since it's women's history month here is my ever growing TBR and admiration for women who have come before me. You are invaluable and inspiring to say the least ♡
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last updated March, 2026
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Rachel Swaby
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
Emma Chapman
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Breaking Through: My Life in Science
Katalin Karikó
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
The Lost Girls of Autism: How Science Failed Autistic Women and the New Research that's Changing the Story
Gina Rippon
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope
Amanda Nguyen
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Katherine G. Johnson
Cyberfeminism Index
Mindy Seu
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Hannah Fry
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Pérez
A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
Becky Smethurst
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Katie Mack
Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea
Hannah Stowe
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales
Doreen Cunningham
The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health
Camilla Nord
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Anna Lembke
Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life
Susanna Søberg
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
Juli Berwald
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
Jasmin Graham
Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain
Grace Lindsay
Black Hole Survival Guide
Janna Levin
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Helen Czerski
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon
Recommendations are welcome :)
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