EPL Picks: She’s Had Enough - Revenge Tales with Women ProtagonistsLike this list

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• The Bandit Queens

  a Novel

  Shroff, Parini

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  This darkly comedic thriller follows Geeta, a woman whose husband disappeared. The village thinks she murdered him, and she’s willing to let them think that if it keeps her from harassment and unwanted offers of marriage. Her life is peaceful until…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ready or Not

  Prêt Pas Prêt

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  This darkly comedic horror-thriller stars Samara Weaving as Grace, a young bride whose wedding night at her new husband’s family estate takes a terrifying turn. At first a victim being hunted by her new family, Grace reaches a point where she’s had…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jane Doe

  a Novel

  Stone, Victoria Helen

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  A dark, feminist thriller featuring Jane, a high-functioning sociopath, seeking revenge after her best friend commits suicide to the emotional abuse of an ex-boyfriend. Things don’t go well for him.

• Rose Madder

  a Novel

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  This dark supernatural thriller follows Rose, who flees her home after enduring 14 years of brutal physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband. While trying to start a new life in a different city, she encounters a mysterious painting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Method 15/33

  Kirk, Shannon

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  This high-stakes psychological thriller flips the typical “victim” narrative on its head! Lisa, a pregnant 16-year-old is kidnapped and held in a basement. Unfortunately for her kidnappers, Lisa is a sociopath. She’s not trapped in there with them;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Peppermint

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  This action-thriller stars Jennifer Garner as Riley North, a woman who transforms herself into a lethal vigilante after her husband and daughter are murdered in a drive-by shooting.

• They Never Learn

  Fargo, Layne

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  This dark, feminist academic thriller follows a female professor who moonlights as a serial killer, and a freshman seeking vengeance for her best friend.

• Her Name Is Knight

  Angoe, Yasmin

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  Kidnapped from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena endured horrific trauma before being rescued and trained as a lethal assassin. While on a mission in the U.S., she encounters the man responsible for the destruction of her family and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Change

  a Novel

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  In this feminist supernatural thriller, menopause is a source of hidden power. Three women in an affluent Long Island enclave team up to use their newly acquired powers to find the killer of a young girl when the police refuse to investigate.

• Animal

  a Novel

  Taddeo, Lisa

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  This provocative psychological thriller explores the fallout of lifelong male violence through the eyes of a woman pushed to her breaking point. Joan’s journey is internal and raw as she seeks to reclaim her power.

• How to Kill Your Family

  Mackie, Bella

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  This satirical, dark-comedy thriller is about Grace Bernard, a young woman who discovers she’s the unacknowledged daughter of a billionaire. When her mother dies in poverty, she seeks to punish her absentee father for abandoning them.

• The Villainess

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  This high-octane action thriller from South Korea follows Sook-hee, a woman trained from childhood to be a merciless assassin. When her contract concludes, she tries to live a normal life until secrets from her past resurface.

• The Woman They Could Not Silence

  One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

  Moore, Kate (Writer and editor)

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  This work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of Elizabeth Packard, a 19th century housewife committed to an insane asylum by her husband to quash her independent thinking and religious dissent.

• Nobody's Victim

  Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls

  Goldberg, Carrie

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  This powerful combination of memoir and legal manifesto details the author’s transition from a survivor of stalking and sexual assault to a ruthless lawyer. Goldberg founded a firm specifically to fight cyber-harassment, revenge porn and digital…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nightbitch

  Yoder, Rachel, 1978-

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  This surreal exploration of motherhood follows an artist who believes she is physically transforming into a dog as she grapples with domestic isolation. Revenge is more of an internal theme here, as the protagonist rails against the “Ideal Mother”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Women Were Dragons

  a Novel

  Barnhill, Kelly Regan

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  In an alternate 1955 a “mass dragoning” occurs where hundreds of thousands of women suddenly sprout wings, breathe fire, and fly away – leaving their domestic lives behind.

• Dear Sister

  a Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

  Horton, Michelle

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  Author Michelle Horton’s sister, Nikki, shot and killed her partner after enduring years of horrific physical and sexual abuse. Nikki is incarcerated, but Michelle fights for justice on her sister’s behalf to have her actions acknowledged as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Angel Makers

  Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

  McCracken, Patricia Nell

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  This true-crime tale chronicles the history of a female-led murder ring in the remote Hungarian village of Nagyrev during the early 20th century. Midwife Zsuzsanna Fazekas, “Auntie”, helped village women desperate to escape abusive marriages or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of a Certain Age

  a Novel

  Raybourn, Deanna

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  Four female assassins in their 60s are facing retirement find themselves targeting by their own agency and must use all of their skills to fight back.

• Recipe for a Perfect Wife

  A Novel

  Brown, Karma

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  When newlywed Alice finds notes from a 1950s housewife in a vintage cookbook, she realizes that they faced similar pressures in their less-than-perfect marriages. But how can a perfect wife get rid of an abusive husband? Perhaps the answer is found…Read moreRead more of this annotation