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Tyler Wetherall
A gorgeous coming of age novel about two young girls trying to grow up too fast..
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Nell Dunn
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. After more than forty years out…
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Emily Brewin
Through the unlikeliest of friendships comes a second chance.
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Alison Bechdel
Offers an insight into the lesbian society of 1980s America. This book discusses about a counterculture movement that slowly is embraced by the mainstream.
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Melina Marchetta
Francesca is at the beginning of her second term in Year Eleven at an all boy’s school that has just started accepting girls. She still misses her old friends, and…
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Michelle Markowitz,Caroline Moss
A biting, hilarious, illustrated peek at the snarky underbelly of a group of girlfriends in the age of the Internet
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Sally Rooney
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities…
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Sally Piper
When three young women set off on a hike through the wilderness they are anticipating the adventure of a lifetime. Over the next five days, as they face up to…
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Ruby J Murray
The Biographer’s Lover is a novel about Australia’s complex relationship with memory, and the role gender plays in the ways we represent not only national myths but our private versus…
Carmen Maria Machado
A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.
Alice Chipkin ,Jessica Tavassoli
A unique and powerful graphic memoir of friendship, mental illness, and art
Delphine de Vigan
What would you do if your closest friend tried to steal your life?
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Marjane Satrapi
By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book’s stories lift the veil off the real, private lives of Iranian women and - perfectly captured in Satrapi’s simple, beguiling drawings - reveal…
Melanie Joosten
A heartrending portrait of how we rebuild when the worst has happened.
Zadie Smith
Two dancers with different approaches to their craft share a complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, in a story that transitions from northwest London to West…
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Abigail Ulman
This exceptional collection of stories is about young women of different ages, from their early teens to their late twenties, coming to terms with what it means to desire, and…
Kayla Rae Whitaker
From age eighteen on, I had a partner, a kindred spirit. I had a friend. Someone bound and determined to keep me from the worst in myself.
Tana French
Marian Keyes tweeted ‘it’s brilliant!’, Marie Claire calls it ‘a gripping read for those still pining for GONE GIRL’ and Gillian Flynn says it’s ‘an absolutely mesmerizing read’. They all…
Kate Mildenhall
‘A brave, beautiful and richly textured book that delicately explores the fault lines in love and friendship.’ –Lucy Treloar A spellbinding tale of friendship and desire, memory and truth, which…
Megan Abbott
From the bestselling author of The End of Everything, a searing new novel about the dark heart of adolescence.
Amy Tan
Amy Tan’s moving and poignant tale of immigrant Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters that inspired the BAFTA nominated filmIn 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet…
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Mary McCarthy
The Group follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. The Group can be seen as the…
Daniel Clowes
Ghost World tells of the adventures of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer, two bored, supremely ironic teenage girls. They pass the time complaining about the guys they know and fantasising…
Judy Blume
From bestselling author Judy Blume comes an extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening - an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty’s latest New York Times no.1 bestseller following The Husband’s Secret.
Margot Lee Shetterly
Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.
Tracy Chevalier
A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Mariko Tamaki
Every summer, Rose goes with her mum and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It’s their getaway, their refuge. Rosie’s friend Windy is always there, too, like the…
L. M. Montgomery
‘It’s a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn’t it?’ My dislikes: Being an orphan, having red hair, being called ‘carrots’…
