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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 118,205 ratings — published 2014
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 80,351 ratings — published 1968
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 251,486 ratings — published 1929
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 324,039 ratings — published 2012
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 77,420 ratings — published 2019
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Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 716,246 ratings — published 2000
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 85,975 ratings — published 2014
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 166,350 ratings — published 2021
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 53,393 ratings — published 2005
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 117,110 ratings — published 1963
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 53,359 ratings — published 1996
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The White Album The White Album (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 48,471 ratings — published 1979
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 40,192 ratings — published 1984
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 216,274 ratings — published 2008
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Upstream: Selected Essays Upstream: Selected Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 24,583 ratings — published 2016
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 287,496 ratings — published 2004
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 47,453 ratings — published 2017
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 150,044 ratings — published 2013
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Wow, No Thank You.: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 47,169 ratings — published 2020
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Intimations Intimations (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 28,505 ratings — published 2020
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 359,957 ratings — published 2015
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These Precious Days: Essays These Precious Days: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 45,250 ratings — published 2021
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Naked Naked (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 271,831 ratings — published 1997
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Thick: And Other Essays Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 18,279 ratings — published 2019
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Calypso Calypso (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.10 — 144,385 ratings — published 2018
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The Empathy Exams The Empathy Exams (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 15,655 ratings — published 2014
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 19,991 ratings — published 2019
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The Book of Delights: Essays The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 19,741 ratings — published 2019
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays Against Interpretation and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 10,149 ratings — published 1966
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Notes of a Native Son Notes of a Native Son (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 23,636 ratings — published 1955
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 41,751 ratings — published 2008
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I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 86,193 ratings — published 2006
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 18,315 ratings — published 2017
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 63,007 ratings — published 2016
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Holidays on Ice Holidays on Ice (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 129,870 ratings — published 1997
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 43,387 ratings — published 2020
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 14,000 ratings — published 1998
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The Complete Essays The Complete Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 21,727 ratings — published 1580
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Feel Free: Essays Feel Free: Essays (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.82 — 8,210 ratings — published 2018
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 12,309 ratings — published 2018
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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 51,436 ratings — published 2014
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (ebook)
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avg rating 4.43 — 22,497 ratings — published 2018
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The Witches Are Coming The Witches Are Coming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 26,179 ratings — published 2019
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 72,388 ratings — published 2003
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 87,377 ratings — published 2017
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 163,580 ratings — published 2013
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 20,466 ratings — published 2005
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 30,711 ratings — published 2017
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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 55,842 ratings — published 2009
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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 64,238 ratings — published 1942
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Barry Parham
“Single guys can easily simulate some of the joys of marriage simply by installing one of those GPS devices that use a woman's voice.”
Barry Parham, Why I Hate Straws: An offbeat worldview of an offbeat world

Jorge Luis Borges
“I think—the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a labyrinth with no center.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions

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