🔧 Inventor Heroine

Stories featuring resourceful, mechanically minded women who build, tinker, and innovate their way through challenges. A celebration of female ingenuity in worlds that often underestimate it.

Ada's Algorithm

by James Essinger • 2013

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.

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🖥️ Early Computing 🔬 Women In Science 📚 Scientific Biography ⚙️ Victorian Science 🏆 Unsung Pioneers

Ada's Algorithm 88%

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.

by James Essinger 2013

3.27

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Early Computing 🔬 Women In Science 📚 Scientific Biography ⚙️ Victorian Science 🏆 Unsung Pioneers

Tesla

by Margaret Cheney • 1981

How the inventor of the twentieth century wound up alone with a white pigeon.

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7k+

💡 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🔬 Scientific Biography 🧠 Eccentric Genius 📻 History Of Radio

Tesla 88%

How the inventor of the twentieth century wound up alone with a white pigeon.

by Margaret Cheney 1981

3.71

7k+ ratings

💡 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🔬 Scientific Biography 🧠 Eccentric Genius 📻 History Of Radio

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story

by William Elliott azelgrove • 2018

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

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130

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography ⚖️ Patent Wars 🌟 Unsung Genius

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 88%

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

by William Elliott azelgrove 2018

3.66

130 ratings

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography ⚖️ Patent Wars 🌟 Unsung Genius

The Engineer Wore Venetian Red

by Shelley Adina • 2020

Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.

4.32

185

🕰️ Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond ⚙️ Engineer Heroine 🗡️ Political Conspiracy

The Engineer Wore Venetian Red 88%

Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.

by Shelley Adina 2020

4.32

185 ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond ⚙️ Engineer Heroine 🗡️ Political Conspiracy

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson • 1995

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

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94k+

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

The Diamond Age 88%

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

by Neal Stephenson 1995

4.16

94k+ ratings

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

Wizard

by Marc J. Seifer • 1996

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

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📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Wizard 88%

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

by Marc J. Seifer 1996

3.73

7k+ ratings

📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

My Inventions

by Nikola Tesla • 1935

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

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13k+

⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

My Inventions 88%

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

by Nikola Tesla 1935

3.91

13k+ ratings

⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

Tesla

by W. Bernard Carlson • 2013

The same mental discipline that electrified the world also led Nikola Tesla to ruin.

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📚 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🏛️ Gilded Age 🧠 Mental Modeling 💡 Disruptive Innovation

Tesla 87%

The same mental discipline that electrified the world also led Nikola Tesla to ruin.

by W. Bernard Carlson 2013

3.87

2k+ ratings

📚 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🏛️ Gilded Age 🧠 Mental Modeling 💡 Disruptive Innovation

Crash Test Girl

by Kari Byron • 2018

She tested myths with science. Then she used the same method on her own life.

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👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧪 Science Communication 🔬 Scientific Mindset 🔧 Maker Culture 💡 Creative Problem-Solving

Crash Test Girl 87%

She tested myths with science. Then she used the same method on her own life.

by Kari Byron 2018

3.91

1k+ ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧪 Science Communication 🔬 Scientific Mindset 🔧 Maker Culture 💡 Creative Problem-Solving

The Girl With a Mind for Math

by Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

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🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers ⚓ Naval History 🏗️ Engineering History

The Girl With a Mind for Math 87%

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

by Julia Finley Mosca 2018

4.41

747 ratings

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers ⚓ Naval History 🏗️ Engineering History

The Dancer Wore Opera Rose

by Shelley Adina • 2018

A dancer vanishes in steampunk Santa Fe as two sisters hunt their missing father.

