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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
3,079 books — 4,521 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
2,278 books — 1,803 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
1,507 books — 605 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
845 books — 506 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
987 books — 286 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
582 books — 268 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersThe Night Watch by Sarah WatersBackwards to Oregon by JaeStone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Historical Lesbian Fiction
257 books — 259 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieAmazing and Inspiring Women in History by Stella Renee StuartCleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Biographies of Significant Historical Women
574 books — 243 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
245 books — 233 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!
365 books — 177 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
294 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)
137 books — 116 voters

The Las Vegas Madam by Jami RodmanThe Happy Hooker by Xaviera HollanderMattress Actress by Annika CleevePaid For by Rachel MoranInsatiable by Asa Akira
Sex Worker Memoirs
205 books — 106 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
172 books — 98 voters

The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One by George Walters-SleyonThe Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume Two by George Walters-SleyonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
301 books — 98 voters
De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahon
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
357 books — 85 voters

Rice Paddy Grunt by John M.G. BrownDe la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHEGetting Bi by Robyn OchsBi Any Other Name by Loraine HutchinsDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JATCHE
Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs
197 books — 70 voters
De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEBecoming by Michelle ObamaDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JATCHELove, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. Green
Black Women: Biography, Autobiography, Personal Essays, and Memoir (nonfiction)
383 books — 63 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
227 books — 60 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
234 books — 58 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
155 books — 53 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
116 books — 40 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 — 34 voters
Growing Language and Literacy by Andrea HonigsfeldSex 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. Harris
Progressive Sexuality Education
41 books — 31 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
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf by Vita Sackville-WestViolet to Vita by Violet TrefusisOpen Me Carefully by Emily DickinsonSister Love by Julie R. EnszerLove Letters by Virginia Woolf
Epistolary Lesbians
29 books — 13 voters

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordeSisters in the Struggle by Bettye Collier-Thomas
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
34 books — 11 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
15 books — 7 voters

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