In the spirit of 2025, check out this mini review of my five favourite books where female protagonists disrupt patriarchal authority. These five books connect to the themes driving a lot of my own creative work, especially bunker-horror novel Tarry This Night (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017). If you haven’t read Tarry This Night, go for it, the plot is even more relevant to our current political climate. And if you haven’t read the five recommended books yet, please do! And check out www.shepherd.com while you’re at it for a vibrant community of authors and readers sharing the books we love most.
https://shepherd.com/best-books/female-protagonists-disrupting-patriarch-authority