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242

🕰️ Steampunk Mystery 🤠 Alternative Western 👯 Sister Devotion 🏠 Found Family 🫂 Women Helping Women

The Dancer Wore Opera Rose 87%

A dancer vanishes in steampunk Santa Fe as two sisters hunt their missing father.

by Shelley Adina 2018

4.20

242 ratings

🕰️ Steampunk Mystery 🤠 Alternative Western 👯 Sister Devotion 🏠 Found Family 🫂 Women Helping Women

The Invisible College

by Jeff Wheeler • 2024

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

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🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

The Invisible College 87%

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

by Jeff Wheeler 2024

4.21

5k+ ratings

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band 87%

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

3.93

2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

by Walter Isaacson • 2022

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

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137

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition Summary

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition 87%

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

by Walter Isaacson 2022

4.23

137 ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

Heart of Gold

by Michael Pryor • 2007

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

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612

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

Heart of Gold 87%

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

by Michael Pryor 2007

4.13

612 ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

The Perfectionists

by Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

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🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory 🏗️ Mass Production 💥 Scientific Failures

The Perfectionists 86%

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

by Simon Winchester 2018

4.15

7k+ ratings

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory 🏗️ Mass Production 💥 Scientific Failures

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba • 2009

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

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🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 86%

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

by William Kamkwamba 2009

4.24

12k+ ratings

🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

The Idea Factory

by Jon Gertner • 2012

A phone monopoly's lab produced the transistor, the laser, and the digital age. How it worked.

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🏭 Innovation History 🏢 Corporate History 💡 Invention Stories 🔬 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Organizational Culture

The Idea Factory 86%

A phone monopoly's lab produced the transistor, the laser, and the digital age. How it worked.

by Jon Gertner 2012

4.21

9k+ ratings

🏭 Innovation History 🏢 Corporate History 💡 Invention Stories 🔬 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Organizational Culture

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer • 2006

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

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🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary

The Case of the Missing Marquess 86%

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

by Nancy Springer 2006

3.78

45k+ ratings

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

Orphans of the Tide

by Struan Murray • 2020

She pulls a boy from a whale. Inquisitors want him burned. Something wakes inside her.

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🌊 Flooded World 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Possession 🫂 Found Family 💔 Haunted By Grief

Orphans of the Tide 86%

She pulls a boy from a whale. Inquisitors want him burned. Something wakes inside her.

by Struan Murray 2020

4.21

2k+ ratings

🌊 Flooded World 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Possession 🫂 Found Family 💔 Haunted By Grief

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 86%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Anne McCaffrey

by Robin Roberts • 2007

How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.

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📚 Literary Biography 🚀 Women In Science Fiction ✍️ Creative Process 📝 Women Writers 🌿 Ecofeminism

Anne McCaffrey 86%

How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.

by Robin Roberts 2007

4.43

5k+ ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🚀 Women In Science Fiction ✍️ Creative Process 📝 Women Writers 🌿 Ecofeminism

Candace Pert

by Pamela Ryckman • 2023

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

3.88

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Opioid Crisis 🚺 Gender Bias In Science

Candace Pert 86%

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

by Pamela Ryckman 2023

3.88

68 ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Opioid Crisis 🚺 Gender Bias In Science

The Ice Monster

by David Walliams • 2018

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

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🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

The Ice Monster 86%

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

by David Walliams 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

How to Invent Everything

by Ryan North • 2018

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

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🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit ⚙️ How Things Work 🧠 Rational Thinking

How to Invent Everything 86%

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

by Ryan North 2018

4.14

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit ⚙️ How Things Work 🧠 Rational Thinking

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

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🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White 86%

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

A Lab of One's Own

by Rita Colwell • 2020

Science claimed meritocracy. One woman's data proved otherwise, and forced the system to change.

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🔬 Gender Bias In Science 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🔗 Interdisciplinary Research 📊 Data-Driven Advocacy 🤝 Mentorship In Science

A Lab of One's Own 86%

Science claimed meritocracy. One woman's data proved otherwise, and forced the system to change.

by Rita Colwell 2020

4.24

719 ratings

🔬 Gender Bias In Science 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🔗 Interdisciplinary Research 📊 Data-Driven Advocacy 🤝 Mentorship In Science

The Things We Make

by Bill Hammack • 2023

Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.

