising fascism, ceaseless attacks on reproductive justice, and violent transphobia, we need to reckon with what... Read more

On Our Best Behavior

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen
Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“Whether you identify as a Christian or not, you will be persuaded by Loehnen's argument that the centuries old Seven Deadly Sins continue to exert harmful power over the behavior and lives of women causing us to suppress our healthy desires for agency, autonomy and personal power. Read more

Class

A Memoir

By: Stephanie Land
Narrated by: Stephanie Land
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
A New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner, a “raw and inspiring” (People) memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after... Read more

The Six

The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

“The Six introduces us to the real first women astronauts, who faced incredible scrutiny. The awesomeness of space exploration, the Challenger tragedy, the unreasonable press questions — experience it all with this accomplished group. Read more

Helen of Troy, 1993

Poems

By: Maria Zoccola
Narrated by: Maria Zoccola
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

“Absolute perfection! I'll be recommending this book to everyone this year. Read more

Women Living Deliciously

By: Florence Given
Narrated by: Florence Given
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

In this bold, illustrated guide, bestselling author and podcaster Florence Given encourages women to rediscover their joy, reject toxic wellness culture, and redefine feminism for themselves.

Women Living Deliciously wants us to fall in love with our lives. It will help women uncover the sense of awe and wonder that has been buried by the layers... Read more

How Women Made Music

A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

By: National Public Radio, Inc & Alison Fensterstock
Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers, Janina Edwards, Hillary Huber, Maggi-Meg Reed, Chanté McCormick & Inés del Castillo
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017,... Read more

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

A True Crime Story

By: Pagan Kennedy
Narrated by: Claire Danes
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

“Harrowing, historically important and heartbreakingly raw, Pagan Kennedy retrieves the true history of Marty Goddard and the tireless survivor advocates, while sharing her own experiences. Engagingly read by Claire Danes, this short but important book tells a history almost forgotten, and presents a compelling argument for future developments in... Read more

Highway of Tears

By: Jessica McDiarmid
Narrated by: Emily Nixon
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

In the vein of the bestsellers I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and The Line Becomes a River, a penetrating, deeply moving account of the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls of Highway 16, and a searing indictment of the society that failed them.

For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an... Read more

Good Dirt

A Novel

By: Charmaine Wilkerson
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

“This book is entertaining and had me hooked from the beginning. I really enjoyed this book. It follows main character Ebony and her journey. The author did a great job of weaving in elements from past fictional enslaved stories into the current family narrative. It was easy to follow. The book has laughs, moments of sadness, and relatability. Read more

Bad Naturalist

One Woman's Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop

By: Paula Whyman
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

In this awe-inspiring memoir, a woman attempts to restore land in the Blue Ridge Mountains, facing her own limitations while getting to know a breathtaking corner of the natural world.  

When empty nester Paula Whyman climbs to a peak in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, her plans for a backyard ecology project quickly morph into... Read more

The Heart is a Star

By: Megan Rogers
Narrated by: Susan Lyons
Length: 9 hours

Absorbing, lyrical, vivid and compulsively readable—The Heart is a Star is beautiful storytelling from a talented new writer. A novel for fans of Holly Ringland, Jacqueline Maley, Hannah Richell. Layla Byrnes is exhausted. She's juggling a demanding job as an anaesthetist, a disintegrating marriage, her young kids, and a needy lover. And most... Read more

Mother of Rome

By: Lauren J. A. Bear
Narrated by: Zura Johnson & Caleb Summers
Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

A powerful and fierce reimagining of the earliest Roman legend: the twins, Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of history’s greatest empire, and the woman whose sacrifice made it all possible.

The names Romulus and Remus may be immortalized in map and stone and chronicle, but their mother exists only as a preface to her sons’ journey, the... Read more

Mothers and Sons

A Novel

By: Adam Haslett
Narrated by: Andrew Gibson & Janet Metzger
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

“Wow, is this book beautifully written. Complex relationships across generations and cultures, characters who grow and see themselves differently by the end of the novel… satisfying and sad and beautiful and hopeful. Read more

Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old

Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

By: Brooke Shields
Narrated by: Brooke Shields
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

"Narrating her own work, Shields maintains a balance between lightheartedness and sincerity, injecting moments of humor even as she contends that aging can be beautiful and freeing.”—Library Journal

"The overarching themes of empowerment and comfort in one's own skin even if it is no longer wrinkle free are a perfect listen for those who enjoy... Read more

Tías and Primas

On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Narrated by: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families  

Born into a large, close-knit family in Nicaragua, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez grew up surrounded by strong, kind, funny, sensitive, resilient, judgmental, messy, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or... Read more

We Could Be Rats

A Novel

By: Emily Austin
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

“Hilarious and dark. Read more

The Sisterhood

The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy
Narrated by: Liza Mundy
Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

“I love an untold story from history, but this history of women in the CIA from its inception up to today is fascinating, infuriating, and action-packed. I was astounded again and again at the sheer daring it took for so many of these women to create unconventional lives for themselves, not to mention the moral nuances and gray areas they had to... Read more

The Elements of Marie Curie

How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

By: Dava Sobel
Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the remarkable young women trained in her laboratory

“Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist... Read more