Real--or inspired by real--stories of heroic individuals or of regular people doing what needed to be done. Emphasizing women's stories. Suggestions welcome.
created by leanbot
last updated November, 2026
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
Alice Wong
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Maria Smilios
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
Song of a Captive Bird
Jasmin Darznik
The American Daughters
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Kara Cooney
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba
Chanel Cleeton
The Only Woman in the Room
Marie Benedict
Becoming Madam Secretary
Stephanie Dray
Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray
A Right Worthy Woman
Ruth P. Watson
The Women of the Copper Country
Mary Doria Russell
Women of the Post
Joshunda Sanders
The Women
Kristin Hannah
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon
The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin
The Great Divide
Cristina HenrĂquez
The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
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