Women's History Month 2026 Reading List
Black History Month was wonderful reading, let's slide right into Women's History Month for March (with Zora Neale Hurston providing a wonderful bridge). While specifc in general and science fiction in particular have always been a bit of a boy's club, there have always been women who made their mark on the genre (and let's not forget that more or less the first ever Western science fiction novel was written by a woman . . .) Every year, I enjoy going back to some of the badasses who shaped the genre and the voices saying fantastic things today First, a few books of Feminist Speculative Fiction that I have loved: * * * "Where the Wild Ladies Are" by Aoko Matsuda (short fiction; collected 2020) Absolute perfection, modern feminist retellings of classic Japanese myths. Finally, the women of these stories that have so often been reduced to either monster or victim get to have their time in the spotlight "The Refrigerator Monologues" by Catherynne M. ...