Selected American Womens Fiction 2000-2010
Explore a curated selection of American women's fiction from 2000-2010. Discover top novels by talented female authors, featuring compelling stories, diverse voices, and unforgettable characters.
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Valencia
by Michelle Tea
The fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District, "Valencia" conveys a …
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The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. • …
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Ursula, Under
by Ingrid Hill
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a dangerous rescue effort draws the ears and eyes of the entire country. A two-and-a-half-year-old girl has fallen down a mine …
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Those who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
A professor of German history begins a long journey back into a past she has pushed aside, returning to Germany to reopen the wounds of …
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Harbor
by Lorraine Adams
A New York Times and Washington Post Notable BookEntertainment Weekly's #1 Fiction Book of the YearA tremendously acclaimed and exquisitely realized novel of literary suspense, …
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Life Studies
by Susan Vreeland
With her richly textured novels Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of the artist’s life. Now, in a collection of profound wisdom and beauty, she …
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The Painted Drum
by Louise Erdrich
While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose …
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The Kindness of Strangers
by Katrina Kittle
A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of …
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The Birthdays
by Heidi Pitlor
On an island off the coast of Maine, the Miller family reunites to celebrate the father's 75th birthday. Each of the adult children is expecting …
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In Pursuit of Anna
by Natasha Rostova
Anna Maxwell is a pixie-like bad girl with a penchant for brawny men, determined to prove her innocence when accused of stealing from her father's …
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Ten Days in the Hills
by Jane Smiley
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this novel set in Hollywood Hills after the 2003 Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres delivers “a …
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Bad Tickets
by Kathleen O'Dell
Rebelling against her strict Catholic upbringing in 1967, teenager Mary Elizabeth sorts through her feelings about her parents and friends, and about sex, while making …
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Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
By the author of Dare Me and The End of Everything A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken …
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The Guardians
by Ana Castillo
From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as …
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The View from Mount Joy
by Lorna Landvik
When teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls under the seductive spell of Kristi Casey, Ole Bull High’s …
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Every Past Thing
by Pamela Thompson
Pamela Thompson reveals the pain and desire of one woman, the wife of 19th Century painter, Edwin Romanzon Elmer, as she searches for her lovers …
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The House on Fortune Street
by Margot Livesey
It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at university and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years …
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July and August
by Nancy Clark
A funny, bittersweet, and wonderfully peopled family saga from the acclaimed author of The Hills at Home, and a fitting farewell to the Hill clan. …
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People of the Whale: A Novel
by Linda Hogan
“Deeply ecological, original, and spellbinding. . . . [A] hauntingly beautiful novel of the hidden dimensions of life.” —Booklist, starred review Raised in a remote …
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Love Or Something Like it
by Deirdre Shaw
Shaw's emotionally honest, clear-eyed debut novel follows a thirty-something woman forced to redefine love, career, and family after her young marriage falters.
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The Confessions of Edward Day
by Valerie Martin
A brilliant new novel set in the bohemian, glamorous theater world of 1970s New York, by the Orange Prize-winning author of Property. • “One of …
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Becoming Jane Eyre
by Sheila Kohler
A reimagining of the life of the Brontèe sisters finds Charlotte penning her future classic against a backdrop of the deaths of family members, a …
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Sleeping with Anemone
by Kate Collins
When an attempt is made on her life after she protests Uniworld Food's harmful farming practices, florist Abby Knight calls in her ex-Army Ranger boyfriend …