Books like Period Pain by Kopano Matlwa

Twelve Black British women and people of diverse identities share intertwined stories across Britain, revealing family ties, love, and social change.

Pat Barker reimagines the final days of the Trojan War through the eyes of Briseis, the captured concubine of Achilles, revealing the voices of the women walled in the Greek camp.

A sequel to Millenium Hall, The History of Sir George Ellison explores the themes of social reform and education in 18th-century England, addressing issues of slavery, marriage, and women's rights in a utopian society. The author, Sarah Scott, emphasizes the importance of devoting one's life to meaningful work for all genders and classes, making the book a thought-provoking historical romance.

"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches,' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left" --

Adam Miller's love affair with a Jewish woman in post-war Venice is threatened by the dark underbelly of the Occupation and the murky past of the city itself.

A hauntingly vivid novel set in eighteenth-century Venice and London, intertwining the stories of three characters caught up in the world of murder and secrets.

Period Power aims to explain what menstruation is, shed light on the stigmas and resulting biases, and create a strategy to end the silence and prompt conversation about periods.

A revolutionary text by Frantz Fanon, providing insight into the fight for freedom and national culture in decolonization era.