In honour of Women’s History Month, we’ve compiled a list of books by women, for women, celebrating women’s stories. From tales of war heroes to the often overlooked lives of women in the Viking Age, these titles highlight the many ways women have shaped history. With memoirs, essays, and historical deep dives, this selection offers a range of perspectives on women’s lives and experiences.
Swallowing the Sun
February 2026 · Hardback · £25.00
A beautifully written historical novel that places women’s experience at the centre of a nation in transformation.
Written by Lakshmi Puri, recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and founding Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, this debut novel captures what it means to be a woman during India’s fight for independence through the eyes of its feisty young heroine, Malati.
Hunting History:A Writer’s Odyssey
By Erna Paris
Novemeber 2025· Hardback · £22.50
“Erna Paris shone her flashlight into many dark corners of human history during her life. In this, her last book, she gives us insights and warnings that couldn’t be more timely.” – Margaret Atwood
An unforgettable journey through time, memory, and the enduring power of storytelling. From an unexpected visit to a Nazi death camp to gripping encounters with perpetrators of atrocities, their victims, determined activists, and wily propagandists, award-winning author Erna Paris takes readers on a deeply personal exploration in this beloved memoir.
We Deserve to Heal:
Black Women on the Perils and Promises of Friendship with White Women
Edited by Patrice Gopo
February 2026 · Hardback · £22.50
“We tell these parts of our stories in order to heal from hurt and honor the ways we have been healing.”—Patrice Gopo, Introduction
Ten Black women reflect on the friendships between Black women and white women. Through reflections on identity and belonging, this collection centres Black women’s voices while inviting deeper conversations about understanding and healing.
Breaking Protocol:America’s First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964
By Philip Nash
January 2020 · Hardback · £32.00
“It used to be,” soon-to-be secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright said in 1996, “that the only way a woman could truly make her foreign policy views felt was by marrying a diplomat and then pouring tea on an offending ambassador’s lap.”
Using newly available archival sources, Philip Nash examines the first six most influential women in US foreign relations and how they reshaped political environments historically dominated by men.
The Hidden Lives of Viking Women: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives
Edited by Michèle Hayeur Smith, Alexandra Sanmark
February 2025 · Paperback · £29.95
This edited volume brings together an international group of scholars to address the often overlooked lives, roles, myths, mythology, and lived experiences of Viking women as well as the impacts of change on women during the turbulent period of the Viking Age. A innovative and thoughtfully researched text that brings the lesser-known aspects of women’s lives as active members of society to light.
Disruptive Women: The Untold Story of Nova Scotia’s Pioneers of Peace and Suffrage
May 2025 · Paperback · £13.95
A fascinating history uncovering the lives of two overlooked activists who fought for suffrage and peace in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Through the story of Nova Scotia reformer Mary Chesley and her daughter Polly, historian Sharon M.H. MacDonald traces a legacy of political activism that stretched from the suffrage movement to pacifist networks in London and India’s struggle for independence, restoring these remarkable women to the historical record.
Women and Peace: A new training model for a culture of inclusion
Edited by Angelo Romeo, Maria Caterina Federici
December 2020 · Paperback · £12.00
An insightful study exploring the current and future role of women as leaders and educators in peacebuilding and mediation.
This social study draws on the personal experience and research of women and presents a new model for teaching peace mediation. Centring female experience, it highlights the crucial role women play in shaping dialogue, integration, and future approaches to conflict resolution.
Sofia Tolstaya, the Author: Her Literary Works in English Translation
February 2022 · Paperback · £34.50
A pioneering literary voice long overshadowed by her famous husband, Sofia Tolstaya offers sharp insights into nineteenth‑century Russian society through parables, short stories, novellas, and memoirs.
This critical edition restores her work to the spotlight, providing a guided introduction and an anthology of her main writings, some newly translated into English and others appearing in print for the first time.
For the Boys: The War Story of a Combat Nurse in Patton’s Third Army
By N C R Davis
August 2023 · Hardback · £29.95
A gripping true story that places a woman’s experience at the heart of World War II combat nursing.
Based on letters and personal recollections, N. C. R. Davis follows Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster as she tends to wounded soldiers behind General Patton’s Third Army, navigating the harrowing realities of war while maintaining her courage and wit. This intimate portrait reveals the emotional and personal costs of war to women on the front lines.
Forever Seeing New Beauties
By Eve M Kahn
November 2019 · Hardback · £25.95
A captivating biography of a largely forgotten American artist.
Mary Rogers Williams defied convention, traveling the world, teaching at Smith College, and creating hundreds of paintings and sketches in her own distinctive style contrary to the mainstream. This book brings her witty, observant personality to life while showcasing her previously unpublished art.
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