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24 titles for readers of Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan, selected for shared themes: Feminist, Westerns, Animals, and Literary.

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Themes: Feminist • Westerns • Literary

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The Cherry Robbers

Themes: Feminist • Westerns • Literary

Sudden Traveler Stories — Sarah Hall

Sudden Traveler Stories

Themes: Feminist • Animals • Literary

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Claire Oshetsky

Themes: Feminist • Animals • Literary

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Themes: Feminist • Animals • Literary

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Themes: Feminist • Animals • Literary

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Themes: Feminist • Animals • Literary

Forget Me Not Cowboy Rustlers Creek — Addison Fox

Forget Me Not Cowboy Rustlers Creek

Themes: Westerns • Animals • Literary

Greek Myths — Olivia E. Coolidge

Olivia E. Coolidge

Themes: Westerns • Animals • Literary

The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Feminist • Literary

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The Good Wife of Bath A (mostly) True Story

Themes: Feminist • Literary

I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman

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Jacqueline Harpman

Themes: Feminist • Literary

A Certain Hunger — Chelsea G. Summers

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Themes: Feminist • Literary

Long for This World A Novel — Michael Byers

Long for This World A Novel

Themes: Feminist • Literary

Spoilt Creatures — Amy Twigg

Spoilt Creatures

Themes: Feminist • Literary

Cat Brushing — Jane Campbell

Themes: Feminist • Literary

Beasts of a Little Land A Novel — Juhea Kim

Beasts of a Little Land A Novel

Themes: Feminist • Literary

The Rakess Society of Sirens, Volume I — Scarlett Peckham

The Rakess Society of Sirens, Volume I

Scarlett Peckham

Themes: Feminist • Literary

Circe Dyslexia Friendly Edition — Madeline Miller

Circe Dyslexia Friendly Edition

Madeline Miller

Themes: Feminist • Literary

Orlando A Biography — Virginia Woolf

Orlando A Biography

Themes: Feminist • Literary

These Women — Ivy Pochoda

Themes: Feminist • Literary

One Woman’s War A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny — Christine Wells

One Woman’s War A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny

Christine Wells

Themes: Feminist • Literary

The (other) You Stories — Joyce Carol Oates

The (other) You Stories

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Feminist • Literary

The Red Queen — Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory

Themes: Feminist • Literary

If Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Feminist, Westerns, Animals and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Djaïli Amadou Amal, Sarai Walker, Sarah Hall, Claire Oshetsky, and others.

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