Gender Books

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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 516 times as gender)
avg rating 4.04 — 19,936 ratings — published 1989
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference (Hardcover)
by (shelved 372 times as gender)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,508 ratings — published 2010
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 363 times as gender)
avg rating 4.33 — 174,149 ratings — published 2019
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The Second Sex The Second Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 356 times as gender)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,082 ratings — published 1949
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 341 times as gender)
avg rating 4.39 — 335,166 ratings — published 2012
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 313 times as gender)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,476,824 ratings — published 1985
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as gender)
avg rating 4.10 — 227,102 ratings — published 1969
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Middlesex Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as gender)
avg rating 4.04 — 667,028 ratings — published 2002
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (Paperback)
by (shelved 279 times as gender)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,138 ratings — published 2007
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 273 times as gender)
avg rating 4.27 — 79,618 ratings — published 2019
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as gender)
avg rating 3.83 — 88,790 ratings — published 2014
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as gender)
avg rating 4.35 — 31,819 ratings — published 2003
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as gender)
avg rating 3.92 — 119,805 ratings — published 2014
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Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as gender)
avg rating 4.55 — 37,763 ratings — published 1993
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as gender)
avg rating 4.22 — 268,643 ratings — published 1929
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Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as gender)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,379 ratings — published 1994
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as gender)
avg rating 4.59 — 35,375 ratings — published 1981
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Orlando Orlando (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as gender)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,069 ratings — published 1928
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as gender)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,649 ratings — published 1984
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as gender)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,933 ratings — published 2000
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The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as gender)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,399 ratings — published 1963
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The Beauty Myth The Beauty Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as gender)
avg rating 3.91 — 31,391 ratings — published 1990
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 158 times as gender)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,143 ratings — published 2015
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Beyond the Gender Binary Beyond the Gender Binary (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as gender)
avg rating 4.48 — 13,183 ratings — published 2020
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Detransition, Baby Detransition, Baby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as gender)
avg rating 3.92 — 93,690 ratings — published 2021
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Undoing Gender Undoing Gender (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as gender)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,333 ratings — published 2004
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as gender)
avg rating 4.51 — 19,654 ratings — published 1981
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Transgender History Transgender History (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as gender)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,748 ratings — published 2008
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as gender)
avg rating 3.75 — 254,721 ratings — published 2016
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Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as gender)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,981 ratings — published 2010
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as gender)
avg rating 4.35 — 64,549 ratings — published 2020
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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as gender)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,825 ratings — published 2000
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as gender)
avg rating 3.92 — 27,361 ratings — published 1792
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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 127 times as gender)
avg rating 4.30 — 16,701 ratings — published 2014
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as gender)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,256,674 ratings — published 1963
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She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as gender)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,153 ratings — published 2003
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Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as gender)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,516 ratings — published 2006
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as gender)
avg rating 4.07 — 370,136 ratings — published 1892
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Female Masculinity Female Masculinity (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as gender)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,730 ratings — published 1998
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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as gender)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,793 ratings — published 1993
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Women & Power: A Manifesto Women & Power: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as gender)
avg rating 4.02 — 39,760 ratings — published 2017
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as gender)
avg rating 4.56 — 14,489 ratings — published 2004
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Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 110 times as gender)
avg rating 4.32 — 31,044 ratings — published 2020
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Melissa Melissa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 109 times as gender)
avg rating 4.09 — 47,933 ratings — published 2015
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Who’s Afraid of Gender? Who’s Afraid of Gender? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as gender)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,465 ratings — published 2024
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Women Who Run With the Wolves Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as gender)
avg rating 4.10 — 98,525 ratings — published 1992
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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as gender)
avg rating 4.45 — 9,188 ratings — published 1984
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as gender)
avg rating 3.94 — 269,867 ratings — published
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 99 times as gender)
avg rating 4.25 — 268,389 ratings — published 2019
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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as gender)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,296 ratings — published 2022
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Plato
“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
Plato, The Republic

Mary Wollstonecraft
“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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