The Feminist Orchestra Potential Reading List (506 books)

A list of books recommended as titles for our feminist bookclub and that you might want to read regardless of if they have been chosen for that months bookclub read! :)
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1	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,404,215 ratings score: 18,011, and 183 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.22 avg rating — 258,499 ratings score: 12,216, and 125 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.39 avg rating — 329,114 ratings score: 12,173, and 125 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 621,050 ratings score: 10,834, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.40 avg rating — 204,468 ratings score: 8,470, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,311,903 ratings score: 7,650, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 749,928 ratings score: 6,603, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Asking For It by Louise O'Neill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24,184 ratings score: 6,352, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 118,836 ratings score: 6,284, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit 3.83 avg rating — 87,212 ratings score: 6,020, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.98 avg rating — 488,563 ratings score: 5,719, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.18 avg rating — 47,149 ratings score: 5,471, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 3.66 avg rating — 140,115 ratings score: 4,633, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 12,496 ratings score: 4,355, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story by Mya Robarts 3.96 avg rating — 16,831 ratings score: 4,178, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 269,509 ratings score: 4,129, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 4,227 ratings score: 3,988, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4.07 avg rating — 355,493 ratings score: 3,919, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran 3.71 avg rating — 110,366 ratings score: 3,687, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter 3.90 avg rating — 65,026 ratings score: 3,405, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently by Emer O'Toole (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 2,488 ratings score: 3,168, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 16,601 ratings score: 2,982, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 130,270 ratings score: 2,974, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 3.77 avg rating — 163,413 ratings score: 2,874, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins 4.41 avg rating — 5,516 ratings score: 2,823, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston 3.73 avg rating — 33,798 ratings score: 2,784, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 218,918 ratings score: 2,679, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill 3.76 avg rating — 18,177 ratings score: 2,596, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8,231 ratings score: 2,448, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.78 avg rating — 80,325 ratings score: 2,429, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 579,101 ratings score: 2,409, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 106,485 ratings score: 2,405, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks 4.16 avg rating — 28,102 ratings score: 2,379, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park 4.48 avg rating — 104,012 ratings score: 2,337, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.18 avg rating — 142,188 ratings score: 2,301, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1) by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.02 avg rating — 24,907 ratings score: 2,221, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 3.92 avg rating — 26,861 ratings score: 2,200, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler 4.05 avg rating — 19,477 ratings score: 2,149, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 11,396 ratings score: 2,087, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.20 avg rating — 92,510 ratings score: 1,965, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Cult Girls by Natalie Grand (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 798 ratings score: 1,900, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son by Kent Russell 3.39 avg rating — 490 ratings score: 1,868, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan 3.87 avg rating — 30,834 ratings score: 1,851, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Take It as a Compliment by Maria Stoian 4.23 avg rating — 1,637 ratings score: 1,819, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Sold by Patricia McCormick 4.24 avg rating — 64,579 ratings score: 1,785, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.98 avg rating — 105,602 ratings score: 1,649, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Yes Please by Amy Poehler 3.85 avg rating — 554,529 ratings score: 1,617, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 30,960 ratings score: 1,567, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi 3.94 avg rating — 30,641 ratings score: 1,563, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Milk and honey by Rupi Kaur (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 801,097 ratings score: 1,560, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 4.07 avg rating — 36,581 ratings score: 1,545, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler) 3.87 avg rating — 38,308 ratings score: 1,527, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 201,630 ratings score: 1,512, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick 3.46 avg rating — 9,463 ratings score: 1,300, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 3.89 avg rating — 109,569 ratings score: 1,295, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.94 avg rating — 276,842 ratings score: 1,282, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle 4.32 avg rating — 704 ratings score: 1,271, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
