Books by/about Women Veterans

Note: This list is not an exhaustive list and is focused primarily on post-9/11 books. Please see More to Explore for additional/historical titles. And if you know of a book I’m missing, please let me know!

Memoir/Autobiography 

Leadership 

Anthologies/General Nonfiction 

Fiction 


Poetry 

More to Explore

Presumption and Folly: Writing by Women Veterans—a bibliography compiled by Navy veteran and writer Jerri Bell.

Women of the Military Podcast, hosted by Air Force veteran Amanda Huffman and featuring interviews with women veterans from across services and eras on a wide variety of topics.

Warrior Writers—Warrior Writers is a veteran-focused arts organization that fosters artistic exploration and expression through casual, welcoming workshops and retreats.

Time Now: The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in Art, Film, and Literature, a blog maintained by Army veteran and writer Peter Molin.

War, Literature, and the Arts—WLA is a journal that publishes creative and scholarly works on war, literature and the arts.

Military Experience & the Arts—MEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is to work with veterans and their families to publish short stories, essays, poems, and artwork in our bi-annual publication, As You Were: The Military Review, periodic editions of Blue Nostalgia: The Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth and others. 

Wrath-Bearing Tree—Established by combat veterans and maintained by a diverse board of veterans, military spouses, and writers compelled by themes of social justice and human resilience, The Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry on military, economic, and social violence written by those who have experienced military, economic, and social violence or their consequences. (Full Disclosure: I am a nonfiction co-editor for Wrath-Bearing Tree)

Collateral Journal—Publishing literary and visual art concerned with the impact of violent conflict beyond the combat zone.

The War Horse—The War Horse is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom. Our team strengthens our democracy by holding power to account and improving the public’s understanding of the true cost of military service.

Consequence Forum—Consequence Forum addresses the consequences, realities, and experiences of war and geopolitical violence through literature, art, and community events. We provide the public with works and voices from around the world to promote a clearer and more nuanced understanding of what’s at stake in choosing to wage war or engage in conflict.