Women’s History Month
There are a lot of awesome women to look up to across Fiction and Nonfiction. We are sharing a list of great teen and young adult titles to inspire the girls and women in your life! Please feel free to comment on what books you would add!
Fiction
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery – Anne and Diana, Marilla and Aunt Josephine
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – Katniss and Prue
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley & Lily Potter
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle – Meg Murray & Dr. Katherine Murry
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – All the girls
- Divergent by Veronica Roth – Beatrice Prior
- Matilda by Ronald Dahl – Matilda & Ms. Honey
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis – Lucy and Susan Pevensie
- Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi – Penny Lee
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – Katie Nolan
- Fruits Basket (manga) by Natsuki Takaya – Tohru Honda
- Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen – Elinor and Marianne Dashwood
- Persuasion by Jane Austen – Anne Elliot
- The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – Deka
- Briarheart by Mercedes Lackey – Miriam
Non-Fiction
- Musical Mavens by Ashley Walker
- In Good Hands: remarkable female politicians from around the world who showed up, spoke out, and made change by Stephanie MacKendrick
- Famous Firsts of Black Women by Martha Ward Plowden
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- She Led the Way: stories of Black women who changed history by Suzanne Curtis Briggs
- Freedom Train: the story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling
- Black Trailblazers: 30 courageous visionaries who broke boundaries, made a difference, and paved the way by Bijan C. Bayne
- Gamer Girls: 25 women who built the video game industry by Mary Kenney
- Rad Women Worldwide: artists and athletes, pirates and punks, and other revolutionaries who shaped history by Kate Schatz
