Outrun the Moon

Feminist YA is one of my absolute favorite categories, so much so that I wrote my senior thesis in college about it. And while a lot of the focus on feminist YA today is in contemporary works, the themes continue in historical fiction as well. The novels below definitely fit the bill, featuring strong, smart […]

Home, as we all know, is where the books are. A few things they bring along with them: love, magic, romance, adventure, and mystery. Books, man, they do it all. This is why many wise authors understand that, to capture the full human experience, a novel should showcase the awe-inspiring wonder of reading, the world-opening […]

Given the sheer number of feminist YA gems, compiling a list of essentials is undoubtedly a foolhardy task—and yet we simply couldn’t help ourselves! Below you’ll find 50 of the most challenging, encouraging, and empowering feminist books YA has to offer. Some of these are modern-day classics, some are fresh off the press. Some are […]

As many authors will tell you, the only thing harder than writing a book is writing a second book. Once expectations have been set and reviews have come in and deadlines are breathing down your neck, trying to get those words out can be like squeezing blood from a stone. Sometimes it feels like an […]