58	Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis 4.59 avg rating — 34,357 ratings score: 1,263, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
58	Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 4.18 avg rating — 63,518 ratings score: 1,263, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Bossypants by Tina Fey 3.96 avg rating — 1,052,816 ratings score: 1,261, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Herland (The Herland Trilogy, #2) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3.48 avg rating — 25,883 ratings score: 1,249, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks 4.50 avg rating — 19,111 ratings score: 1,215, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin 3.86 avg rating — 17,227 ratings score: 1,196, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 9,772 ratings score: 1,181, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 389 ratings score: 1,176, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie 3.65 avg rating — 7,152 ratings score: 1,176, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Trouble With Women by Jacky Fleming 4.27 avg rating — 4,543 ratings score: 1,125, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty by Victoria Pepe (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 1,228 ratings score: 1,118, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,770,308 ratings score: 1,108, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.50 avg rating — 88,095 ratings score: 1,080, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 8,628 ratings score: 1,023, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés 4.11 avg rating — 95,142 ratings score: 1,009, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters by Christina Rossetti 4.09 avg rating — 16,529 ratings score: 1,006, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.53 avg rating — 40,803 ratings score: 994, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Feminine Gospels: Poems by Carol Ann Duffy 3.74 avg rating — 2,980 ratings score: 979, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran 4.32 avg rating — 13,242 ratings score: 979, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.13 avg rating — 299,098 ratings score: 979, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 3,607 ratings score: 977, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
79	Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution by Laurie Penny 4.02 avg rating — 3,017 ratings score: 926, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 1,210,260 ratings score: 924, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
81	The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination by Sandra M. Gilbert 4.21 avg rating — 4,116 ratings score: 916, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Sally Heathcote by Mary M. Talbot 3.72 avg rating — 1,893 ratings score: 893, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5,243 ratings score: 883, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 38,332 ratings score: 864, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
85	Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty 4.24 avg rating — 2,017 ratings score: 835, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.65 avg rating — 372,945 ratings score: 831, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 3,252 ratings score: 812, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Transforming a Rape Culture by Emilie Buchwald (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 747 ratings score: 811, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks 4.45 avg rating — 9,024 ratings score: 810, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 385,196 ratings score: 801, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt 3.70 avg rating — 8,795 ratings score: 792, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 3.60 avg rating — 25,355 ratings score: 786, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) by Terry Pratchett 4.07 avg rating — 198,896 ratings score: 780, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
94	Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez 4.34 avg rating — 166,741 ratings score: 773, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante 3.87 avg rating — 58,301 ratings score: 723, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	What We Buried by Caitlyn Siehl 3.92 avg rating — 1,435 ratings score: 717, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 59,826 ratings score: 713, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
98	Women in Prehistory by Margaret R. Ehrenberg 4.12 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 650, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith 4.02 avg rating — 84,020 ratings score: 638, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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	Do It Like a Woman... and Change the World by Caroline Criado Pérez 4.18 avg rating — 1,204 ratings score: 637, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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

