Books written by female authors (2905)


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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina : A Novel by Zoraida Córdova EN

Rating: 5 (6 votes)
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"A ... novel about a family searching for the truth hidden in their past and the power they've inherited"--

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The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith EN

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The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case. PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: "Magnificent" -- Sunday Times "[Galbraith's] greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological elements of this latest book), and to create colorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page." -- Bill Sheehan, Washington Post "Finely honed, superbly constructed" -- Daily Mail "A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith kee... continue

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The Ink Dark Moon by Izumi Shikibu, Ono no Komachi EN

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Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
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Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate from a time in Japanese history where aristocratic women of the Heian court were free to marry and conduct love affairs according to their desires. Education and refinement were so highly valued that the courtly manner of expressing oneself, whether to give condolences for a death, to send back a forgotten fan, or to heighten the anticipation of a lover's visit, was with a poem of just five lines. A convention of secrecy surrounding love affairs fills these verses with palpable emotion. These vivid... continue

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The Insomnia Poems by Grace Nichols EN

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In her latest collection, The Insomnia Poems, Grace Nichols explores those nocturnal hours when Sleep (the thief who nightly steals your brain) is hard to come by, and the politics of the day hard to shut out, never mind the lavender-scented pillow. Here memories of her own Guyana childhood mingle with the sleeping spectres of dreams and folk legends such as Sleeping Beauty. A lyrical interweaving of tones and textures invites the reader into the zones between sleep and no-sleep, between the solitude of the dark and the awakening of the light. The Insomnia Poems is Grace Nichols's first new co... continue

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The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo EN

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Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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"A police inspector [reluctantly returns] to her hometown in Basque Country--a place engulfed in mythology and superstition--to solve a series of eerie murders"--From Amazon.com.

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab EN

Rating: 5 (9 votes)
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In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force. A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark ... continue

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The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1 by Iwatobineko EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
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A sweet and supernatural love story at a detective agency, by the creator of The Country Without Humans (also from Seven Seas)! Yakou Shizuka, a quiet and bashful woman, works at a detective agency. Her boss Tounome, who owns the company, is the gentlemanly type, kind and dapper, though he has an extra talent—he’s invisible! His special ability is perfect for detective work, but he quickly comes to find it doesn’t work on Yakou, who is blind and always knows if he’s near. Charmed, Tounome is determined to get her to date him and isn’t against using his many skills. Yakou’s quirky coworkers, a ... continue

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The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis EN

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Follows the story of three generation of women of the Firielli family as they search for love and identity during the tumultuous political events of twentieth-century Uruguay.

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The Island by Ana María Matute EN

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Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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'This is an old and wicked island. An island of Phoenicians and merchants, of bloodsuckers and frauds' Expelled from her convent school for kicking the prioress, and abandoned by her father when her mother dies, rebellious teenager Matia is sent to live with her domineering grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot, oppressive stillness of an adolescent summer, she learns to scheme with her cousin Borja, and finds herself increasingly drawn to the strange outsider Manuel. But civil war has come to Spain, and it will teach Matia about the adult world in ways she could not foresee. This ... continue

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The Island Child by Molly Aitken EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
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A rich, haunting and deeply moving novel about the power and the danger in a mother's love, from one of the most exciting new voices in Irish fiction.