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. The Helsinki Affair by 

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    IT’S THE CASE OF AMANDA’S LIFETIME, BUT SOLVING IT WILL REQUIRE HER TO BETRAY ANOTHER SPY—WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO …

    Phil in SF says:

    Amanda and Kath are two agents who discuss the case they are working on at length.

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  2. Ashes of the Sun by  (Burningblade and Silvereye, #1)

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  3. Remain Silent by  (Manon Bradshaw, #3)

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    Newly married and navigating life with a preschooler as well as her adopted adolescent son, Manon Bradshaw is happy to …

    Phil in SF says:

    DI Manon Bradshaw and her boss Glenda McBain talk to each other frequently about the course of the investigation.

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  4. Missing, Presumed by  (Manon Bradshaw, #1)

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  5. Blood of the Chosen by  (Burningblade and Silvereye, #2)

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  6. Emperor of Ruin by  (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3)

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  7. Unconquerable Sun by  (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

    Princess Sun has finally come of age.

    Growing up in the shadow of her mother, Eirene, has been no …

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  8. Vanish by  (Rizzoli & Isles, #5)

    A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side …

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  9. The Collapsing Empire by  (The Interdependency, #1)

    The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling …

    Phil in SF says:

    The next Emperox, Cardenia Wu-Patrick chats with her friend and chief of staff Naffa Dolg early in chapter 1.

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  10. The Deep Sky by 

    Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins …

    Phil in SF says:

    Story is about a generation ship that is crewed entirely by characters who can bear children. Several are non-binary or trans-men, but the largest portion of the crew are women.

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  11. The Traitor by  (Alias Emma, #2)

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    British spy Emma Makepeace goes undercover on a Russian oligarch’s superyacht, where she’s one wrong move away from a watery …

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  12. Station Eternity by  (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

    Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an …

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  13. Blanche on the Lam by 

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  14. New Mutants Lethal Legion by , , , and 1 other

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  15. The Relentless Moon by  (Lady Astronaut, #3)

    It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more …

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