Books That Are Perfect For International Womens Day

By Jamie Huang | March 9 2026 | Adult

Yesterday was International Women’s Day, a critical time to honor the achievements, hardships, and power of women. We’re celebrating women with these seven nonfiction and fiction picks, all authored by women globally. Accessible to any reader, each of these titles delves into the complex facets and experiences of being a woman. Find our curated list below.

Dream Count
Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9780593688625
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires
$20.00 US
Sep 15, 2026
Paperback
464 Pages
Vintage
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
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The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry
Michelle Obama
9780593237489
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares her most valuable practices to help us better navigate change and remain steady in a turbulent world.
$19.99 US
Apr 16, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
Crown
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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The Woman in the Purple Skirt
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
Natsuko Imamura
9780143136033
“A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness and obsession.” —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train “[It] will keep you firmly in its grip.” —Oyinkan Braithwaite, bestselling author of My Sister, the Serial Killer “The love child of Eugene Ionesco and Patricia Highsmith.” —Kelly Link, bestselling author of Get in Trouble A bestselling, prizewinning novel by one of Japan’s most acclaimed young writers, for fans of Convenience Store Woman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, and the movies Parasite and Rear Window
$18.00 US
Jun 14, 2022
Paperback
224 Pages
Penguin Books
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Strangers
Strangers
Belle Burden
9780593733318
A gorgeous memoir about the sudden end to a seemingly happy marriage—an aching, love-filled, and transcendent account of surviving betrayal and discovering joy "Riveting...examines the very nature of intimacy."—Joyce Carol Oates
$30.00 US
Jan 13, 2026
Hardcover
256 Pages
The Dial Press
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Coming Home
Coming Home
Michelle Burford, Brittney Griner
9780593801345
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
$30.00 US
May 07, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Knopf
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Swallows
Swallows
Natsuo Kirino
9780307267580
When a young single woman in Tokyo decides she’s ready to sell anything—even her womb—to escape the precarity of her life, an agency pairs her with a wealthy couple desperate to have a child. The match seems made in heaven. She even looks a little like the wife. But is anything ever that simple?One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2025
$29.00 US
Sep 09, 2025
Hardcover
352 Pages
Knopf
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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Nobody's Girl
Nobody's Girl
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
9780593493120
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell “Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with the perpetrator over his victims. . . . But it is also a book about how a young woman becomes a hero. . . . . Important [and] courageous.” —The Guardian
$35.00 US
Oct 21, 2025
Hardcover
400 Pages
Knopf
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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