Women's history

  1. The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
    The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s Joseph B. Egan
    3.7
  2. Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
    Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors Alison Weir
    4.1
  3. The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World
    The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World Jayne Zanglein
    4.5
  4. Four Red Sweaters: Powerful true stories of women and the Holocaust
    Four Red Sweaters: Powerful true stories of women and the Holocaust Lucy Adlington
    5
  5. The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I
    The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I Lynn Dumenil
    4
  6. The Nazis Knew My Name
    The Nazis Knew My Name Maya Lee
    4.6
  7. “Shoot, Minnie, Shoot!”: The Story of the 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls, Basketball’s First World Champions
    “Shoot, Minnie, Shoot!”: The Story of the 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls, Basketball’s First World Champions Happy Jack Feder
    1
  8. How the Girl Guides Won the War
    How the Girl Guides Won the War Janie Hampton
    3.8
  9. Carolina Built
    Carolina Built Kianna Alexander
    3.3
  10. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
    4.5
  11. The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Is a Hit in Hollywood
    The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Is a Hit in Hollywood Paula Byrne
    3.1
  12. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
    Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Natalie Haynes
    4.5
  13. Hilma af Klint : Visionary
    Hilma af Klint : Visionary Daniel Birnbaum
    4
  14. The Atomic City Girls: A Novel
    The Atomic City Girls: A Novel Janet Beard
    3.7
  15. Mary Shelley: A Very Short Introduction
    Mary Shelley: A Very Short Introduction Charlotte Gordon
    4
  16. Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy—and the Sister She Betrayed
    Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy—and the Sister She Betrayed Jim Popkin
    4.4
  17. 101 Amazing Women
    101 Amazing Women Jack Goldstein
    3.8
  18. The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach
    The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach Matthew Dennison
    3.4
  19. Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)
    Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order) Bridget Quinn
    4.5
  20. Victoria: Portrait of a Queen
    Victoria: Portrait of a Queen Catherine Reef
    4.2
  21. Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
    Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan Elaine M. Hayes
    3.5
  22. My Daughter, My Mother
    My Daughter, My Mother Annie Murray
    4.4
  23. Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen
    Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen Jane Draycott
    3.3
  24. Jennifer Juniper
    Jennifer Juniper Jenny Boyd
    1
  25. Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
    Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History Philippa Gregory
    4.5
  26. Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History
    Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History Philippa Gregory
    4.6
  27. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
    Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain Margaret Willson
    4
  28. The First Lady of World War II
    The First Lady of World War II Shannon McKenna Schmidt
  29. The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad
    The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder
  30. Wish You Were Here!: The Lives, Loves and Friendships of the Butlin's Girls
    Wish You Were Here!: The Lives, Loves and Friendships of the Butlin's Girls Neil Hanson
    3
  31. Tales of a Tiller Girl
    Tales of a Tiller Girl Irene Holland
    4.6
  32. Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon
    Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon June Sarpong
  33. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
    Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth Natalie Haynes
    4.5
  34. The Nurse from the Big White Ship
    The Nurse from the Big White Ship Mich Vraa
    4
  35. Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
    Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention Cathy Newman
    3.1
  36. Another Woman's Husband: A Novel
    Another Woman's Husband: A Novel Gill Paul
    4.1
  37. GI Brides: The wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love
    GI Brides: The wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love Duncan Barrett
    3.8
  38. Elizabeth of York
    Elizabeth of York Alison Weir
    4.2
  39. Flappers
    Flappers Judith Mackrell
    3.9
  40. A Necessary Kindness
    A Necessary Kindness Juno Carey
  41. Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
    Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air Harold Bloom
    3.3
  42. The Witchcraft of Salem Village
    The Witchcraft of Salem Village Shirley Jackson
    4
  43. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
    When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
    3.8
  44. Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore
    Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore Alison Weir
    4.1
  45. Ten Days in a Mad-House
    Ten Days in a Mad-House Nellie Bly
    3.6
  46. Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction in Jacobean England
    Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction in Jacobean England Tracy Borman
    4
  47. Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London’s East End
    Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London’s East End Charlie Connelly
    4
  48. First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record
    First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record Geoffrey Mark Fidelman
    4.5
  49. NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies
    NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies NPR
  50. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
    The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World Adrienne Mayor
    4.7