Matriarchal Societies in fiction/romance and adventure
Explore thrilling adventure books and romance novels set in matriarchal societies. Discover powerful female-led worlds in fiction with our curated list of captivating reads.
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Heart of Gold
by Sharon Shinn
A national bestselling author. A story that has captured readers' hearts. Sharon Shinn's gripping tale of a planet divided by class, power, and emotion-and the …
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Dawnflight
by Kim Headlee
In her debut novel, Headlee retells, with historical accuracy, the story of the love affair between King Arthur and Guinevere, warrior princess. The book features …
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The Chanur Saga
by C. J. Cherryh
This omnibus contains the first three novels in C.J. Cherryh's Chanur series: Pride of Chanur, Chanur's Venture, and The Kif Strike Back. This classic adventure …
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Glory Season
by David Brin
Sailing the Stratoin oceans on her coming-of-age apprenticeship, Maia, a half-caste var, endures hardship, hunger, imprisonment, loneliness, battle, separation from her twin sister, and a …
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Exiles
by Melanie Rawn
The first in a trilogy “full of action and romance . . . politics, subterfuge, and magic” as family secrets and intrigue threaten an entire …
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The Gate to Women's Country
by Sheri S. Tepper
“Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, …
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Homeland
by R.A. Salvatore
Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Forgotten Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment in the classic Dungeons & Dragons …
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Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high …
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Jaran:
by Kate Elliott
Tess had been cursed by an accident of birth, cursed to be the sister of the one man honored by the alien conquerors of human-run …
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A Woman of the Iron People
by Eleanor Arnason
Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they …
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The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure.
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Heartmate
by Robin D. Owens
All his life, Rand T’Ash has looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family. Once a street tough, now a …
