Passes the "Bechdel Test" Public

Created by Phil in SF

This list contains books that:

  • have at least two women in them,
  • who talk to each other,
  • about something other than a man.

Wikipedia has a decent intro on the origins of the metric: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

Beware that this test is very limited in probative value. "The Bechdel test only indicates whether women are present in a work of fiction to a certain degree. A work may pass the test and still contain sexist content, and a work with prominent female characters may fail the test." This is just one thing a person may want to consider in their reading. There are many others.

I (@kingrat@sfba.club) track this in my reading as a check to make sure I am including reading that includes non-token female characters because American publishing often overly focuses on men's stories, and that is quite often reflected even more …

  1. The Worst Best Man by 

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    Mia Sosa delivers a sassy, steamy #ownvoices enemies-to-lovers novel, perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, and Sally Thorne!

  2. Freshwater by 

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    The astonishing debut novel from the acclaimed bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji, You Made a Fool of …

  3. The Vanishing Half by 

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    From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who …

  4. Those Beyond the Wall by  (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

    Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable …

  5. Akata Witch by  (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)

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  6. The Mirror Empire by  (The Worldbreaker Saga, #1)

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    On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death …

  7. The Horizontal Man by 

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    No man was meant to witness this and live

    He told her, "You're not well. I'll wake you home." …

  8. Empire Ascendant by  (The Worldbreaker Saga, #2)

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    Loyalties are tested when worlds collide…

    Every two thousand years, the dark star Oma appears in the sky, bringing …

  9. Mr. Whisper by  (The Specialists, #1)

    Four brilliant investigators combine forces to outwit an insidious master of online mind control in a gripping thriller by the …

  10. The Broken Heavens by  (The Worldbreaker Saga, #3)

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    The Tai Mora – invaders from a parallel universe – have vanquished their counterparts and assumed control of the world …

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