Her-storyathon Readathon 2024 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Different Country
 Very simply, read a book about a women who lived in a different country from your own.
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Jack Weatherford

317 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang

Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

Leah Redmond Chang

513 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative sad slow-paced
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity by Helen Castor

Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity

Penguin Monarchs

Helen Castor

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history informative fast-paced
Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

Illuminations

Mary Sharratt

274 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

You Exist Too Much

Zaina Arafat

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

Kate Moore

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir

Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife

Six Tudor Queens #6

Alison Weir

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative medium-paced
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown

The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

Nancy Marie Brown

306 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Learned by Heart

Emma Donoghue

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced