Book guide
Remarkable Creatures
Two women with an eye for fossils challenge the men who claim science as their own.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalClass divideLiterarySocial commentary
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About Remarkable Creatures
Inspired by Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, the novel follows two nineteenth-century fossil hunters on England’s coast. Their discoveries of ancient marine creatures alter scientific thinking and forge a complicated friendship across class and gender.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Light
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- gender discrimination
- death
- sexism
- misogyny
- death of parent
- classism
- sexual content
