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. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by  (The Far Reaches Collection, #5)

    A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-provoking short story by …

  2. San Diego 2014 by 

    A Newflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant.

    It was the …

  3. The Rose Code by 

    1940- As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley …

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