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message 1: by Eleanor (new)

Feb 05, 2016 01:30AM

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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message 2: by Annie (new)

Feb 05, 2016 01:40AM

Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression

To the Lighthouse

Kindred

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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message 3: by Celeste (new)

Feb 09, 2016 08:14AM

There is also a interesting literature write in Spanish language waiting to be explored. Emilia Pardo Bazán, for example.

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message 4: by Jean (new)

Feb 09, 2016 09:09AM

María wrote: "There is also a interesting literature write in Spanish language waiting to be explored. Emilia Pardo Bazán, for example."

You should add it to the list ^_^ I can't read Spanish but I'm sure there will be other people in the group who can and will appreciate the recommendation. :D

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message 5: by TheOriginalNikeGirl (last edited Feb 09, 2016 04:29PM) (new)

Feb 09, 2016 04:29PM

I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know—and Men Can't Say that purportedly contain a more conservative point of view to round out this list so people might be able to explore the topic of feminism from the viewpoint of different ideologies.

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message 6: by Celeste (last edited Feb 10, 2016 12:52PM) (new)

Feb 10, 2016 12:44PM

Jean wrote: "María wrote: "There is also a interesting literature write in Spanish language waiting to be explored. Emilia Pardo Bazán, for example."

You should add it to the list ^_^ I can't read Spanish but ..."

OK. Thanks for the advice!

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message 7: by Celeste (new)

Feb 10, 2016 01:03PM

Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know—and Men Can't Say|10432892..."

But this is a bit contradictory, right?

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message 8: by TheOriginalNikeGirl (last edited Feb 12, 2016 04:51PM) (new)

Feb 12, 2016 04:49PM

María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know—and ..."

Refusing to learn about/examine different points of view isn't contradictory, it's being willfully ignorant. Most of the books on this list came from very liberal ideologies, and I would hope there are people out there not so close-minded as to reject any point of view that isn't in line with their own.

If you're implying that conservatives can't be feminists, perhaps you should read some books about feminism from a conservative point of view before making blanket statements.

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message 9: by Celeste (new)

Feb 14, 2016 08:00AM

Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative W..."

All the people is free to add books to this list, and you can do it everything that you wants, but I still think that the conservative thought is opposite to the vision of a free woman. It's only my point of view.

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message 10: by Jean (new)

Feb 14, 2016 05:17PM

Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative W..."</i>

<i>Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as [book:What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative W..."

It is good to read about other sides but please don't add books that disagree with what this group is about and that is equality. It is not ignorant to disregard titles that would say women cannot achieve or have what men have as that is not the promotion of equality and it is absolutely possible to support and argue for women's equality without entertaining ideas that women (and any gender/sex in fact) have set roles in society that they can only be happy in. People may approach feminism from different perspectives and see different stem causes for the issues in our society but equality of sexes/genders is not an issue which is up for debate (and that is the simple definition of feminism by which this group abides).

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message 11: by Celeste (new)

Feb 15, 2016 08:19AM

Jean wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminis..."

I'm agree with you. The genders roles (the woman like wife, mother...) can't link with the vision of a woman liberated, precisely, of these gender roles. This is all that I wanted to say...

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message 12: by Celeste (new)

Feb 15, 2016 08:27AM

Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative W..."

Do you will add "The rules" like a feminist book? No, I think. This book promotes the vision of a submissive woman. I enjoy reading E. L. James, but, for many reasons, I never would add her books to the list...

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message 13: by Jean (last edited Feb 15, 2016 08:48AM) (new)

Feb 15, 2016 08:47AM

María wrote: "Jean wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "María wrote: "Monica&spikey wrote: "I added such books as What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman and [book:The Flipsi..."

I think I know what you're getting at and I'm glad you agree :) although I do think you can choose to define yourself as a wife and a mother (amongst other things) and be a feminist. It's about having the choice to be whatever you want, to not be a mother if you wish, and also to be able to be a mother and a CEO just like it seems acceptable for a man to be a father and CEO. Also if you choose to be a mother and not have a job if your circumstances make this a viable option. But yes women shouldn't be told their only proper place is as a wife and a mother.

Also I appreciate you not adding 50 Shades of Grey aha :') although it's perfectly ok to enjoy it. You get the list :D.

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message 14: by Ashley (last edited Feb 15, 2016 09:51AM) (new)

Feb 15, 2016 09:49AM

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor should be considered.

It was one the best non fiction books I read last year. Mayor details the recent archaeological evidence of real women warriors that were the inspiration of their mythical Greek counterparts.

http://www.amazon.com/Amazons-Legends...

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message 15: by Diana (new)

Sep 18, 2018 05:53PM

A lot of spam for a Persian-written book that hasn't been translated to English. I removed it not only because the spam votes, but also because due to cultural differences what might be deemed as feminist in Iran could be the exact opposite for Western culture. I've already contacted the author and asked him for a synopsis in English. I'll add the book to the list again if the book is appropriate for this list.

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Jan 19, 2022 04:55PM