Books for March: Women’s History Month

Check out these recent books by and about women to celebrate Women’s History Month. You may place a hold on these with your Account Online, at the Circulation Desk, or by calling the library @ 618-942-6109.

Becoming by Michelle Obama B OBA

This intimate and uplifting memoir gives a deeper look into the life and history of the former First Lady.

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 305.5 WIL

Wilkerson provides a fascinating look at how caste has been implemented in three different places—the U.S., Nazi Germany, and India—and the effect that had on each country’s society.

Circe by Madeline Miller F MIL

Miller reimagines the story of Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, who is forced to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.

Educated by Tara Westover 270.092 WES

Traces the author’s experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho.

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead F SHI

Marian Graves circumnavigates the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film.

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell F OFA

The story of an extraordinary and eccentric woman, her son, and her husband—who happens to be William Shakespeare.

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 306.4 GAY

The author reflects on her emotional and psychological struggles to explore women’s anxieties about overconsumption, appearance, and health.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab F SCH

An 18th-century French woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered.

Know My Name by Chanel Miller 364.1532 MIL

Miller was known to the world only as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a viral letter about how she felt when her rapist was sentenced to just six months in county jail.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng F NG

Shaker Heights, Ohio, is a by-the-books kind of town. Newcomers Mia Warren and her teenage daughter, Pearl, must find out for themselves what is acceptable and what is not.

Matrix by Lauren Groff F GRO

Cast out of the royal court, 17-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey.

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich F ERD

The story of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.

Normal People by Sally Rooney F ROO

A secret childhood bond between a popular boy and a lonely, intensely private girl is tested as they mature and find their way through the world in their first year at a Dublin college.

 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee F LEE

Lee melds historical fiction and family saga in a novel following four generations of a Korean family, set in Korea and Japan.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett F BEN MYSTERY

Twin sisters ultimately choose to live their adult lives in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

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