Her-storyathon Readathon 2024 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Early Achiever
Read a book about a woman who achieved great things before the age of 25 (making us all feel hopelessly inadequate!) 
All books added
The Tower: A Novel by Flora Carr

The Tower: A Novel

Flora Carr

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff

Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance

Ramie Targoff

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to Egyptian Queen by Jane Draycott

Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to Egyptian Queen

Jane Draycott

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
Uprising by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Uprising

Jennifer A. Nielsen

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon

672 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism historical history challenging informative fast-paced
Sally Ride: Life on a Mission by Sue Macy

Sally Ride: Life on a Mission

Sue Macy

152 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography middle grade science informative reflective medium-paced
Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen

Six Tudor Queens #5

Alison Weir

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Green Ideas #1

Greta Thunberg

106 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap

Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

Tori Dunlap

305 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction economics challenging informative medium-paced
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Joan of Arc
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Mark Twain

Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

missing page info • first pub 1896 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous challenging slow-paced