POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2020 - hosted by thestorygraph

A book that passes the Bechdel test

The Bechdel test asks whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. The requirement that the two women must be named is sometimes added.

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The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman

72 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

The Butterfly Garden

The Collector #1

Dot Hutchison

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
We Are All Good People Here by Susan Rebecca White

We Are All Good People Here

Susan Rebecca White

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

11 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Bride Test

The Kiss Quotient #2

Helen Hoang

10 hours • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1

Jenny Han

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You

To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2

Jenny Han

337 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Empire of Sand

The Books of Ambha #1

Tasha Suri

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced