In the footsteps of publications we admire, the editors at Cordella Magazine are putting together this list of late 2019 and 2020 titles written by women-identifying and nonbinary authors. We want to support our community and understand that this a tough time to launch books. If you'd like to be included or want to recommend an author or book, please email cate@cordella.org with the author's name, book title, press, pub date, and a link (if available). It will be ongoing so please feel free to reach out even if you see this post a bit late. Thanks!
Novels & Essay collections:
Christina Adams, Camel Crazy: A Quest for Miracles in the Mysterious World of Camels, New World Library, 2019
Liv Arnold, Etched in Stone, Wild Rose Press, February 2020
Oluwakemi M. Balogun, Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation, Stanford University Press, March 2020
Annabel Banks, Exercises in Control, Influx Press, February 2020
Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Copy Boy, She Writes Press, June 2020
Laura Bogart, Don't You Know I Love You, Dzank Books, March 2020
Gayle Brandeis, Many Restless Concerns: The Victims of Countess Bathory Speak in Chorus, Black Lawrence Press, February 2020
Shelley Buck, India Bound: The Making of a Woman Journalist, Write Words Press, 2019
Nancy Burke, Only the Women are Burning, Apprentice House Press, October 2020
Jen Calleja, I’m Afraid that’s All We’ve Got Time For, Prototype Publishing, March 2020
Michelle Cameron, Behind the Ghetto Gates, She Writes Press, April 2020
Emily Arnason Casey, Made Holy, The University of Georgia Press, 2019
Avanti Centrae, VanOps: The Lost Power, Black Opal Books, 2019
Jennifer J. Chow, Mimi Lee Gets a Clue, Berkley/Penguin Random House, March 2020
Athena Dixon, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Split/Lip Press, September 2020
Drema Drudge, Victorine, Fleur De Lis Press, March 2020
Kayla Eason, Mia, Orson’s Publishing, April 2020
Franci Rabinek Epstein, Franci’s War, Penguin Random House, March 2020
Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries, Prospect Park Books, April 2020
Jody A. Forrester, Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary, Odyssey Books, June, 2020
Helen Fremont, The Escape Artist, Simon & Schuster, February 2020
Willa Goodfellow, Prozac Monologues, She Writes Press, August 2020
Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire, Abrams, May 2020
Trish Hopkinson, Almost Famous, Yavanika Press, 2019
Vanessa Hua, Deceit and Other Possibilities, Counterpoint, March 2020
Alden Jones, The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and the Art of Memoir, 2020
Erin Khar, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me, Park Row Books/HarperCollins, February 2020
Ellen Lafleche, Walking Into Lightning, Saddle Road Press, 2019
Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow, Riverhead Books, March 2020
Melissa Mathewson, Tracing the Desire Line: A Memoir in Essays, Split/Lip Press, 2019
*D.L. Mayfield, The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power, InterVarsity Press, May 2020
Ruby McConnell, Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life, April 2020
Christine Meade, The Way You Burn, She Writes Press, April 2020
Ellen Meeropol, Her Sister’s Tattoo, Red Hen Press, April 2020
Cara Meredith, The Color of Life: A Journey toward Love and Racial Justice, Zondervan, 2019
Jenny Milchman, The Second Mother, SourceBooks, July 2020
Jennifer Rosner, The Yellow Bird Sings, Flatiron Books, March, 2020
Marin Sardy, The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia, Pantheon Books, April 2020
Kim-Anh Schreiber, Fantasy, Sidebrow Books, March 2020
