The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
21st out of 1,466 books — 549 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Feminist Orchestra Potential Reading List
25th out of 506 books — 571 voters

Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
2nd out of 130 books — 108 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
172nd out of 2,615 books — 3,595 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
111th out of 1,349 books — 1,590 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Radical Thoughts for the 21st Century
7th out of 205 books — 111 voters
Pornography by Andrea DworkinThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Radical Feminist Texts
25th out of 296 books — 100 voters

This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerrySister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Feminist Books by Women of Color
3rd out of 170 books — 39 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Sociology Books
47th out of 558 books — 417 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#CharlestonSyllabus
12th out of 188 books — 83 voters
The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksAsking for It by Kate HardingMy Life and Times by Emerson LittlefieldHe's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica Valenti
Third-Wave Feminism
6th out of 170 books — 70 voters

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooksZami by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsBut Some of Us Are Brave by Akasha Gloria HullWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Black feminism
3rd out of 43 books — 22 voters
Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSet the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
41st out of 398 books — 128 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
104th out of 625 books — 289 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Should Read
34th out of 103 books — 56 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsThe Women's Room by Marilyn French
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Feminist Books
4th out of 101 books — 17 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
113th out of 618 books — 417 voters

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Intellectual Dark Web
43rd out of 256 books — 53 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBig Freedia by Big FreediaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassWild Swans by Jung ChangI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#ReadPOC: List of Nonfiction Books by Authors of Color
33rd out of 420 books — 52 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaAnge'el by Jamie Le Fay
Feminism & Gender & Stuff
8th out of 80 books — 34 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
favorite non-fiction
1208th out of 2,824 books — 1,245 voters

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsFree Women, Free Men by Camille PagliaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassUndocumented by Aviva ChomskyFake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies by Donald A. Barclay
Books to Throw at Donald Trump's Fat Head
1st out of 210 books — 9 voters
Woman Hating by Andrea DworkinThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBeauty and Misogyny by Sheila JeffreysBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsBacklash by Susan Faludi
RDBR: Genesis
4th out of 14 books — 7 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiYear of Yes by Shonda RhimesThe Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Well-Read Black Girl Recommendations
19th out of 100 books — 13 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiAll About Love by bell hooksMilk and honey by Rupi KaurBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. Moraga
EMW Community Library Readathon 2018
4th out of 29 books — 3 voters

Sister Outsider by Audre LordeCommunion by bell hooksWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Combahee River Collective Statement by Combahee River CollectiveTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Eloquent Rage reading list
6th out of 33 books — 2 voters
The Autistic Brain by Temple GrandinAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. SeussThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThink About It Tomorrow, Snoopy by Charles M. SchulzI Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
"Think" McFly! "Think"!
32nd out of 459 books — 19 voters

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