The PowerRecommendations

The world in The Power is recognisable: there's a rich Nigerian kid who lounges around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents conceal their true nature; a local American politician; and a tough London girl from a troubled family. But something critical has changed, forcing their lives to collide with disastrous results. Teenage females now have enormous physical strength, capable of inflicting excruciating pain and even death. And the world alters completely as a result of this minor natural occurrence.

This extraordinary novel by Naomi Alderman, a Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and Granta Best of British writer, is not only a gripping story of how the world would change if power was in the hands of women but also exposes, with breath-taking daring, our contemporary world.