Rating: 4 / 5
Ruth Ware’s The Turn of the Key is the spooky, deceptive story of a young woman who accepts a suspiciously well-paid nannying job that ultimately ends in the death of a child and herself in prison.
The Turn of the Key: Ruth Ware
Good Talk: Mira Jacob
Rating: 5 / 5
Mira Jacob’s Good Talk is a stunning graphic memoir that follows Jacob from adolescence through parenthood as she grapples with her identity as an East Indian woman and with the state of America pre- and post-Trump.
She Was Like That: Kate Walbert
Rating: 3 / 5
Kate Walbert’s She Was Like That is a wide-ranging collection of funny and observant short stories centered around woman- and motherhood.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: Erika L. Sanchez
Rating: 3 / 5
Erika L. Sanchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is the introspective story of the struggles a teen faces when she can’t – and doesn’t want to – live up to the expectations of her Mexican parents, especially after her upstanding sister dies.
Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens
Rating: 4 / 5
Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is the fascinating, wistful story of a young girl living in the North Carolina marshes who must fend for herself when, one by one, her family leaves her.
Unpregnant: Jenni Hendriks & Ted Caplan
Rating: 5 / 5
Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan’s Unpregnant is the radically destigmatized and heartfelt story of a senior in high school whose boyfriend sabotaged her method of birth control, causing her to become pregnant and seek an abortion.
Renegade Women in Film and TV: Elizabeth Weitzman
Rating: 5 / 5
Elizabeth Weitzman’s Renegade Women in Film and TV is a stunning illustrated coffee table-worthy book on several women who’ve impacted the entertainment industry over the last two centuries.
