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Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found

Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink

Feminism in Women’s Detective Fiction

The Heroine’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture

An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography

Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Repressed Feminine – A Psychological Study

I Do Everything I’m Told

Intersecting Voices

Unruly: A Guide to Reclaiming Your True Self

Sexism & Sensibility: Raising Empowered, Resilient Girls in the Modern World

Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl

A Writer’s Diary

One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate

Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon

Speak / Stop

Mother / Founder: 68 Women on the Trials and Triumphs of Starting a Business and Raising a Family

Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut

Negative Space

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness

Gory Details

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth

Perils of the Night: A Feminist Study of Nineteenth-Century Gothic

Fairytale and Gothic Horror: Uncanny Transformations in Film

Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror

Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny

Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters

All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes

Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film

The Brothers Grimm: A Biography

Our Vampires, Ourselves

Body Phobia: The Western Roots of Our Fear of Difference

The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

Scent and Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume

Woman with a Movie Camera: My Life as a Russian Filmmaker

Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond

American Sherlock: Murder, forensics, and the birth of crime scene investigation

In the Groove: The Vinyl Record and Turntable Revolution

How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency

Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty

Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

Korean Horror Cinema

The Healing Power of Storytelling: Using Personal Narrative to Navigate Illness, Trauma, and Loss

Horror Noire

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Turn Your Pain Into Art

The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age

Your Magical Life: A Young Witch’s Guide to Becoming Happy, Confident, and Powerful

Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

Conversations with Monsters: On Mortality, Creativity, And Neurodivergent Survival

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process

I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage

The DBT Workbook for Narcissistic Abuse and Gaslighting

Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween

Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Dark Tide: Growing Up with Ted Bundy

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds

The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius

Lifeform

Against Interpretation and Other Essays

Creepy Cross-Stitch: 25 Spooky Projects to Haunt Your Halls

The Book of Hallowe’en

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Heart on My Sleeve: Stories from a Life Well Worn

Ghosts: A Haunted History

Women in Rock Memoirs: Music, History, and Life-Writing

Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond

Listening in the Dark: Women Reclaiming the Power of Intuition

Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

Buried: An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond

Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks

Magickal Cross-Stitch: 25 Witchy Projects to Enchant Your Home

Naked Imperfection

Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark

From Here to the Great Unknown

Cats of the World

The Observable Universe: An Investigation

Beyond Self-Defense: How to Say No, Set Boundaries, and Reclaim Your Agency—An Empowering Guide to Safety, Risk Assessment, and Personal Protection

Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World

I Spit On Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies

On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach

Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Haunted States: An American Gothic Guidebook

If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life

Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification

Women Living Deliciously

The Dopamine Brain

Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches

A Feminist’s Guide to ADHD: How women can thrive and find focus in a world built for men

Murder, We Spoke

Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve and Lengthen Women’s Lives—Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer

Women Rising: The Forces That Hold Us Back. The Tools to Help Us Rise

Witches: A Compendium

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

A Life in the Garden: Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season

Generation M: Living Well in Perimenopause and Menopause

Let’s Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers

What She Said: Conversations About Equality

Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

The Road Is Good: How a Mother’s Strength Became a Daughter’s Purpose

Modern Magic: Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Contemporary Witches

How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

Girls Night In: The Ultimate Guide to Girl Dinners, Gatherings, Food, Fun and Friendship

Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win

Salvage: Readings from the Wreck

The Science of Menopause: Understand Your Body, Make the Right Choices

Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature

Presence: Know Yourself. Claim Your Power. Take Up Space

The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters

The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Navigating the World of ‘Normal People’

The Word Pretty

Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul

A Mom Like That: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

I’m Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America

Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Vengeance Feminism: The Power of Black Women’s Fury in Lawless Times

Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing & Systems Change: Reflections on Burnout, Trauma & Building Communities of Care in Social Justice Work

Addiction to Perfection

Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Our Brain to Get the Best Out of Ourselves and Others

One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother’s Story

My Good Bright Wolf

She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street

The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday

What Happened to Belen: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women’s Rights Movement

Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form

Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir

Badass Bonita: Break the Silence, Become a Revolution, Unearth Your Inner Guerrera

Second Chances: The Ultimate Guide to Thrifting, Sustainable Style, and Expressing Your Most Authentic Self

The Happy High Achiever: 8 Essentials to Overcome Anxiety, Manage Stress, and Energize Yourself for Success—Without Losing Your Edge

Thriving Postpartum: Embracing the Indigenous Wisdom of La Cuarentena

A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

Book Nooks: Inspired Ideas for Cozy Reading Corners and Stylish Book Displays

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

Venus: A Sacred Path. A Feminine Frequency. A Sensual Love Affair with Life.

The Joy of Weaving: Modern Frame Loom Projects for Beginners

What in the World?!: A Southern Woman’s Guide to Laughing at Life’s Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings

Happily Ever After & Everything In Between

Isabella: The Warrior Queen

Being Bad: Breaking the Rules and Becoming Everything You’re Not Supposed to Be

Sweetdark

How to Wear Everything

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Over the Influence

Wendy Carlos: A Biography

Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach

Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces

Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience

The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

Health and Safety: A Breakdown

Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing

Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing

Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo Movement

Feminism, Young Women, and Cultural Studies: Birmingham Essays from 1975 Onwards

Training for Two: Safe and Smart Prenatal Exercises for a Smoother Pregnancy, Easier Birth, and Healthier Newborn

Not So Sorry: Abusers, False Apologies, and the Limits of Forgiveness

The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards

A Muzzle for Witches

Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

The Everything Guide: Hormones, health and happiness in menopause, midlife and beyond

Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous

We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People

The Vagina Business: The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women’s Health

Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence

Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood

My Brother’s Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag

Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests

My Body Keeps Your Secrets: Dispatches on Shame and Reclamation

Everything Is OK

The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It

Lead Bigger

The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive

Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life

Without Her: A Chronicle of Grief and Love

From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire

A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write (The Art of the Essay)

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad

Crafting a Better World: Inspiration and DIY Projects for Craftivists

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds

Travels of Terror: Strange and Spooky Spots Across America

Tías and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

The Mind’s Mirror: Risk and Reward in the Age of AI

Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority

Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters–And How to Get It