Books like The Carhullan army by Sarah Hall

A dystopian novel about a woman named Offred in a totalitarian theonomic society called Gilead, exploring themes of subjugated women and resistance.

After a catastrophic pandemic, former actress Kirsten Raymonde joins a traveling troupe that performs Shakespeare for scattered communities, only to confront a ruthless prophet in a desperate quest for survival.

Rosemary Harper finds refuge and adventure aboard the aging ship Wayfarer, where a diverse crew of aliens and humans navigate friendship, mystery, and a pivotal interplanetary mission.

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Freshwater is a powerful, culturally grounded exploration of trauma and identity in a Nigerian context, told through the eyes of a non-binary protagonist who navigates grief, self‑harm, and dissociation.

A Catholic priest, scarred by his past, navigates early 1930s Mexico while the church faces persecution, providing aid to impoverished peasants under the threat of ruthless police and betrayal.

A gripping science fiction novel that explores gender, humanity, and the dangers of genetic experiments.

An ancient underwater artifact awakens two immortal beings, bringing them into contact with modern scientists and a world of war, sea monsters, and queer identities.

In this award‑winning collection, Dubravka Ugresic reimagines the Baba Yaga legend, weaving it into contemporary themes of femininity, ageing, identity, secrets, storytelling, and love.

Filter House is a 14‑tale collection by Nisi Shawl, introduced by Eileen Gunn, that blends subtle fantasy with explorations of LGBTQ identity and gender. The stories weave haunting, dreamlike snapshots that linger in the reader’s imagination.

In a future where global power has shifted eastward, two women, Meena in India and Mariama in Africa, flee danger and cross continents, their paths intertwining on a quest for safety and self‑discovery.

A small village faces the arrival of a new technology that could connect everyone to a wider world, but not everyone is ready for it.

In a world where a viral pandemic has nearly eliminated all men, fourteen‑year‑old River discovers the hidden reality of a female‑run society and the complexities of gender identity amid a quiet dystopia.

A science‑fiction exploration of a human crew’s arrival on a planet orbiting Star Sigma Draconis, where internal conflicts aboard the mother ship threaten both the planet’s life and the mission’s success.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s first anthology of her 13 celebrated science‑fiction novellas, including the Tiptree‑award winner "The Matter of Seggri," bound in a single volume with an introductory essay.

A 19‑year‑old South African gay man is conscripted into the army, facing hostility while discovering the courage to stay true to himself.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Four Japanese-Canadian sisters confront family expectations and a harsh prairie landscape as their father pursues a dream of rice farming in Alberta, hoping to escape limitations and find a mythical Kappa Child who offers hope.

A collection of short stories set in a speculative universe where women bear the label of "fems" and are blamed for a world‑ending devastation known as the Wasting.

Shelley Jackson’s debut novel follows conjoined twins Nora and Blanche as Nora seeks a mysterious London Foundation that promises to make them one, forcing a painful reckoning with their shared past and identity.

In a world where women overthrow male domination, a new generation of fighters and lovers faces the lasting war between genders. Alldera has freed the Fems, and her daughter Sorrel, now with a boy she adopted, continues the struggle for equality.

A tale of racial tension, community power, and the clash of dreams between African American and Seminole Irish performers in the era of silent films.

Fifteen‑year‑old Kivali wrestles with identity and destiny in a gender‑rigid world, discovering a mystical talent called Lizard Radio while navigating Camp life, friendships, and first love.

A memoir that follows Elizabeth Lavenza, rescued from poverty and raised in Geneva, as her falling relationship with Victor Frankenstein sets him on a destructive, secretive path.

Winner of the Tiptree Award and a Mythopoeic Award finalist, Cloud & Ashes is a slow whirlwind of language, a button box of words, a mythic fable that invites revisitation.