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Steinem Sisters Collection Recommends Feminist Fiction
Posted 02/09/21 by Rebecca S
Last year was rough. We all know this to be true. But for many of us, books provided solace and security – an escape when the events of the world seemed too much to take. Books also offered us a way to understand that which is painful and to grow in our understanding of justice and equality. At our last Steinem Sisters Collection Talking Circle of 2020, we celebrated the books that lifted us up and helped us get through. We hope you will find one, or two, from this list of feminist book recommendations that will do the same for you.
The Steinem Sisters Collection is a feminist collection that explores the lives and achievements of women. As such all the works on this list, although some not explicitly feminist, deal with feminist ideas such as power, race, and gender.
Rebecca Recommends
The Mercies By Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Part folktale, part sinister thriller, this work of historical fiction is a witch hunt tale for our times.
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The Book of Longings By Sue Monk Kidd
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Sue Monk Kidd delivers yet another winner in this fictional account of a teenage girl who meets and marries Jesus.
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The Giver of Stars By JoJo Moyes
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Here is a best-selling work of historical fiction about the packhorse librarians of Kentucky. Read it now, before the movie adaptation!
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The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
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A novel set in the 1950’s, this work tells the story of twin girls and the divergent paths they take in life. It also has a place on Barack Obama’s 2020 Book list.
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The Only Woman in the Room By Marie Benedict
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A work of historical fiction about the life of Hedy Lamar.
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Ancillary Justice By Ann Leckie
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The only Sci-Fi novel on the list, this book has an especially interesting take on gender where the pronoun “she” is the default.
For more information on the Steinem Sisters Collection or for more feminist book suggestions, please contact the Fact and Fiction Department at Fact.Fiction@toledolibrary.org.
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