This novel follows two young women, childhood best friends who grew apart as teens, as they come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.

Set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran, this is a mesmerizing tale of love and courage, and a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young.

Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their hope in each other through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other. The novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women – their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery.

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. This unsung heroine, who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard, left an unparalleled legacy — yet she remains nearly forgotten to this day.

An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. This novel celebrates the unlikely friendship between a terminally ill teenage girl and an elderly woman, both living on the same ward in a hospital in Scotland.

A reminder to treasure your intergenerational friendships, this story is a reminder of our unlimited capacity for friendship and love.

A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it’s barely begun.

An acclaimed read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

Thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar – the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed – and this book collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers. Rich with humor, insight, compassion, and absolute honesty, this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China. A captivating story of the power of friendship and women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.

For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, brilliant—a part of a future that belonged to them. Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative time when childhood gives way to adulthood – the promise and peril of growing up – and renders a powerful and fleeting friendship that united four young lives.

Set in a brand-new planned community in 1960s Northern Virginia, the story follows four women who form an impromptu book club and slowly realize they aren’t alone in feeling that something is missing. It’s a story of friendship, purpose, complicated marriages, and finding your footing during a time of enormous cultural change.

This is a phenomenal multi-generational book club pick with endless discussion potential.

From the upper-class life on the California coast to the horrors of the Vietnam War to the cultural upheaval that followed, this book covers a wide range of territory. A novel about deep friendships, The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country have too often been forgotten.

Geniusly plotted and incredibly fun, this novel is a brilliant blend of historical fiction, real people and events, and mystery. Featuring real-life female mystery writers and inspired by a true story in Dorothy L. Sayers’ own life, Queens of Crime celebrates women who shaped the genre while delivering a smart, engaging story of its own.

Based on the real-life codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park, this is a World War II historical fiction novel about three female codebreakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. In a riveting dual timeline, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter – the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum.

You get it all: WWII historical fiction, found family torn apart, codebreaking and espionage, a post-war mystery.

Kayleen Schaefer interviews more than one hundred women about their BFFs, soulmates, girl gangs, and queens while tracing this cultural shift through the lens of pop culture. This is a thoughtful, heart-soaring, deeply reported look at how women are taking a stand for their friendships and not letting go.

“Text Me has the thrills and laughs of a romantic comedy, but with an inverted message: ‘There just isn’t only one love story in our lives,’ Schaefer writes. If you’re lucky, friends will be the protagonists in these multiple love stories. It’s high time that we start seeing it that way.” – NPR.org

Within one of New York City’s most vibrant and eclectic boroughs, young women of color like Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, Angelique, attempt to reconcile their immigrant backgrounds with the American culture in which they come of age. Here, they become friends for life – or so they vow. A striking exploration of female friendship, a powerful depiction of women of color attempting to forge their place in the world today. But even as circumstances risk dividing them, it is to one another that the girls ultimately return.

This story of three generations of women is told in non-linear timelines spanning 53 years. It starts and ends with the youngest, Daisy, in a horrible accident during a hurricane in Puerto Rico in 2023. But it’s not about a hurricane-ravaged island, or even Daisy herself. It’s a story about identity: losing it, hiding it, searching for it, re-discovering it.

The inspiring true story of award-winning photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who risks everything to show the American people the price of war through the lens of her camera. Stories based on real people — especially if those people are women whose courage and determination helped change the world, yet their accomplishments remain buried in history’s archives — inspire us every day. Georgette “Dickey” Chapelle was just one of those women, and this is her story.

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. Over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones, the two friends face forces outside their control that will push their friendship to the breaking point.

This World War II historical fiction novel is inspired by the real-life experiences of nurses dubbed “the Angels of Bataan.” It’s an interwoven tale about a trio of nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. In this sweeping story, three women shift in and out of each other’s lives through the darkest days of the war, buoyed by their unwavering friendship and distant dreams of liberation.

Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. Ultimately, this story is about the one person who really, truly knows you…and it’s one you’ll want to pass on to your best friend.

We meet Elizabeth Zott, a gifted research chemist, in 1960s California, and both cringe and laugh as we watch her try to find her place in a male-dominated field. But life is unpredictable, and she finds herself the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show, where she doesn’t just teach women to cook – she dares them to change the status quo.

Lily is haunted by memories – of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness. This emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.