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Olivia Waite writes queer historical romance, science fiction, and fantasy. She is the romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review.

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	The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 14,737 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 10,650 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 3,472 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hellion's Waltz (Feminine Pursuits, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hen Fever 4.14 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At His Countess' Pleasure 3.56 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thief in the Nude 3.86 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happily Ever Afterlives 3.85 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody's Baby (Dorothy Gentleman, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 65 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Generous Fire 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Their children will surely be dangerous. Men don’t want them having children. So men create expensive, inefficient, and cruel systems to control the potential for reproduction. This is the secret history of Jurassic Park.

“You want to have one of those?”

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid (A History of Ancient Egypt #1)

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Olivia Waite answered MsMax's question: Murder by Memory is only 112 pages. Why so short? Are the books continuing in this Dorothy Gentleman series , going to be equally short? I’ve always loved novellas, and after three full-length novels I enjoyed the chance to play with complex worldbuilding in such a compact package. Books two and three are a bit longer, as we flesh out the world of the Fairweather and the many people ( See Full Answer
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“I am tired of twisting myself into painful shapes for mere scraps of respect or consideration. Tired of bending this way and that in search of approval that will only ever be half granted.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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“Women’s ideas are treated as though they sprung from nowhere, to be claimed by the first man who comes along. Every generation had women stand up and ask to be counted—and every generation of brilliant, insightful, educated men has raised a hand and wiped those women’s names from the greater historical record.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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“They don’t let you have anything whole, you know. If you don’t follow the pattern. You have to find your happiness in bits and pieces instead. But it can still add up to something beautiful.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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What should our September 2019 pick be?

This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone (Science Fiction)

18 votes 25.4%

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics - Olivia Waite (Historical Romance)

18 votes 25.4%

A Princess in Theory - Alyssa Cole (Contemporary Romance)

15 votes 21.1%

Skies of Gold - Zoe Archer (Steampunk)

9 votes 12.7%

The Cold Between - Elizabeth Bonesteel (Science Fiction)

6 votes 8.5%

Elements of Chemistry - Penny Reid (Contemporary Romance)

2 votes 2.8%

The Countess Conspiracy - Courtney Milan (Historical Romance) (write-in)

2 votes 2.8%

No One Lives Twice - Julie Moffett (Contemporary Mystery) (write-in)

1 vote 1.4%

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