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Best Feminist Books
This is a list of books any feminist, new feminist, or a soon-to-be feminist should read. Let me know what books you feel should be added to this list!
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The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler 27 people voted »
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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 27 people voted »
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A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf 26 people voted »
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The Second Sex
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir 25 people voted »
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood 24 people voted »
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
by Inga Muscio 14 people voted »
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used ...
by Naomi Wolf 13 people voted »
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 12 people voted »
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Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to...
by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads author) 11 people voted »
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
by bell hooks 11 people voted »
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The Female Eunuch
The Female Eunuch
by Germaine Greer 11 people voted »
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American W...
by Susan Faludi 11 people voted »
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, A Vindication of the Rights of Men
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, A Vindica...
by Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (Editor) 10 people voted »
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of R...
by Ariel Levy 9 people voted »
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The Women's Room
The Women's Room
by Marilyn French 9 people voted »
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Feminist Theory from Margin to Center
Feminist Theory from Margin to Center
by bell hooks 8 people voted »
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Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power a...
by Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti (Goodreads author) 7 people voted »
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Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape
Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 6 people voted »
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The Awakening
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin 6 people voted »
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical...
by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor) 5 people voted »
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Herland
Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 5 people voted »
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Femininity
Femininity
by Susan Brownmiller 4 people voted »
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 4 people voted »
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Listen Up 2 Ed: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation
Listen Up 2 Ed: Voices from the Next Feminist G...
by Barbara Findlen 4 people voted »
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The Female Man
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ 4 people voted »
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The Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women
by John Stuart Mill 4 people voted »
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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
by Elizabeth Wurtzel 4 people voted »
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Pornography: Men Possessing Women
Pornography: Men Possessing Women
by Andrea Dworkin 3 people voted »
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Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World
Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World
by Linda Hirshman 3 people voted »
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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth...
by Cathi Hanauer (Editor) 3 people voted »
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism an...
by Julia Serano 3 people voted »
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. LeGuin 3 people voted »
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He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double ...
by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
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The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order
The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order
by Marcelle Karp, Janice Erlbaum (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
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Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings
Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings
by Miriam Schneir 3 people voted »
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The Creation of Patriarchy
The Creation of Patriarchy
by Gerda Lerner 2 people voted »
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How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, And the War on Sex
How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America: Free...
by Cristina Page 2 people voted »
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde 2 people voted »
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My Secret Garden
My Secret Garden
by Nancy Friday 2 people voted »
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Refusing to be a Man
Refusing to be a Man
by John Stoltenberg 2 people voted »
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Three Guineas
Three Guineas
by Virginia Woolf 2 people voted »
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recog...
by Patricia Evans 2 people voted »
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins 2 people voted »
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Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972
Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972
by Adrienne Rich 2 people voted »
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Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings
Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and C...
by Susan M. Shaw 2 people voted »
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Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature
by Dorothy Allison 2 people voted »
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Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
by Leora Tanenbaum 2 people voted »
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Native Tongue
Native Tongue
by Suzette Haden Elgin 2 people voted »
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Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
by Susan Faludi 2 people voted »
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Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 2 people voted »
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The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory
The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory
by Marilyn Frye 1 person voted »
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Living With Contradictions: Controversies In Feminist Social Ethics
Living With Contradictions: Controversies In Fe...
by Alison Jaggar 1 person voted »
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Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good
Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respe...
by Wendy Shalit 1 person voted »
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Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrill...
by Guerrilla Girls 1 person voted »
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The Secret Magdalene: A Novel
The Secret Magdalene: A Novel
by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote
Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote
by Doris Stevens 1 person voted »
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SCUM Manifesto
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas 1 person voted »
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Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
by Kami Garcia (Goodreads author), Margaret Stohl (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century
The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Wome...
by Anne Kingston 1 person voted »
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
Women Who Run with the Wolves
by Clarissa Pinkola Estés 1 person voted »
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Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice
Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice
by Jack Holland 1 person voted »
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Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1 person voted »
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Feuchtgebiete
Feuchtgebiete
by Charlotte Roche 1 person voted »
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Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation
Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Genera...
by Barbara Findlen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Natural Superiority of Women: Fifth Edition
The Natural Superiority of Women: Fifth Edition
by Ashley Montagu 1 person voted »
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A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
by Wendy Shalit 1 person voted »
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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Neferti...
by Camille Paglia 1 person voted »
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second...
by Gloria Steinem 1 person voted »
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Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire
Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl f...
by Sarah Katherine Lewis (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Intercourse
Intercourse
by Andrea Dworkin 1 person voted »
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf 1 person voted »
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The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Self-Esteem and High Standards
The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Sel...
by Wendy Shalit 1 person voted »
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Aquamarine
Aquamarine
by Carol Anshaw 1 person voted »
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Scheherazade Goes West
Scheherazade Goes West
by Fatima Mernissi 1 person voted »
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Paradise
Paradise
by Toni Morrison 1 person voted »
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The Abusive Personality: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships
The Abusive Personality: Violence and Control i...
by Donald G. Dutton 1 person voted »
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We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists
We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the...
by Melody Berger (Goodreads author) (Editor) 1 person voted »
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The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and and How All Men Can Help
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and ...
by Jackson Katz 1 person voted »
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Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self
Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Th...
by Sara Shandler 1 person voted »
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
by Audre Lorde 1 person voted »
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The Rising of the Moon
The Rising of the Moon
by Flynn Connolly 1 person voted »
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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
by Nancy L. Etcoff 1 person voted »
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1 person voted »
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1 person voted »
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Sula
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1 person voted »
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Against Love: A Polemic
Against Love: A Polemic
by Laura Kipnis 1 person voted »
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message 1: by Lisa (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 Please add 'Manifesta' and 'The Body Project' both excellent feminist reads.


message 2: by Merry (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 I would also add "Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World" by Peggy Orenstein


message 3: by Kathryn (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 I am disappointed that bell hooks' name is not represented correctly.


message 4: by Catharine (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 You should add Failing at Fairness by Myra S...?


message 6: by Jill (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 P.S. Great list!!


message 7: by Catharine (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 How about Feminist in the Dark by Kathy Maio?


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