A Mighty Girl Book List: 16+

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The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,708 ratings
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The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,573 ratings
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 334,139 ratings
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4.18 avg rating — 63,000 ratings
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M Train
M Train 4.02 avg rating — 48,825 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,517 ratings
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Ghost World
Ghost World 3.82 avg rating — 78,780 ratings
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Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
by: Hawa Abdi
4.20 avg rating — 854 ratings
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Yes Please
Yes Please 3.85 avg rating — 548,542 ratings
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
by: Bob Spitz
3.88 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt 3.93 avg rating — 3,655 ratings
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Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,964 ratings
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The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,714 ratings
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Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space 4.13 avg rating — 2,055 ratings
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My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating — 33,500 ratings
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt 3.65 avg rating — 7,514 ratings
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Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales 4.24 avg rating — 1,535 ratings
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Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe 4.14 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks 4.08 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
23.
Year of Yes
Year of Yes 4.06 avg rating — 97,925 ratings
24.
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage 4.02 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,737 ratings
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max 4.15 avg rating — 24,432 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
28.
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,454 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,487 ratings
32.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,231 ratings
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A Remarkable Mother
A Remarkable Mother 3.89 avg rating — 396 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,576 ratings
35.
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More 4.05 avg rating — 18,070 ratings
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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World 3.73 avg rating — 6,475 ratings
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 4.22 avg rating — 253,311 ratings
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia 3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead 3.95 avg rating — 266,950 ratings
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Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark 4.03 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 3.83 avg rating — 23,919 ratings
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However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph
However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph 4.21 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
43.
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
The Secret History of Wonder Woman 3.73 avg rating — 16,562 ratings
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring 3.91 avg rating — 933 ratings
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Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe
Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe 4.37 avg rating — 661 ratings
46.
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1)
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1) 3.85 avg rating — 8,706 ratings
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The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,064 ratings
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In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers
In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers 3.66 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War 4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings
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Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts
Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts 3.80 avg rating — 428 ratings
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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine 4.20 avg rating — 8,709 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family
Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family 3.77 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley 4.22 avg rating — 7,199 ratings
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My Life on the Road
My Life on the Road 4.07 avg rating — 36,281 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,265 ratings
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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell 4.19 avg rating — 51,216 ratings
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Sex Object: A Memoir
Sex Object: A Memoir 3.66 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
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Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams 3.97 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
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Find a Way
Find a Way 4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
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How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story
How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story 3.30 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
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Lumberjanes: Up All Night (Lumberjanes, #1)
Lumberjanes: Up All Night (Lumberjanes, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 12,038 ratings
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A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance 4.15 avg rating — 14,891 ratings
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Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating — 6,928 ratings
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Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography 4.07 avg rating — 8,478 ratings
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The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain 4.02 avg rating — 13,391 ratings
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A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return 3.81 avg rating — 4,654 ratings
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Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Stay Fly
Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Stay Fly 3.91 avg rating — 5,296 ratings
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary 4.11 avg rating — 9,058 ratings
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Captain Marvel, Vol. 3: Alis Volat Propriis
Captain Marvel, Vol. 3: Alis Volat Propriis 3.76 avg rating — 2,577 ratings
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie 4.06 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
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Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality
Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
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When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women
When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women 3.51 avg rating — 235 ratings
76.
Test Drive Your Future, High School Student and Grad Edition: Your Step by Step Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career
Test Drive Your Future, High School Student and Grad Edition: Your Step by Step Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career
by: Beth Hood
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
77.
The Tale of One Bad Rat
The Tale of One Bad Rat 3.92 avg rating — 3,082 ratings
77.
Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World 3.89 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
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A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor
A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor 3.84 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 4.17 avg rating — 14,167 ratings
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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future 4.14 avg rating — 2,735 ratings
81.
Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters
Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters 3.41 avg rating — 541 ratings
83.
Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
83.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea 4.14 avg rating — 54,658 ratings
85.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II 3.73 avg rating — 31,441 ratings
85.
Personal History: A Memoir
Personal History: A Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 24,450 ratings
87.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,951 ratings
88.
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail 4.10 avg rating — 29,332 ratings
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My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize
My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize 3.84 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist 3.86 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
91.
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina 3.89 avg rating — 8,387 ratings
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War 3.76 avg rating — 16,840 ratings
93.
5 Must Know Secrets for Today's College Girl
5 Must Know Secrets for Today's College Girl 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
94.
Yay, You! : Moving Up and Moving On
Yay, You! : Moving Up and Moving On 4.07 avg rating — 734 ratings
95.
Fight Like a Girl...and Win: Defense Decisions for Women
Fight Like a Girl...and Win: Defense Decisions for Women 3.76 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road 4.11 avg rating — 8,197 ratings
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The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun
The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun 3.76 avg rating — 403 ratings
98.
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali 4.17 avg rating — 4,983 ratings
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life 3.72 avg rating — 177 ratings
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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village 3.90 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
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