Passes the "Bechdel Test" Öffentlich

Erstellt von 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. The Treatment von  (Jack Caffery, #2)

    In a quiet residential area in London, a couple is discovered bound and imprisoned in their own home. Savagely battered …

  2. The Nigerwife von 

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    Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a hand­some husband; a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria; and …

  3. Trouble in Queenstown von  (The Vandy Myrick Mysteries, #1)

    With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, …

  4. Under Fortunate Stars von 

    Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down …

  5. Project Hail Mary von 

    Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …

  6. Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me von  (Dark Lord Davi, #2)

    Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously …

  7. Void von  (The Far Reaches, #2)

    An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short mystery by #1 …

  8. Dead Connection von  (Ellie Hatcher, #1)

    In Alafair Burke's electrifying thriller, Dead Connection, a rookie detective goes undercover on the Internet dating scene to draw out …

  9. Billy Boyle von  (A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery, #1)

    What’s a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who’s never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country …

  10. The Guest von 

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    “Alex drained her wineglass, then her water glass. The ocean looked calm, a black darker than the sky. A ripple …

  11. The Unkillable Frank Lightning von 

    Catherine Coldbridge is a complicated woman: A doctor, an occultist, and, briefly, a widow.

    In 1879, Private Frank Humble, …

  12. Money Shot von  (Angel Dare, #1)

    THEY THOUGHT SHE’D BE EASY. THEY THOUGHT WRONG.

    It all began with the phone call asking former porn star …

  13. San Diego 2014 von 

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

    It was the …

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

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

  15. The Rose Code von 

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

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