Passes the "Bechdel Test" Public

Créée et modérée par 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. Trouble in Queenstown de  (The Vandy Myrick Mysteries, #1)

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

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  2. Under Fortunate Stars de 

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

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  3. Dead Connection de  (Ellie Hatcher, #1)

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

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  4. Billy Boyle de  (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 …

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  5. The Guest de 

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

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  6. The Unkillable Frank Lightning de 

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

    In 1879, Private Frank Humble, …

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  7. Money Shot de  (Angel Dare, #1)

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

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

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

  8. San Diego 2014 de 

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

    It was the …

    Ajouté par Phil in SF

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