Need a holiday? We’ve got you! Our June book box is the ultimate Hot Girl reading retreat in a box! Get Hot Girl Summer ready with this holiday read starter pack; so whether you’re hitting the sand or hitting the sofa, this box will TRANSPORT and empower you! Including Nikita Lalwani’s lively novel ‘You People’ at the heart of this box, we’re exploring the thrills, and sometimes darker realities, of being a woman exploring the world. Navigating ‘tough questions around goodness in an unfair society’, this warming novel looks at questions of passport privilege while following the story of a ‘female lead who isn’t defined by a romantic arc’ – the perfect hot girl summer read!

Get summer ready with gifts curated for discovery and adventure, so you’re equipped for travel, whether it’s across the globe, or across the road! Inside this box you’ll find beach-y accessories, practical travel cosmetics, picnic-perfect treats and so much more. Plus, as part of our monthly Belletrist Collection, an essay from solo-travel extraordinaire, Monisha Rajesh, author of the iconic ‘80 Trains Around The World’, the woman turning male-centered, colonialist travel writing on its head.

Hot Girls, are you feeling summer ready? There’s no better place to start than our ‘Hot Girls Read’ box.

Did you know that out of 16 available texts on the GSCE curriculum, only 1 is by a woman? How can we expect women and girls to be empowered if they’re not represented in the books they’re reading, and the stories they’re engaging with? How far have we actually moved since women wrote under men’s names to be taken seriously? The publishing and bookselling world has for too long been centred on narratives written by and about men, and we know it’s time for things to be shaken up!

Books That Matter is a brand putting women’s writing at the forefront through unique reading experiences, and we exist because these statistics do. Our mission is to put the classics of tomorrow in your hands today, and this involves hand picking female led fiction for our themed subscription boxes, holding events interviewing feminist authors and activists, our podcasts, and much more.