Women's fiction is a broad category that explores the female perspective from a variety of angles. Included under this umbrella is the hugely popular genre of chick lit, which celebrates the feminine in a plucky and playful manner. On the surface, much chick lit may seem to only focus on dating, gossip, shopping, and shoes, but there is often a deeper story of the lives of contemporary women and the strong bond between girlfriends. Women's fiction can also take on serious overtones. Some such women's books explore spousal abuse or how women struggle against the social assumptions placed on their sex...
There are also stories within women's fiction that look at experiences that are uniquely feminine like pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. Compulsion Reads celebrates women with our women's fiction category of endorsed novels, which includes plenty of chick lit selections, as well as more serious and contemplative women's fiction options.
