{"id":29219,"date":"2025-11-22T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29219"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:29:49","slug":"best-new-fiction-by-women-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/11\/22\/best-new-fiction-by-women-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Best new fiction by women authors?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Best<\/a>
Best new fiction by women authors?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I polled BC Libraries staff. They say these are all worth your attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The God of the Woods<\/em> by Liz Moore<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • When the Cranes Fly South<\/em> by Lisa Ridz\u00e9n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Demon Copperhead<\/em> by Barbara Kingsolver (2 votes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Antidote<\/em> by Karen Russell<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One<\/em> by Kristen Arnett<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Colored Television<\/em> by Danzy Senna<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Great Big Beautiful Life<\/em> by Emily Henry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Famous Last Words<\/em> by Gillian McAllister<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Pretender<\/em> by Jo Harkin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tell Me Everything<\/em>, Elizabeth Strout<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Beautyland<\/em> by Marie-Helene Bertino<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Names<\/em>, by Florence Knapp<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • These Summer Storms<\/em> by Sarah MacLean<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A\/S\/L<\/em> by Jeanne Thornton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Starving Saints<\/em> by Caitlin Starling<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Maid and the Crocodile<\/em> by Jordan Ifueko<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil<\/em> by V.E. Schwab<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Hounding<\/em> by Xenobe Purvis (2 votes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Names<\/em> by Florence KnappBroken Country<\/em> by Leslie Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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