The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice (300 books)

The Ms. Blog's Best Feminist Non-Fiction Reads: Reader's Choice

A reading list for the thinking woman in everyone.

1	Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 2,878 ratings score: 3,554, and 44 people voted	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
2	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 30,345 ratings score: 3,233, and 36 people voted	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
3	The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 2,778 ratings score: 2,714, and 28 people voted	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
4	Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,629 ratings score: 2,546, and 31 people voted	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
5	The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf (Goodreads Author) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7,590 ratings score: 2,301, and 25 people voted	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
6	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 123,956 ratings score: 2,297, and 28 people voted	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
7	Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 5,718 ratings score: 2,257, and 29 people voted	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
8	The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 10,474 ratings score: 2,225, and 25 people voted	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
9	Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,128 ratings score: 2,183, and 25 people voted	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
10	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 10,256 ratings score: 2,110, and 22 people voted	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
11	Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,721 ratings score: 1,892, and 20 people voted	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
12	Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century by Boston Women's Health Book Collective 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 3,546 ratings score: 1,821, and 19 people voted	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
13	Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 1,637 ratings score: 1,752, and 22 people voted	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
14	Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 4,971 ratings score: 1,742, and 22 people voted	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
15	Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today by Yoani Sánchez 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 132 ratings score: 1,700, and 30 people voted	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
16	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 3,967 ratings score: 1,637, and 24 people voted	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
17	Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 3,343 ratings score: 1,606, and 22 people voted	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
18	Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 2,464 ratings score: 1,594, and 18 people voted	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
19	Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 2,544 ratings score: 1,593, and 19 people voted	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
20	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 69,047 ratings score: 1,495, and 17 people voted	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
21	The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 8,383 ratings score: 1,488, and 19 people voted	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
22	Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 16,327 ratings score: 1,331, and 15 people voted	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
23	Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus (Goodreads Author) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 1,344 ratings score: 1,308, and 17 people voted	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
24	Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 6,669 ratings score: 1,264, and 14 people voted	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
25	Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (South End Press Classics Series) by Bell Hooks 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 2,297 ratings score: 1,234, and 17 people voted	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
26	This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor) 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 2,907 ratings score: 1,207, and 14 people voted	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
27	Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Daisy Hernandez (Editor) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 970 ratings score: 1,173, and 15 people voted	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
28	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 15,797 ratings score: 1,165, and 15 people voted	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
29	Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,290 ratings score: 1,005, and 12 people voted	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
30	Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 1,426 ratings score: 942, and 10 people voted	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
31	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 4,919 ratings score: 932, and 10 people voted	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
32	Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,644 ratings score: 920, and 11 people voted	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
33	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 113,078 ratings score: 850, and 9 people voted	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
34	Sexual Politics by Kate Millett 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 904 ratings score: 842, and 9 people voted	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
35	Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 25,982 ratings score: 808, and 12 people voted	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
36	Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape by Susan Brownmiller 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 1,265 ratings score: 801, and 10 people voted	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
37	I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World by Eve Ensler 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,156 ratings score: 754, and 10 people voted	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
38	The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World by Michelle Goldberg 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 315 ratings score: 748, and 11 people voted	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
39	Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,155 ratings score: 746, and 10 people voted	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
40	Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 3,536 ratings score: 738, and 9 people voted	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
41	This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 801 ratings score: 733, and 10 people voted	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
42	How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America by Cristina Page 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 660, and 10 people voted	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
43	Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of Gender by Gloria Steinem 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 156 ratings score: 655, and 7 people voted	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
44	The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution by Shulamith Firestone 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 654, and 9 people voted	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
45	Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 22,461 ratings score: 652, and 8 people voted	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
46	Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,361 ratings score: 650, and 9 people voted	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
47	Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism by Jessica Yee (Editor) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 634, and 8 people voted	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
48	The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,924 ratings score: 620, and 8 people voted	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
49	The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 289 ratings score: 614, and 7 people voted	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
50	Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations by Bell Hooks 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 595, and 8 people voted	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
51	Bossypants by Tina Fey 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 209,575 ratings score: 565, and 6 people voted	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
