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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
2,858 books — 4,137 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
2,204 books — 1,652 voters

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
1,488 books — 581 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergThe Mayor of Castro Street by Randy ShiltsOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Non-Fiction
836 books — 492 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Night Watch by Sarah WatersStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergBackwards to Oregon by Jae
Historical Lesbian Fiction
262 books — 264 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
965 books — 250 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
574 books — 242 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelLe bleu est une couleur chaude by Jul MarohAre You My Mother? by Alison BechdelBatwoman by Greg Rucka
Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
249 books — 233 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieCleopatra by Stacy SchiffEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
554 books — 198 voters
The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann RoseBi by Shiri EisnerFar From You by Tess SharpeThe Horizontal Poet by Jan SteckelOtherbound by Corinne Duyvis
Bisexuality EXISTS!
368 books — 180 voters

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonFun Home by Alison BechdelTwo or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy AllisonZami by Audre LordeLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Lesbian Memoirs
291 books — 146 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)
132 books — 111 voters

How Poetry Saved My Life by Amber DawnProse and Lore by Melissa PetroStrip City by Lily BuranaCandy Girl by Diablo CodyGypsy by Gypsy Rose Lee
Sex Worker Memoirs
197 books — 101 voters
The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads by Eric RosswoodJourney to Same-Sex Parenthood by Eric RosswoodThe Kid by Dan SavageFun Home by Alison BechdelDoes This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan Bucatinsky
Nonfiction: Gay & Lesbian Parenting
170 books — 95 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
349 books — 71 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
295 books — 66 voters

Virgin by Hanne BlankCHARITY AND SYLVIA by Rachel Hope ClevesMasters of Sex by Thomas MaierUnmentionable by Therese OneillWolf Girls at Vassar by Anne MacKay
Sexuality and History
233 books — 57 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
222 books — 56 voters

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian FadermanBoots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky KennedySurpassing the Love of Men by Lillian FadermanThe Disappearing L by Bonnie J. MorrisCHARITY AND SYLVIA by Rachel Hope Cleves
Lesbian Herstory
154 books — 51 voters
Getting Bi by Robyn OchsBi Any Other Name by Loraine HutchinsAdaptation by Malinda LoThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonInheritance by Malinda Lo
Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs
192 books — 50 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaLove, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. GreenSee Me Naked by Tara T. GreenAn Artist's Life by Carlton Davis#SayHerName by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
377 books — 50 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFreedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. DavisBad Feminist by Roxane GayWomen Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
21st Century Feminisms
103 books — 35 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdThe Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
Stonewall Book Award Winners
112 books — 34 voters
You Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonCompulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence by Adrienne RichLesbian Ethics by Sarah Lucia HoaglandThe Straight Mind by Monique WittigSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
66 books — 30 voters

The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen GalfordPaper is White by Hilary ZaidThe Second Mango by Shira GlassmanIn Every Laugh A Tear by Lesléa NewmanBeyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Lesbian Jewish fiction
40 books — 29 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisWhen We Rise by Cleve JonesAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Mayor of Castro Street by Randy ShiltsBoots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Books about queer history (nonfiction)
65 books — 29 voters

Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory SilverbergWhat Makes a Baby by Cory SilverbergIt's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. HarrisIt's So Amazing! by Robie H. HarrisIt's Not the Stork! by Robie H. Harris
Progressive Sexuality Education
40 books — 21 voters
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordePrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
35 books — 13 voters

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf by Vita Sackville-WestViolet to Vita by John PhillipsOpen Me Carefully by Emily DickinsonSister Love by Julie R. EnszerLove Letters by Virginia Woolf
Epistolary Lesbians
29 books — 13 voters
Nice Jewish Girls by Evelyn Torton BeckNaked in the Promised Land by Lillian FadermanRiding Fury Home by Chana WilsonFraming a Life by Roberta S. KuriloffThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Jewish Lesbian Memoirs
16 books — 8 voters

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