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🛠️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Engineering Culture 💡 Design Thinking 🧭 Heuristics 🔧 Incremental Innovation

The Things We Make 86%

Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.

by Bill Hammack 2023

3.75

1k+ ratings

🛠️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Engineering Culture 💡 Design Thinking 🧭 Heuristics 🔧 Incremental Innovation

Our Hideous Progeny

by C.E. McGill • 2023

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

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🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris 🦴 Monstrous Creation 🏠 Found Family

Our Hideous Progeny 86%

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

by C.E. McGill 2023

3.90

9k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris 🦴 Monstrous Creation 🏠 Found Family

Blade of Secrets

by Tricia Levenseller • 2021

A magical blacksmith forges a sword that hears secrets, then escapes with it and her sister.

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🪄 Magical Blacksmithing 😰 Anxious Heroine 🫂 Found Family 👭 Protective Sisters 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Blade of Secrets 86%

A magical blacksmith forges a sword that hears secrets, then escapes with it and her sister.

by Tricia Levenseller 2021

3.95

15k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Blacksmithing 😰 Anxious Heroine 🫂 Found Family 👭 Protective Sisters 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Lost Colony

by Eoin Colfer • 2006

A teenage genius hunts time-displaced demons, but a rival prodigy reaches their island first.

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🌟 Rival Child Geniuses 🔐 Heist Mission ⏳ Time Displacement 🧚 Fairy Underworld 👹 Demon Realm

The Lost Colony 86%

A teenage genius hunts time-displaced demons, but a rival prodigy reaches their island first.

by Eoin Colfer 2006

4.01

160k+ ratings

🌟 Rival Child Geniuses 🔐 Heist Mission ⏳ Time Displacement 🧚 Fairy Underworld 👹 Demon Realm

Wings of Fire

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 1999

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

4.29

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🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

Wings of Fire 86%

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1999

4.29

55k+ ratings

🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

The Number of the Beast

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1980

Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.

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🌌 Multiverse Adventure 📖 Metafictional SF 🤝 Found Family ⚖️ Equal Partnership 🔬 Genius Inventor

The Number of the Beast 86%

Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.

by Robert A. Heinlein 1980

3.63

13k+ ratings

🌌 Multiverse Adventure 📖 Metafictional SF 🤝 Found Family ⚖️ Equal Partnership 🔬 Genius Inventor

The Mark of a Giant

by Ted Stewart • 2013

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

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🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography 🚧 Breaking Barriers 🔬 Scientific Breakthroughs

The Mark of a Giant 86%

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

by Ted Stewart 2013

3.96

288 ratings

🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography 🚧 Breaking Barriers 🔬 Scientific Breakthroughs

TRIZ For Dummies

by Lilly Haines-Gadd • 2016

Turn impossible trade-offs into breakthroughs. A patent-proven method for systematic innovation.

4.07

🧠 Systematic Innovation 📦 Product Development 💡 Creative Problem Solving ⚖️ Design Trade-Offs 🔭 Technology Forecasting

TRIZ For Dummies 86%

Turn impossible trade-offs into breakthroughs. A patent-proven method for systematic innovation.

by Lilly Haines-Gadd 2016

4.07

54 ratings

🧠 Systematic Innovation 📦 Product Development 💡 Creative Problem Solving ⚖️ Design Trade-Offs 🔭 Technology Forecasting

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue

by Shelley Adina • 2022

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

4.41

167

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 🖤 Found Family

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue Summary

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue 86%

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

by Shelley Adina 2022

4.41

167 ratings

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 🖤 Found Family

The Alchemy of Us

by Ainissa Ramirez • 2020

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

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🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Alchemy of Us 86%

We invented quartz clocks, steel rails, and silicon chips. Then they reinvented us.

by Ainissa Ramirez 2020

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧪 Materials Science 🔧 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture 🔍 Hidden History 📦 Everyday Objects