52	When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,034 ratings score: 561, and 9 people voted	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
53	The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 810 ratings score: 554, and 6 people voted	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
54	Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur 4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 3,359 ratings score: 547, and 7 people voted	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
55	Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology by Andrea Lee Smith (Editor) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 473 ratings score: 538, and 8 people voted	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
56	Feminism and Pop Culture by Andi Zeisler 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 228 ratings score: 533, and 7 people voted	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
57	Fat Is A Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 569 ratings score: 532, and 8 people voted	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
57	In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,540 ratings score: 532, and 7 people voted	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
59	Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 510, and 6 people voted	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
60	Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 4,716 ratings score: 506, and 8 people voted	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
61	Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories by Katha Pollitt 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 293 ratings score: 485, and 7 people voted	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
62	Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Nat Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 104 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	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
63	Just Kids by Patti Smith 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 38,650 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	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
64	Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 627 ratings score: 465, and 6 people voted	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
65	Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel 3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 2,547 ratings score: 461, and 6 people voted	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
66	Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 492 ratings score: 459, and 6 people voted	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
67	Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem by Gloria Steinem 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 770 ratings score: 453, and 6 people voted	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
68	Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism by Mary Daly 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 583 ratings score: 448, and 5 people voted	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
69	Methodology of the Oppressed by Chela Sandoval 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 446, and 6 people voted	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
70	Communion: The Female Search for Love by Bell Hooks 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 701 ratings score: 443, and 7 people voted	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
71	Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 540 ratings score: 431, and 5 people voted	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
72	Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 5,558 ratings score: 422, and 6 people voted	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
73	Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Lee Smith 4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 389, and 5 people voted	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
74	The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 388, and 5 people voted	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
75	The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back by Gloria Feldt (Goodreads Author) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 387, and 6 people voted	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
76	Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne Rich 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 646 ratings score: 386, and 7 people voted	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
77	I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	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
78	Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Goodreads Author) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 941 ratings score: 374, and 6 people voted	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
78	At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 309 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	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
80	An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 1,431 ratings score: 369, and 4 people voted	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
80	Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire by Merri Lisa Johnson (Editor) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 369, and 5 people voted	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
82	James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 517 ratings score: 367, and 5 people voted	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
83	Feminists Theorize the Political by Judith P. Butler (Editor) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 361, and 5 people voted	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
84	The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 360, and 5 people voted	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
84	Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation by Barbara Findlen 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 759 ratings score: 360, and 4 people voted	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
86	Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 616 ratings score: 351, and 5 people voted	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
87	The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,332 ratings score: 348, and 5 people voted	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
88	Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,505 ratings score: 343, and 5 people voted	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
89	They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades by Barbara Holland 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 333, and 4 people voted	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
90	Whores and Other Feminists by Jill Nagle (Editor) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 237 ratings score: 323, and 4 people voted	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
91	She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 5,101 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	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
92	Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life by Stephanie Staal (Goodreads Author) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 331 ratings score: 287, and 4 people voted	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
93	Marilyn by Gloria Steinem 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 224 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	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
93	Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work Is Done by Susan J. Douglas 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 797 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	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
95	Am I That Name: Feminism And The Category Of Women In History by Denise Riley 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	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
96	Jane Eyre (Everyman's Library Classics, #10) by Charlotte Brontë 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 646,654 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	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
97	You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,440 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	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
97	Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide by Linda Babcock 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 387 ratings score: 269, and 4 people voted	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
99	Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development by Vandana Shiva 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 265, and 4 people voted	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
100	Sex Crimes: Ten Years on the Front Lines Prosecuting Rapists and Confronting Their Collaborators by Alice S. Vachss 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 264, and 4 people voted	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