Novels

Abraham, Sarah and God.
Only Human: A Divine Comedy by Jenny Diski. Little Brown Publishers.

Dinah – daughter of Jacob by Leah.
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Pan Macmillan Publishers.

Abigail
Abigail's Story: Biblical Wisdom from a Woman of Strength and Faith by Sarah Young. WestBowPress Publishers. 2015.

Esther
The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn. Penguin Publishers.

Sarah, Tobias and Raphael
Miss Garnet’s Angel by Salley Vickers. Harper Perennial Publishers.

Phoebe
Phoebe: A Story by Paula Gooder. Hodder & Stoughton Publishers.

Non-fiction

Old and New Testament Women

Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-five Empowering Stories from the Bible by Elaine Storkey. SPCK Publishers.

Not Counting Women and Children: Neglected Stories from the Bible by Megan McKenna. Orbis Books.

Women of the Old Testament: Their Lives, Our Hope by Pia Septien. Liguori Publishers.

Ruth
Borders and Belonging - The Book of Ruth: A Story for our Times by Padraig O Tuama and Glenn Jordan.  Canterbury Press Publishers. 2021

Mary
The Book of Mary by Nicola Slee. SPCK Publishers.

The Art of Mary: A Celebration in Icons by Sister Wendy Becket. Redemptorist Publications.

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God by Scott Hahn. Image; Reprint edition.

Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints by Elizabeth Johnson. Continuum Publications.

Redemptoris Mater: On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church

Mary Magdalene
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeault. Shambhala Publications.

Lydia
Lydia’s Impatient Sisters: A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity by Luise Schottroff. Westminster Knox Press.