Sophia Shalmiyev, Mother Winter: A Feminist Memoir, Simon & Schuster, February 2020
Sue William Silverman, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, University of Nebraska Press, March, 2020
Katherine E. Standefer, Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life, Hachette Book Group, Nov 2020
Johanna Stoberock, Pigs, Red Hen Press, 2019
Christine Sloan Stoddard, Naomi & The Reckoning, Finishing Line Press, June 2020
Alia Volz, Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April, 2020
Meg Wade, Slick Like Dark, Tupelo Press, April 2020
Nicole Zelniker, Last Dance, Atmosphere Press, January 2020
Poetry:
Allison Adair, The Clearing, Milkweed Books, June 2020
Susan Kay Anderson, Mezzanine, Finishing Line Press, 2019
Rosaire Appel & Barbara Henry, Beyond Question, Press Rappel, 2019
Cathy Arra, Women Between the Parentheses, Kelsay Books, 2019
Cynthia Atkins, Still Life With God, St. Julian Press, March 2020
*Madeleine Barnes, You Do Not Have to Be Good, Trio House Press, May 2020
Kay Ulanday Barrett, More Than Organs, Sibling Rivalry Press, March 2020
Tina Barry, Beautiful Raft, Big Table Publishing Company, 2019
Elvira Basevich, How to Love the World, [PANK] Books, 2020
Michele Battiste, Waiting for the Wreck to Burn, Trio House Press, 2019
J'Lyn Chapman, To Limn / Lying, [PANK] Books, 2020
Shira Dentz, Sisyphusina, [PANK] Books, 2020
Mela Blust, Skeleton Parade, Apep Publications, 2019
Callista Buchen, Look Look Look, Black Lawrence Press, 2019
Nicole Callihan and Zoe Ryder White, Elsewhere, Sixth Finch, March 2020
Kayleb Rae Candrilli, All the Gay Saints, Saturnalia Press, May 2020
*Susana H. Case, Body Falling, Sunday Morning, Milk and Cake Press, 2019
Jody Chan, All Our Futures, [PANK] Books, 2020
Rosebud Ben-Oni, turn around BRXGHT XYXS, Get Fresh Books, 2019
Shira Dentz, Sisyphusina, PANK Books, March 2020
Erika Dreifus, Birthright: Poems, Kelsay Books, 2019
Madeline Dyer, Captive: A Poetry Collection on OCD, Psychosis, and Brain Inflammation, Ineja Press, January 2020
Kate Gaskin, Forever War, YesYes Books, May 2020
Sonia Greenfield, Letdown, The Marie Alexander Series, April 2020
Sarah Kain Gutowski, Fabulous Beast: Poems, Texas Review Press, 2019
Eman Hassan, Raghead, New Issues Poetry and Prose/Chicago Press, 2019
*Emma Hine, Stay Safe, Sarabande Books, January 2020
Anne Huang, A Shaft of Light, Finishing Line Press, 2019
Christine Hume, A Different Shade for Each Person Reading the Story, [PANK] Books, 2020
Genevieve Kaplan, (aviary), Veliz Books, 2020
Jen Karetnick, The Burning Where Breath Used to Be, David Robert Books, August 2020
Catherine Kyle, Shelter in Place, Spuyten Duyvil, 2019
Christine Larusso, There Will Be No More Daughters, Northwestern University Press, 2019
Zefyr Lisowski, Blood Box, Black Lawrence Press, 2019
Nancy Chen Long, Wider than the Sky, Diode Editions, March 2020
Tamara J. Madison, Threed, This Road Not Damascus, Trio House Press, 2019
Aiyana Masla, Stone Fruit, BottleCap Press, February 2020
*Lynn McGee, Tracks, Broadstone Books, 2019
*Megan Merchant, Before the Fevered Snow, Stillhouse Press, April 2020
Megan Mary Moore, Dwellers, Unsolicited Press, 2019
Abby E. Murray, Hail and Farewell, Perugia Press, 2019
Deirdre O'Connor, The Cupped Field, Able Muse Press, 2019
A.J. Odasso, The Sting of It, Tolsun Books, 2019
Monica Prince, How to Exterminate the Black Woman, [PANK] Books, 2020
Melissa Ragsly, We Know this Will All Disappear, [PANK] Books, 2020
Sara Quinn Rivara, Animal Bride, Tinderbox Editions, 2019
Michele Rozga, My adversary came onto the windowsill of another dream, as a bluebird, Finishing Line Press, July 2020
Sarah M. Sala, Devil’s Lake, Tolsun Books, August 2020
