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
119th out of 1,488 books — 581 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)
23rd out of 132 books — 111 voters

Juke by Brian D. BriscoeBlues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Y. DavisThe Land Where the Blues Began by Alan LomaxEscaping the Delta by Elijah WaldBlues All Around Me by B.B. King
Blues Music
2nd out of 135 books — 18 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
177th out of 1,495 books — 1,424 voters

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberCleopatra by Stacy SchiffSex with Kings by Eleanor HermanShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Women's History Written by Women
71st out of 982 books — 196 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)
52nd out of 402 books — 141 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportRomantic Outlaws by Charlotte  GordonThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Biographies of Women, by Women
58th out of 310 books — 33 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBLACK CHESS by Roberta RobertsTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Books with Black Female Authors
26th out of 274 books — 62 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
67th out of 261 books — 158 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBuck by M.K. AsanteThe Wounded World by Chad L. WilliamsThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
Black biography
34th out of 242 books — 65 voters
The Rage of Innocence by Kristin HenningIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonWomanist Bioethics by Wylin D. WilsonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Black women writers
19th out of 320 books — 21 voters

Life by Keith RichardsJohn Lennon by Philip NormanClapton by Eric ClaptonSlash by SlashNo One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins
Music Biographies
209th out of 536 books — 240 voters

The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSet the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstSexual Politics by Kate Millett
Second Wave Feminism
47th out of 147 books — 68 voters
Just Kids by Patti SmithMusicophilia by Oliver SacksPlease Kill Me by Legs McNeilThis Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. LevitinLife by Keith Richards
Best Popular Music Books on Goodreads
56th out of 262 books — 25 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  Furstenberg
Women's History Month
84th out of 448 books — 82 voters
Sonny's Blues by James BaldwinEven Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieHow Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? by Barthe DeClementsLady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
The Blues
68th out of 510 books — 36 voters

Billie Holiday by John F. SzwedCelebrating Bird by Gary GiddinsDuke Ellington's America by Harvey G. CohenMusic is My Mistress by Duke EllingtonMr B by Cary Ginell
JAZZLIVES
44th out of 91 books — 9 voters
The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne TheoharisI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Inspiring Women - Non Fiction
34th out of 318 books — 28 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
844th out of 919 books — 370 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Black and White
85th out of 877 books — 42 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyManage My Emotions by Kenneth J. MartzThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Must Own Nonfiction
173rd out of 188 books — 36 voters

Womanist Bioethics by Wylin D. WilsonHood Feminism by Mikki KendallWhen Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan MorganThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettPleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
Black Feminist Theory
18th out of 19 books — 5 voters
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezThe Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerBrave by Rose McGowanAsking for It by Kate Harding
Feminist Writings
76th out of 136 books — 9 voters

Womanist Bioethics by Wylin D. WilsonFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouHood Feminism by Mikki KendallFeminist Theory by bell hooks
The Black Feminist Bookshelf
49th out of 62 books — 6 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi WaxmanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonFalling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
Bookfaces
255th out of 374 books — 12 voters

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