Books on Women's Topics - InterVarsity Press

Women's viewpoints, experiences, and stories are important. Books on this list celebrate the triumphs of women around the world, honoring their leadership and contributions to culture, the academy, and the church. Some books also dig into the dark realities and barriers that many women face, from violence and abuse to questions about calling, ministry, and relationships. Reading is a great way to lift up and learn from these important voices. Want to browse even more books by women authors? Check out our #ReadWomen list.

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God Spoke Through Her

Nijay K. Gupta

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Brave Change

Krista Pettiford

Allies in Ministry: How Men Can Support Women in God's Mission, By Rob Dixon

Allies in Ministry

Rob Dixon

Becoming ProGrace: Expanding the Abortion Conversation Beyond Life Versus Choice, By Angela Weszely

Becoming ProGrace

Angela Dawn Weszely

Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith, By Ericka Andersen

Freely Sober

Ericka Andersen

Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color, By Froswa' Booker-Drew

Front Porch Wisdom

Froswa' Booker-Drew

Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness, By Natasha Smith

Black Woman Grief

Natasha Smith

Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It, By Heather Matthews

Confronting Sexism in the Church

Heather Matthews

Penny Preaches: God Gives Good Gifts to Everyone!, By Amy Dixon and Rob Dixon

Penny Preaches

Amy Dixon and Rob Dixon

Women, Work, and Calling: Step into Your Place in God's World, By Joanna Meyer

Women, Work, and Calling

Joanna Meyer

Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament, By Sandra L. Glahn

Nobody's Mother

Sandra L Glahn

Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church, By Nijay K. Gupta

Tell Her Story

Nijay K. Gupta

Creating Cultures of Belonging: Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive, By Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard

Creating Cultures of Belonging

Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard

Buried Talents: Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God's Call, By Susan Harris Howell

Buried Talents

Susan Carol Harris Howell

Feathers of Hope: A Novel, By Sharon Garlough Brown

Feathers of Hope

Sharon Garlough Brown

Ending Human Trafficking: A Handbook of Strategies for the Church Today, By Shayne Moore and Sandra Morgan and Kimberly McOwen Yim

Ending Human Trafficking

Shayne Moore and Sandra Morgan and Kimberly McOwen Yim

The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo, By Caryn A. Reeder

The Samaritan Woman's Story

Caryn Ann Reeder

Resisting the Marriage Plot: Faith and Female Agency in Austen, Brontë, Gaskell, and Wollstonecraft, By Dalene Joy Fisher

Resisting the Marriage Plot

Dalene Joy Fisher

Raising Sons of Promise: A Guide for Single Mothers of Boys, By Roland C. Warren

Raising Sons of Promise

Roland Warren

Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural, and Practical Perspectives, Edited by Ronald W. Pierce and Cynthia Long Westfall

Discovering Biblical Equality

Edited by Ronald W Pierce and Cynthia Long Westfall

Power Women: Stories of Motherhood, Faith, and the Academy, Edited by Nancy Wang Yuen and Deshonna Collier-Goubil

Power Women

Edited by Nancy Wang Yuen and Deshonna Harsch

Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships, By Rob Dixon

Together in Ministry

Rob Dixon

Cradling Abundance: One African Christian's Story of Empowering Women and Fighting Systemic Poverty, By Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna

Cradling Abundance

Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna

Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice, By Meghan Tschanz

Women Rising

Meghan Christian Tschanz

Sensible Shoes Leader's Guide, By Sharon Garlough Brown

Sensible Shoes Leader's Guide

Sharon Garlough Brown

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