Five books by women to add to your reading list this International Women’s Day

After a new book to get wrapped up in?

For International Women’s Day, we’ve made a list of books to surprise, inspire and entertain written by five of the women who’ve recently joined us on RN Drive’s The Drawing Room.

From the backrooms of an international Ponzi scheme to women at war in Ethiopia and a journalist’s deep dive into an American shadow economy: here are five books to add to your to-be-read pile.

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste’s second novel, The Shadow King, shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, shines a light on the stories of women who are soldiers and explores what it means to be a woman at war.

Set during Mussolini’s…