Books for International Day of Women and Girls in Science

By Coll Rowe | February 7 2025 | Science, Technology, Engineering & MathematicsWomen's and Gender Studies

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, we are sharing books about women who have influenced and contributed to the STEM fields. Find a full collection of titles here.

Sharks Don't Sink
Sharks Don't Sink
Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
Jasmin Graham
9780593685259

The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal—the shark.

$28.00 US
Jul 16, 2024
Hardcover
224 Pages
Pantheon
Sharing Space
Sharing Space
An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change
Cady Coleman
9780593494011

Astronaut Cady Coleman shares counterintuitive insights integral to her success, such as how to know when to adapt and when to press for change instead, how to leverage insecurities to beat expectations, and how to be the glue that holds a team together.

$28.00 US
Jul 02, 2024
Hardcover
272 Pages
Penguin Life
Breaking Through
Breaking Through
My Life in Science
Katalin Karikó
9780593443187
A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines.
$20.00 US
Oct 08, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
Crown
Carbon Queen
Carbon Queen
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
Maia Weinstock
9780262545976
The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.
$21.95 US
Mar 07, 2023
Paperback
320 Pages
The MIT Press
Lab Girl
Lab Girl
A Memoir
Hope Jahren
9781101873724
National Bestseller
$16.00 US
Feb 28, 2017
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
Twice as Hard
Twice as Hard
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
Jasmine Brown
9780807013373
Black women physicians’ stories have gone untold for far too long, leaving gaping holes in American medical history, in women’s history, and in black history. It’s time to set the record straight.
$18.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Paperback
240 Pages
Beacon Press
All We Can Save
All We Can Save
Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
9780593237083
For educator resources for All We Can Save, visit the editors’ website at allwecansave.earth/for-educators.
$20.00 US
Jul 20, 2021
Paperback
448 Pages
One World
Handprints on Hubble
Handprints on Hubble
An Astronaut's Story of Invention
Kathryn D. Sullivan
9780262539647
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the 30-year-old Hubble Space Telescope.
$17.95 US
Dec 01, 2020
Paperback
304 Pages
The MIT Press
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