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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 — 119 voters
Holes by Louis SacharEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardMatilda by Roald DahlThe Austere Academy by Lemony SnicketVariant by Robison Wells
Evil Schools - Public, Private, and University
103 books — 88 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
147 books — 66 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengMao by Jung ChangRed Azalea by Anchee MinThe People's Republic of Amnesia by Louisa Lim
Banned CHINA Books
31 books — 56 voters

Broadway General Manager by Peter BogyoThe Corrosion of Character by Richard SennettClass by Paul FussellThe Perils of "Privilege" by Phoebe Maltz BovyCapitalism for Democrats by Martin Lowy
Nonfiction on class
63 books — 51 voters
Syrian Brides by Anna HalabiThe Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El SaadawiHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema Mernissi
Arab feminism
46 books — 45 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
Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...Disability Visibility by Alice WongPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDEarth, Animal, and Disability Liberation by Anthony J. Nocella IIMoojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran
Disability Justice Writing
53 books — 24 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

Motherwit by Urmila PawarDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
101 books — 14 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Prisons We Broke by Baby KambleThe Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar by B.R. AmbedkarMAHAD by Anand Teltumbde
Dalit History
107 books — 11 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDaddy's Hobby by Owen JonesThe 19th Wife by David EbershoffThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanDisposable People by Kevin Bales
Female Oppression
14 books — 10 voters
Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
30 books — 6 voters

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaMy Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas LigottiPatti 209 by K.G. AndersonA Fair System, Probably by Ken MazaikaThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David Prosser
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Horror in Fiction
72 books — 6 voters
The Straight Mind by Monique WittigThis Sex Which is Not One by Luce IrigarayClose to Home by Christine DelphyUn féminisme décolonial by Françoise VergèsL'écrivaine morte by Núria Añó
French feminism
32 books — 5 voters

Ambedkar by Gail OmvedtJoothan by Omprakash ValmikiThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Elephant Chaser's Daughter by Shilpa RajComing Out as Dalit by Yashica Dutt
Dalit Biographies
63 books — 5 voters
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstElizabeth's Mountain by Lucille GuarinoPsychological Richness As Breakthrough by Hubert J.M. Hermans
Ambedkarite
27 books — 5 voters

Dr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelPast Tense by Sacha MardouThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorRusty the Rooster by Mik RevohladThe House of My Mother by Shari Franke
Novonexus' Book List For Religious Deconstruction
82 books — 5 voters
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong DunbarIsland Queen by Vanessa RileyKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Escapes of David George by Gregory E. O'MalleySouth to Freedom by Alice L. Baumgartner
June Book Display - Juneteenth / Freedom Day
84 books — 4 voters

Lakewood by Megan GiddingsWaste by Eugene MartenBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David ProsserGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part I
102 books — 4 voters
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonThe Egg Man by Carlton Mellick IIIGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Extreme Makeover by Dan WellsThe Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3 by Philip K. Dick
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part III
31 books — 4 voters

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna BervoetsMetal from Heaven by August ClarkeGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Trust by Hernan DiazLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters
Facing the Lion by Simone Arnold LiebsterThe Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Par... by Mark VillarealBehind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. WilliamsA Faraway Island by Annika ThorRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
The Children Shall Lead
101 books — 2 voters

Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane AndersTwitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep TufekciQueer Newark by Whitney StrubNo Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
Book Riot 2026 #ReadHarder Challenge Task #5
4 books — 2 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHope in the Dark by Rebecca SolnitHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
iovation social skills bookclub reading list
54 books — 1 voter

Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life by Christina DhanujaLove in the Time of Caste by Nikhil PandhiDalit Women's Education in Modern India by Shailaja PaikSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghDalit Kotha by Manju Bala
Dalit Women
23 books — 1 voter
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry HarrisonParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler1984 by George OrwellThe Death of Grass by John ChristopherA Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Humanity
32 books — 1 voter

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