Women's Fiction
By women - For women - About women
 
Brit Bennett
Bennett's moving and lyrical novels explore a range of themes surrounding Black identity and the ongoing impact of racism, particularly in women's lives. She creates memorable and complex female protagonists. 
 
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Tracy Chevalier
Chevalier's novels conjure up the past with intriguing details and evocative descriptions of historical times, focusing on history's intimate, domestic side. 
 
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Jennifer Chiaverini
Jennifer Chiaverini writes heart-warming character-centered Gentle Reads with a focus on the dynamics of small-town life and intergenerational conflict and the traditional art of quilting.
 
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Laura Dave
Dave writes contemporary stories about relationships with relatable characters in fast-paced, intricately plotted stories that are often heart-wrenching.
 
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Saumya Dave
Dave writes bittersweet family dramas with character-driven, intricately plotted storylines.  Her engaging writing style, with well-crafted dialogue, ensures that fans of women's fiction will find much to appreciate.
 
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Rachel Joyce
Joyce writes engaging allegorical fiction featuring ordinary people attempting to come to terms with their pasts and their unanticipated futures.
 
 
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Sue Monk Kidd
Women's issues and spiritual consciousness are common themes of Kidd's novels and nonfiction works. 
  
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Rachel Kushner
Kushner writes suspenseful novels with strong characters in gritty and complex situations.
 
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Yiyun Li
Li's stories center on family relationships in diverse cultural settings.
 
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Mhairi McFarlane
McFarlane writes heartwarming and humorous contemporary romances featuring likable heroines and charismatic heroes.
 
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Liane Moriarty
Moriarty writes sharp, insightful novels about women's lives and relationships, creating intricately plotted, gripping stories which unfold unhurriedly as her characters' secrets are revealed. 
 
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Jojo Moyes
Moyes writes character-driven fiction featuring women on the path to self-discovery. The novels are warm, moving, and insightful without overt sentimentality or cloying simplicity.
 
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
 
Reid writes emotional women's and historical fiction featuring bittersweet love stories. The heroines of her novels are relatable women facing complex and difficult situations in their romantic lives.
 
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Nancy Thayer
Thayer's fiction revolves around women's families and friendships. Her characters are realistic, everyday women, and she employs a sense of humor (from snappy to gentle) in her novels.
 
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Lisa Wingate
Wingate books are contemporary fiction written with subtly-integrated Christian themes. Plots usually focus on the female characters who live by their faith.
 
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Tiphanie Yanique
Literary novels featuring relationships, family, and family history.  Strong elements of spiritual transcendence and a strong sense of place in culturally diverse settings.
 
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