In honor of Women’s History month and the International Women’s Day, the Bookstore Besties discuss some of their favorite strong female characters from books.
All the books we mentioned:
Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorn
Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling
Matilda | Roald Dahl
Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas
Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith
Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo
The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Poison Study | Maria V. Snyder
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Me | Caroline Criado-Perez
Little Women | Louisa May Alcott
Handmaid’s Tale | Margaret Atwood
Parable of the Sower | Octavia Butler
Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly
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