Books
Plus, the dates it’s possible for you to expect to see them.
Luckily, 2023 is proving to be abumperyear for books by British and Irish women.
We only include products that have been independently selected by Bustle’s editorial team.
Rebel Bodies
Research has consistently shown there are huge gender differences in men and women’s healthcare.
And the weight of everything left unsaid since then still hangs between them.
But now they’re back in each other’s lives, it’s harder to run from the past.
There’s nothing worse than losing the person you trust with your deepest secrets.
Can it be different second time around?
Released Feb. 2
Maame
Meet Maddie.
All her life, she’s been told who she is.
To her Ghanaian parents, shes Maame: the one who takes care of the family.
The primary carer for her father.
Shes the responsible sister, the quiet friend.
The one who keeps the peace.
It’s time for her to speak up.
Maddie knows what kind of woman she wants to be.
Who demands a seat at the table.
But will it take losing everything to find her voice?
And while London may be fresh out of princes, its got a surplus of frogs… She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school and the sleazy men she typically meets.
Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations and experiences of his many famous and alluring friends.
Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, a decision that threatens to splinter his family.
Eman is the awkward girl whose favourite evenings are spent at home watching TV with her Nani.
This is one summer they will never forget.
But, at just 28, she is also tired.
But Elsie is determined to keep the faith.
Things will surely turn around.
And when Elsie tries to reconnect with her best friend Juliet, her fragile world spirals out of control.
Can Elsie steady herself and not fall through the cracks?
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The Girls Of Summer
Rachel has loved Alistair since she was seventeen.
Even though she hasn’t seen him for sixteen years and shes now married to someone else.
Even though she was a teenager when they met.
Even though he is almost twenty years older than her.
Rachel has never once considered herself a victim.
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The Happy Couple
Meet the happy couple.
But does it lie at the end of an aisle?
Ordinary Human Failings
Released Jun.
Hes everything she’s looking for; he makes her feel safe, seen, and desired.
Tia assumes they’re on the same page.
Theyre yet to have The Talk.
Released Aug. 17
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