The Woman All Spies Fear

by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

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🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis 📡 Wartime Espionage 🥃 Prohibition Era

The Woman All Spies Fear 86%

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis 📡 Wartime Espionage 🥃 Prohibition Era

Girls Who Rocked the World

by Michelle R. McCann • 2012

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

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541

📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Girls Who Rocked the World 86%

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

by Michelle R. McCann 2012

4.04

541 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Into the Hourglass

by Emily R. King • 2019

Her heart ticks on borrowed time. The only fix: a mythical sword, lost beneath the waves.

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⚙️ Clockwork Heroine 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⏳ Borrowed Time 🌊 Undersea Realm

Into the Hourglass 86%

Her heart ticks on borrowed time. The only fix: a mythical sword, lost beneath the waves.

by Emily R. King 2019

4.12

3k+ ratings

⚙️ Clockwork Heroine 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⏳ Borrowed Time 🌊 Undersea Realm

Spectacular

by Stephanie Garber • 2024

In a snow-globe city, Tella's search for a gift becomes a romantic game of illusions.

3.63

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🎄 Magical Holiday 💘 Game Of Love 💖 Self-Worth Journey 🕰️ Clockwork Magic 👯 Sisterly Bond

Spectacular 85%

In a snow-globe city, Tella's search for a gift becomes a romantic game of illusions.

by Stephanie Garber 2024

3.63

97k+ ratings

🎄 Magical Holiday 💘 Game Of Love 💖 Self-Worth Journey 🕰️ Clockwork Magic 👯 Sisterly Bond

Cress

by Marissa Meyer • 2014

A satellite hacker's plea for rescue crashes her into a desert with a blind pilot.

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🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 💻 Hacker Heroine 👑 Reluctant Ruler 💍 Political Marriage 🔒 Forced Proximity

Cress 85%

A satellite hacker's plea for rescue crashes her into a desert with a blind pilot.

by Marissa Meyer 2014

4.40

407k+ ratings

🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 💻 Hacker Heroine 👑 Reluctant Ruler 💍 Political Marriage 🔒 Forced Proximity

Vector

by Robyn Arianrhod • 2024

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

4.05

163

🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

Vector 85%

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

by Robyn Arianrhod 2024

4.05

163 ratings

🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

Olivia Twist

by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist 85%

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Every Tool's a Hammer

by Adam Savage • 2019

A master maker's playbook: prototype in cardboard, plan in lists, and let obsession drive the work.

4.18

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🛠️ Maker Culture 🎨 Creative Process 💡 Design Thinking 🔄 Iterative Design 📋 Project Workflow

Every Tool's a Hammer 85%

A master maker's playbook: prototype in cardboard, plan in lists, and let obsession drive the work.

by Adam Savage 2019

4.18

11k+ ratings

🛠️ Maker Culture 🎨 Creative Process 💡 Design Thinking 🔄 Iterative Design 📋 Project Workflow

Re-Sisters

by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

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🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters 85%

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022

3.69

143 ratings

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

How We Got to Now

by Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

4.12

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🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

How We Got to Now 85%

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

by Steven Johnson 2014

4.12

16k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Technology 💡 Everyday Inventions 🦋 Ripple Effects 🏙️ Hidden Systems 🤝 Collaborative Innovation

Akarnae

by Lynette Noni • 2015

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

4.20

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Akarnae 85%

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

by Lynette Noni 2015

4.20

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

by Claire North • 2016

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

3.64

12k+

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

The Sudden Appearance of Hope 85%

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

by Claire North 2016

3.64

12k+ ratings

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

The Hidden Habits of Genius

by Craig Wright • 2020

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

3.96

2k+

🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias 📚 Lifelong Learning ⏰ Creative Routines

The Hidden Habits of Genius 85%

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

by Craig Wright 2020

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias 📚 Lifelong Learning ⏰ Creative Routines

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