We’ve Got Nothing to Lose: Emily Books Is Disrupting Publishing as Usual

Scroll through the Emily Books website and—framed in hot pink—you’ll see a collection of titles by women that feels more like a secret handshake than a business plan.

There are books about witches and sex work, pregnancy and abortion, best friends and substance abuse. There’s a small homage to #FerranteFever; Elena Ferrante, the pseudonymous author of the cultishly adored Neapolitan Trilogy, is one of only a handful of writers who appears more than once in the list. The books on these virtual shelves—and the mission statement that guides their selection—embrace formal experimentation and deliberately feminist or outsider perspectives.