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Women's History Month

For a month devoted to women’s history, a month of women’s stories

For a month devoted to women’s history, a month of women’s stories

Highlights

    1. The New Vanguard

      Our critics chose 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century.

       By Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai

      CreditCorey Olsen
    2. Essay

      The Second Shelf

      Are there different rules for men and women in the world of literary fiction?

       By Meg Wolitzer

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  1. In Praise of Daphne du Maurier

    What begins as a taste for this author’s twisty plots, briny wit and bracingly bleak view of marriage can become an addiction.

     By Parul Sehgal

    The writer Daphne du Maurier in 1936.
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    The Enthusiast

  2. A Well-Read Woman

    Celebrating the literary lives of girls with a nod to the illustrator William Steig’s ‘CDB!’

     By Joana Avillez and Molly Young

    CreditJoana Avillez and Molly Young
    Sketchbook

  3. Collections of Essays by Writers Old and Young

    Ursula Le Guin, Tim Kreider and Morgan Jerkins comment on what it is like to live in 21st-century America.

     By Melissa Febos

    CreditJohn Gall
    The Shortlist

  4. The Power of Enraged Women

    “Good and Mad,” by Rebecca Traister, and “Rage Becomes Her,” by Soraya Chemaly, argue that women’s anger is unappreciated as a catalyst for political change.

     By Elaine Blair

    CreditMartha Rich
    Nonfiction

  5. The Revolution Has Been Televised

    Joy Press’s new book, “Stealing the Show,” traces the ways in which women have transformed the TV landscape.

     By Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A scene from “Girls,” with Riz Ahmed and Lena Dunham.
    CreditMark Schafer/HBO
    Nonfiction

  1. Portraits of ‘Brazen’ Women Who Lived as They Wanted

    Pénélope Bagieu, the French graphic novelist, has created a visual tribute to 29 women who broke the mold.

     By Lynda Barry

    Betty Davis
    CreditPénélope Bagieu
    Nonfiction

  2. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Blueprint for Feminism

    Ms. Adichie’s book “Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions” challenges mothers to raise feminist daughters.

     By Zoe Greenberg

    The author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
    CreditWani Olatunde

  3. The Changing Face of Romance Novels

    Some publishers are starting to acquire books written by black, Asian and other minority writers that feature more character diversity, but barriers remain.

     By Alexandra Alter

    “I wanted to share the perspective of an autistic woman, because I don’t think that’s a perspective you see very much,” said the romance novelist Helen Hoang.
    CreditAdam Amengual for The New York Times
    Books News

  4. In Praise of Agatha Christie’s Accidental Sleuths

    The doyenne of mysteries is best known for Poirot and Miss Marple. But her less famous detectives are the ones who keep this reader coming back.

     By Radhika Jones

    The mystery writer Agatha Christie at her home in Wallingford, England, in 1956.
    CreditHubert de Segonzac/Paris Match, via Getty Images
    The Enthusiast

  5. A Newly Published Story for the New Way We Read Sylvia Plath

    “Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom” is a brief allegorical tale of a train journey into hell.

     By Parul Sehgal

    CreditAlessandra Montalto/The New York Times
    Books of The Times

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