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Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.

The Royal Diaries

Kristiana Gregory

221 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade informative fast-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

301 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard

In the Vanishers' Palace

Aliette de Bodard

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829 by Anna Kirwan

Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829

The Royal Diaries

Anna Kirwan

219 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult lighthearted slow-paced
Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community by Cherry Maynor Beasley, Ulrike Wiethaus, Mary Ann Jacobs

Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community

Cherry Maynor Beasley, Ulrike Wiethaus, Mary Ann Jacobs

204 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community by Cherry Maynor Beasley, Ulrike Wiethaus, Mary Ann Jacobs

Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community

Mary Ann Jacobs, Cherry Maynor Beasley, Ulrike Wiethaus

204 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

188 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

128 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World

Screening Antiquity

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

440 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history informative lighthearted medium-paced
Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

368 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction classics feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
Mythica: A New History of Homer's World, Through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser

Mythica: A New History of Homer's World, Through the Women Written Out of It

Emily Hauser

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction classics history
Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore by Emma Southon

Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

Emma Southon

285 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced
The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars by Annelise Freisenbruch

The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars

Annelise Freisenbruch

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative tense slow-paced
How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature by Emily Hauser

How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature

Emily Hauser

360 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction gender history literary poetry