International Women's Day 2025 Book Recommendations

Saturday 8th March is International Women's Day and it is time to #AccelerateAction!!! ✊ It is well-known that the achievements of women are routinely left out of records. Therefore, this month SAY Women would like to showcase books and works either created by women, or about women and our achievements, insights and stories.

So without further ado, here is our eclectic list, lovingly selected by the SAY women team:

1. Your Silence will not Protect you, by, Audre Lorde.
2. Witch Light, by Susan Fletcher.
3. Bad Feminist by, Roxanne Gay.
4. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
5. Butterfly by Yusra Mardini.
6. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
7. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by, Rachel Ignotofsky.
8. The Patriarchs; How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini.
9. How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran.
10. When Women Were Dragons by, Kelly Barnhill.
11. Quilt on Fire by Christie Watson.
12. Strong Female Character by Fern Brady.
13. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
14. Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - And the World by Rachel Swaby.
15. Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Shatz, translated by Elia Maqueda.

Book Images in order (l-r)

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