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Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerHush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Sexist Books for Teens
167 books — 165 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodVox by Christina DalcherThe Grace Year by Kim LiggettThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinP.O.W.ER by Lisa A. Kramer
Patriarchal Dystopias
127 books — 121 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinP.O.W.ER by Lisa A. KramerThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesThe Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Dystopias with gender- or religion-specific phobics
201 books — 104 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPornography by Andrea DworkinRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinThe Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone
Radical Feminist Texts
297 books — 102 voters

The Old Testament by VariousAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Holy Bible by AnonymousAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
"...if _______ is not the book version of everything horrible and unjust that the patriarchy stands for, I do not know what is."
162 books — 95 voters
Moxie by Jennifer MathieuThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie PactonThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoThe Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
YA Girls Take On the Patriarchy
101 books — 64 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
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca SolnitWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Jude Ellison S. DoyleBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Smash the Patriarchy: Feminist Non-fiction
165 books — 43 voters

Pornland by Gail DinesPornography by Andrea DworkinWoman Hating by Andrea DworkinThe Industrial Vagina by Sheila JeffreysThe Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim Carlough
Sex-critical feminism
139 books — 35 voters
Minaret by Leila AboulelaThe Face Behind The Veil by Donna Gehrke-WhiteMayada, Daughter of Iraq by Jean SassonUnveiling Islam by Ergun Mehmet CanerWhispers from the East by Amie Ali
Orientalist cover art
63 books — 33 voters

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezInferior by Angela SainiDelusions of Gender by Cordelia FineWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara EhrenreichThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Feminist critiques of science and medicine
126 books — 28 voters
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney MilanThe Duchess War by Courtney MilanGideon's Children by Howard G. FranklinOnce Upon A Lie by Michael R. FrenchPainted Faces by L.H. Cosway
Fight for Your Rights: Civil Rights in Romance Novels
109 books — 24 voters

The Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy by Sam MaggsThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfFace Value by Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Feminism and Sexism in Pop Culture
106 books — 24 voters
Herland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanWanderground by Sally Miller GearhartWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyThe Demeter Flower by Rochelle SingerDaughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest
Feminist Utopian Writing 1405-Present
55 books — 23 voters

Lewd Women and Wicked Witches by Marianne HesterWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara EhrenreichWitches and Pagans by Max DashuWitch Craze by Lyndal RoperWoman Hating by Andrea Dworkin
Feminist analysis of witches and the witch hunts
27 books — 16 voters
Woman and Nature by Susan GriffinWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésThe Death of Nature by Carolyn MerchantThe Green Reaper by Elizabeth FournierGyn/Ecology by Mary Daly
Ecofeminist nonfiction
35 books — 15 voters

Untenrum frei by Margarete StokowskiDer kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice SchwarzerSprache und Sein by Kübra GümüşayDie Wand by Marlen HaushoferUnlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers
Feminismus auf Deutsch
80 books — 15 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesReady Player One by Ernest ClineAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboArtemis by Andy Weir
Men Who Do Not Seem To Know How To Write About Women: Questionable, sexist, ridiculous female characters
32 books — 15 voters

Dancing with red flags by Anna RajmonNo Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderWhy Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controllin... by Lundy BancroftIn a Day’s Work by Bernice YeungSee What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Domestic Violence, Coercive Control and Abuse
85 books — 11 voters
The Hating Game by Sally ThorneFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesDestiny with a Duke by Alexa AstonTwilight by Stephenie MeyerPucking Around by Emily Rath
Problematic books in the Romance Genre.
66 books — 8 voters

Sex Equality by Catharine A. MacKinnonToward a Feminist Theory of the State by Catharine A. MacKinnonDefending Battered Women on Trial by Elizabeth A. SheehyFeminism Unmodified by Catharine A. MacKinnonWomen's Lives, Men's Laws by Catharine A. MacKinnon
Feminism and the law
52 books — 7 voters
Mad, Bad, and Sad by Lisa AppignanesiThe Female Malady by Elaine ShowalterChanging Our Minds by Celia KitzingerA Falência, The English Edition, The Bankruptcy, Translated B... by Júlia Lopes de AlmeidaThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Feminist critiques of psychology and psychiatry
12 books — 6 voters

Beyond Anger by Thomas J. HarbinViolence by Slavoj ŽižekThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyVoice Male by Rob A. OkunBeyond Patriarchy by Michael Kaufman
Men addressing male violence with care
29 books — 5 voters
Leftover Women by Leta Hong FincherThe Birth of Chinese Feminism by He ZhenPirate Queens by Leigh LewisMistletoe by Richard K. AlisonBetraying Big Brother by Leta Hong Fincher
Feminism in China
15 books — 4 voters

The Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirEarly Feminists of Colonial India by Bharati RayWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara EhrenreichAmerica's Women by Gail CollinsThe Creation of Feminist Consciousness by Gerda Lerner
History of Women and Feminist Consciousness
24 books — 4 voters
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorAtomic Habits by James ClearIntuitive Eating by Evelyn TriboleThe Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn TriboleThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Books for eating disorder recovery
21 books — 4 voters

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayLove and Respect by Emerson EggerichsEvery Young Woman's Battle by Shannon EthridgeVipassana Meditation and Ayahuasca by C. Clinton SidleWhen God Writes Your Love Story by Eric Ludy
Worst Relationship Books
29 books — 4 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonCrown of Starlight by Cait CorrainIt Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Problematic books in Fiction.
5 books — 3 voters

Cinderella Goes to Market by Barbara EinhornWomen without Men by Jennifer UtrataWomen and Socialism - Socialism and Women by Helmut GruberEconomies of Violence by Jennifer SuchlandWomen and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and E... by Mary Zirin
Women in (post)socialist Europe
18 books — 2 voters
Black Brain, White Brain by Gavin EvansMyths of Gender by Anne Fausto-SterlingDelusions of Gender by Cordelia FineBrain Storm by Jordan-YoungScience and Gender by Ruth Bleier
Critiques of Pseudo-Scientific Prejudice
15 books — 1 voter

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