The Fit Book Club
Welcome to The Fit Book Club!
Each month, The Fit Book Club selects a book that is written by a female author focusing on a female protagonist.
Our staff writers include a profile of each novel that is selected, along with further insight, interviews, and information about these authors and their stories.
We hope the books selected will pay tribute to inspiring female voices that seek social change through their creative and insightful words.
Our Monthly Selections
February 2022
Written by American novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid, the story unravels the life of famous actress Evelyn Hugo, taking the reader through all seven of her marriages. If you haven’t read a Taylor Jenkins Reid book, it seems like you are missing out.
January 2022
This novel connects the past to the present with awe. On a trip intended to let herself breathe from the troubles of her life, she embarks on a journey that changes her life. This captivating novel shows what can change from the unexpected.
December 2021
In a series of small vignettes, Untamed teaches us about the ways in which we have all been caged by society. Glennon shares insight from her life experiences as a recovering addict, mother, and writer.
November 2021
Normal People by Sally Rooney follows the lives of two classmates, Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan, as they learn to love, let go and learn. An unlikely pair, begin a friendship that changes the course of their young lives.
October 2021
Throughout the memoir, Ruhl opens up to the readers in vulnerable, emotional ways. She expresses her anger, frustration, lack of understanding, and overall mentality of “why me,” although Ruhl presents a certain strength as well.
September 2021
While Colleen Hoover’s Verity is a work of fiction, this novel has opened up the literary world to a new type of writing that delves into the inner psyche of the dark and twisted characters Hoover beautifully constructed.
August 2021
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, serves as a testament to what psychiatrist Carl Jung describes as the absurdity of the human condition as well as the gravitas of looking inward at oneself.
July 2021
Every female I know has a story. An aggressive cat-caller. A handsy friend. A Tinder date gone wrong. Perhaps that’s why Chanel Miller’s Know My Name was an instant best seller. I guarantee Miller’s story and prose will stick with you long after the final chapter.
June 2021
In her debut memoir, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown details her experience growing up as a black woman, dedicating her life to antiracist education and community activism.
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