Hello & welcome to our inaugural 2026 season of Lilith Lit: Women Reading Women!
What’s Lilith Lit?
Lilith Lit is a virtual book club for women featuring defiant works of contemporary literary fiction and nonfiction by luminary women authors, guided by writer and editor Lily Diamond (me, 👋). Each season, I curate a slate of books that explore how we as women are navigating the world today.
These are books that fundamentally changed something about the way I see the world, and how I feel living in it. They’re books that press into tender, electric conversations about sex, patriarchy, family, the polycrisis, colonization, ecology, grief, utopia, hypercapitalism, the internet, spirituality, race, community, religion, politics, oppression, liberation, and every other facet of being alive.
Each reading cycle will feature live community meetings and author convos + weekly reading guides delivering intel and behind-the-scenes nuggets from the authors themselves.
Speaking of authors…
Our 2026 Lilith Lit Authors
Seven bestselling, award-winning authors are joining us this season, with three works of fiction and four works of nonfiction. I am bowled over by each of these women and their words, and am thrilled that they’ll be joining us.
Starting next week, we’ll read one book every 6 to 8 weeks. At the end of each reading cycle, that book’s author will join us for a 1-hour virtual conversation and community Q&A. Get all the details about how Lilith Lit works here.
Without further ado, please welcome:
Cat Bohannon
Dr. Bohannon completed her PhD in 2022 at Columbia University, where she studied the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her work has appeared in Science, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Guardian, and Poets Against the War. Eve is her first book and a New York Times bestseller. The book was Foyles’ book of the year, an Audible book of the year, Blackwells book of the month, a Powell’s Pick, and was listed for the Royal Society Prize, the Orwell Prize, and the Women’s Prize. She’s currently at work on her second book, Being Alive: The New Science of Women’s Health and Why It Could Save Us All. She lives in the U.S. with her partner and two semi-feral offspring.
Lisa Ko
Lisa Ko is the author of the new novel Memory Piece and the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Ko’s writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, and The Believer.
Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker is a writer, curator, and catalyst working at the intersection of art and cultural imagination. She creates work and experiences that explore selfhood, perception, and power—shifting how she and others see themselves and the world. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including the memoir Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence and the anthology Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo.
Lisa Taddeo
Lisa Taddeo is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women, which she adapted as a dramatic series on Starz, the novel Animal, and the short story collection Ghost Lover. She has contributed to The New York Times, New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour, and many other publications. Her nonfiction has been included in the Best American Sports Writing and Best American Political Writing anthologies, and her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She lives with her husband and daughter in New England.
Debra Magpie Earling
Debra Magpie Earling is the American Book Award-winning author of The Lost Journals of Sacajewea and Perma Red. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Montana Book Award. She retired from the University of Montana where she was named professor emeritus in 2021. She is Bitterroot Salish.
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, visual artist, and novelist. She is a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. Griffiths is also a recipient of fellowships from many organizations, including the Cave Canem Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Civitella Ranieri, and Yaddo. Her writing has been widely published, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, Gulf Coast, and many more. Her debut novel, Promise, was a Kirkus Reviews and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year. Griffiths’ highly acclaimed debut memoir, The Flower Bearers, was published in 2026.
Domenica Ruta
Domenica Ruta 🧿 is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir With or Without You as well as the novels Last Day, a 2019 NYT Notable book of the year, and All the Mothers. She’s published short fiction and essays in the Iowa Review, the Boston Review, the Indiana Review, Epoch, Ninth Letter, The Cut, People, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized a handful of times, most notably in Wanting and No Contact.
What’s our first book?
It’s a surprise! Our first reading cycle begins March 16th, 2026—make sure you’re subscribed to be the first to find out.
And remember: Weekly reading guides + community and author meetings are for paid subscribers only, so update your membership accordingly.
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I can’t wait to meet you. Let me know any questions in the comments below.
xo,
Lily
I'm beyond excited and inspired by your newest endeavor, Lily. What a tremendous lineup! Mazel Tov!
Hi Lily! So thrilled to find this book club! Excited for the first read.