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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
2,513 books — 3,515 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,096 books — 1,534 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeBeloved by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce
224 books — 72 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
256 books — 52 voters
The Lover by Marguerite DurasKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekSister Outsider by Audre LordeVoyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Staff picks: Feminist books for International Women’s Day
42 books — 47 voters

Beasts of Burden by Sunaura TaylorThe Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. AdamsAphro-ism by Aph KoEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerVeganism in an Oppressive World by Julia Feliz Brueck
Social Justice Vegan Books
54 books — 22 voters
#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Fire Next Time by James BaldwinJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Books to Help You Learn About and Support #BlackLivesMatter
183 books — 22 voters

The Five Acts of Diego Leon by Alex EspinozaThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Feeling May Remain by Akif KichlooAmarna Book I by Grea AlexanderCabello by Grea Alexander
Women, LGBT+ & POC Authors
52 books — 21 voters
The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesUnlocking the Clubhouse by Jane MargolisGood to Great by Jim CollinsThe Second Shift by Arlie Russell HochschildStuck in the Shallow End by Jane Margolis
Girl Develop It Recommended Reads
12 books — 19 voters

Developing Resilience by Penny Christian KnightLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezNotorious RBG by Irin Carmon
Women's History Month Reads
321 books — 17 voters
More than a Glitch by Meredith BroussardAlgorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja NobleAutomating Inequality by Virginia EubanksWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilHello World by Hannah Fry
Digital Inequalities and Algorithmic Bias
24 books — 12 voters

Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham ClintonDrift by Rachel MaddowHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Gettin' Educated, 2017
37 books — 11 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
113 books — 11 voters

Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah MoskowitzFar From You by Tess SharpeTell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara FarizanBeauty Queens by Libba BrayPointe by Brandy Colbert
#YAFeministChat: Intersectionality!
38 books — 9 voters
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirPassing by Nella LarsenJuliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraAssata by Assata Shakur
Intersectional Feminist Works
20 books — 9 voters

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooksWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisMaking Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Feminist Theory Reads Spring 2017
51 books — 7 voters
Natives by AkalaThe Many-Headed Hydra by Peter LinebaughThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Awakening of Intelligence by J. KrishnamurtiThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Akala Reads
53 books — 7 voters

Women Contesting Culture by Kavita PanjabiHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyGlobal Woman by Barbara EhrenreichBrave by Gayle KimballEquality for Women = Prosperity for All by Augusto López-Claros
Global Feminism
30 books — 5 voters
The Noble Edge by Christopher GilbertMoral Boundaries Redrawn by G OlthuisEarned Citizenship by Michael J. SullivanResisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Ag... by David A.J. RichardsEthics of care by Marian Barnes
Ethics of Care, Care Ethics
23 books — 5 voters

The Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverPet by Akwaeke EmeziHomie by Danez SmithFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Black LGBTQ Book Recs by Jesse Bowties (Bowties & Books)
14 books — 5 voters
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiDriven to Distraction by Edward M. HallowellWar Child by Emmanuel JalThe Truths We Hold by Kamala HarrisThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Reading Our Community - 2020
5 books — 4 voters

Piecing Me Together by Renée WatsonHood Feminism by Mikki KendallFat Off, Fat On by Clarkisha KentYou Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex GinoShow Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Intersectionality
19 books — 3 voters
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonBecoming Abolitionists by Derecka PurnellEmergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree BrownFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksAgainst Equality by Ryan Conrad
Abolitionist Texts
11 books — 2 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettRage Becomes Her by Soraya ChemalyCare Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...Leave Your Mark by Aliza LichtAin't I a Woman by bell hooks
WOkta Women's History Month Reading List 2022
16 books — 2 voters
The Way of the Heathen by Greta ChristinaHumanists in the Hood by Sikivu HutchinsonMoral Combat by Sikivu HutchinsonGodless Americana by Sikivu HutchinsonComing Out Atheist by Greta Christina
Secular Social Justice
68 books — 2 voters

Against Equality by Ryan ConradQueer Religiosities by Melissa M. WilcoxThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea LawlorGender Trouble by Judith Butler
Gender and Sexuality Studies Theory and Praxis
37 books — 2 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaWe Want to Do More Than Survive by Bettina L. LoveFor White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'al... by Christopher EmdinThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney
Blk Womyn Voices Podcast Booklist
19 books — 1 voter

Constellating Home by V. Jo HsuWhat My Bones Know by Stephanie FooPermission to Come Home by Jenny WangPedagogies of Woundedness by James Kyung-Jin LeeThe Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong
Asian-American Intersections
6 books — 1 voter
Bold & Brave by Kirsten GillibrandThe Voice That Won the Vote by Elisa BoxerMarching with Aunt Susan by Claire Rudolf MurphySuffragette by David RobertsAround America to Win the Vote by Mara Rockliff
VOTES FOR WOMEN! (Children's Books about Women's Suffrage USA)
16 books — 1 voter

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