Alana Saltz, The Uncertainty of Light, Blanket Sea Press, January 2020
Sarah Sarai, That Strapless Bra in Heaven, Kelsay Books, 2019
Chet’la Sebree, Mistress, New Issues, 2019
Sarah Sousa, Hex, Cow Creek, 2019
Molly Spencer, If the House, UW Press, 2019
Jessica Q. Stark, Savage Pageant, Birds, LLC, March 2020
Eileen R. Tabios, The In(ter)vention of the Hay(na)ku: Selected Tercets 1996-2019, Marsh Hawk Press, 2019
Kelly Grace Thomas, Boat Burned, YesYes Books, January 2020
Zoë Brigley Thompson, Hand & Skull, Bloodaxe, 2019
Gale Marie Thompson, Helen or My Hunger, YesYes Books, June 2020
Barbara Ungar, Save Our Ship, Ashland Poetry Press, 2019
Angela Voras-Hills, Louder Birds, Pleaides Press, 2020
Camille-Yvette Welsch, The Four Ugliest Children in Christendom, The Word Works, 2019
Artress Bethany White, My Afmerica, Trio House Press, 2019
Corrie Williamson, The River Where You Forgot My Name, Southern Illinois University Press, 2019
Children’s & YA:
Susann Cokal, Mermaid Moon, Candlewick Press, March 2020
Naomi Danis, My Best Friend, Sometimes, Pow! Kids Books, May 2020
Sam Maggs, The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope, Marvel Press, June 2020
Ruby McConnell, My Nature Journal and Activity Book, Sasquatch Books, April 2020
Lesléa Newman, Remembering Ethan, Magination Press, April 2020
Barbara Radecki, Messenger 93, DCB + Orca Books, April 2020
Carolyn Russell, In the Fullness of Time, Vine Leaves Press, March 2020
Lindsay Sproul, We Were Promised Spotlights, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books, March 2020
OTHER:
Jenny Block, Be That Unicorn: Find Your Magic, Live Your Truth, and Share Your Shine, Mango Publishing Group, February 2020
Ellen Friedrichs, Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World, Simon & Schuster, 2019
Becky Garrison, Roger Williams’s Little Book of Virtues, Wipf & Stock, March 2020
Amanda Dobra Hope, The Healing of the Masculine and Feminine, Golden Dolphin Publishing, March 2020
Agnes Howard, Showing: What Pregnancy Tells Us about Being Human, Eerdmans, March 2020
Amy Klein, The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind, Penguin Random House, April 2020
Amy Oestreicher, Creativity and Gratitude: Exercises and Inspiration for a Year of Art, Hope, and Healing, November 2020
Amy Oestreicher, My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful, 2019
Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, Awkword Moments, Penguin Random House, March 2020
Rebecca Ponton, Breaking the Gas Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry, Modern History Press, 2019
Sarah Prager, Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ People Who Made History, Harper Collins, May 2020
Stephanie Raffelock, A Delightful Little Book on Aging, She Writes Press, April 2020
Haley Shapley, Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes, Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, April 2020
Jodie Skillicorn, D.O., Healing Depression without Medication, Penguin Random House, March 2020
Rachael Wolff, Letters From a Better Me: How Becoming an Empowered Woman Transforms the World, Mango Publishing, February 2020
Magazines & Anthologies:
Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies, edited by Christina Myers, Caitlin Press, February 2020
Her Plumage: An Anthology of Women’s Writing from Quail Bell Magazine, Quail Bell Press & Productions, 2019
Soul Sister Review, A Poetry Compilation, Jamii Publishing, 2019
*Cordella Contributor
More Lists!
Check out these lists for even more recent/forthcoming work by women & nonbinary authors:
“Open to All: A Crowd-Sourced List of Over 200 Mid-2019 to 2020 Poetry Titles” in the Kenyon Review, compiled by Rosebud Ben-Oni