Credit to Samantha Shannon (@say_shannon) who made a post about this on her instagram account.

The books in this challenge belong to a category of fiction about women of the past, exploring well-known historical, literary or legendary figures in a new light as well as allowing them to exercise their own voice and agency.

In a world where women are only estimated to occupy around 0.5% of written history, these books are crucial in rescuing our collective memory.

I hope to add further books to this list, and therefore will not put a time limit to the challenge.