Penguin Random House, author portrait placeholder image

Kate Loveman

KATE LOVEMAN is Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Leicester. She is the author of Reading Fictions, 1660-1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture and of Samuel Pepys and His Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703. Her other publications include articles on book history, eighteenth-century novels, and the introduction of chocolate into England.

Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

Read more