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24 alternatives to The Widow Clicquot

The story of the woman behind the Clicquot champage empire

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Widow Clicquot launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman▲69

   One of the OG badass women of the world

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Last Love Song▲117

   A biography of Joan Didion

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   I am Livia▲67

   The story of one of the most powerful women of ancient Rome

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   First Women▲68

   The grace and power of America's first ladies

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Conversations With Her: On Resilience ▲83

   Real-life stories from 7 women who have shown resilience

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Count of Monte Cristo▲69

   "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Empire of the Summer Moon▲66

   Fascinating, vivid, and complex story of the "Old West"

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   A Manual For Cleaning Women: Selected Stories▲57

   The best of Lucia Berlin's work

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A Gap in Time▲54

   Jeanette Winterson’s retelling of Shakespeares Winter’s Tale

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rise of the Rocket▲71

    The women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon > Mars

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Tottel's Miscellany▲64

    The book that launched the Renaissance in England

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation▲64

    The history of unmarried and late-married women in America

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Miss Rumphius▲60

    A woman who wants to make the world more beautiful

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe▲54

    The Classic, Difinitive Biography of Marilyn Monroe

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

    Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore▲55

    The fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    A Night to Remember by Walter Lord▲99

    The classic account of the final of the Titanic

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    War in Val D’Orcia▲55

    An Italian War diary 1943–1944

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    "The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov▲62

    TFW You Learn More About Life From A Bird, Than From School

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Hero with a Thousand Faces▲88

    Understanding the universal hero journey across mythologies

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Olive Kitteridge▲60

    The life of Olive told through the stories of 13 people

    2015 · its alternatives →

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