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My Life on the Road My Life on the Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 356 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.07 — 36,581 ratings — published 2015
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 334 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.28 — 750,202 ratings — published 1982
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How to Be a Woman How to Be a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.71 — 110,365 ratings — published 2011
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 296 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.02 — 56,224 ratings — published 2015
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,642 ratings — published 2015
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 272 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.01 — 134,402 ratings — published 1999
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 268 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,406,856 ratings — published 1985
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues (Paperback)
by (shelved 268 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.87 — 38,314 ratings — published 1996
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Mom & Me & Mom Mom & Me & Mom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 267 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.22 — 27,048 ratings — published 2013
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The Complete Persepolis The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 261 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.40 — 204,538 ratings — published 2007
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Women Who Run With the Wolves Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.11 — 95,230 ratings — published 1992
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,632 ratings — published 2008
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 227 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.37 — 100,841 ratings — published 2017
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The Beauty Myth The Beauty Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.91 — 30,960 ratings — published 1990
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 205 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.75 — 251,536 ratings — published 2016
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 202 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.17 — 121,063 ratings — published 2017
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Heart Berries Heart Berries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 198 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.82 — 30,086 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 192 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,007,496 ratings — published 2017
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Milk and honey Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.96 — 802,306 ratings — published 2014
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.16 — 184,526 ratings — published 2016
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 153 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.25 — 716,628 ratings — published 1938
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The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,381 ratings — published 2017
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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 132 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.36 — 12,108 ratings — published 2018
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 130 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.34 — 618,934 ratings — published 2017
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.53 — 40,825 ratings — published 1984
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,905 ratings — published 2018
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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.24 — 5,971 ratings — published 2016
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Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,369 ratings — published 2018
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.98 — 488,811 ratings — published 1987
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Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.41 — 739 ratings — published 2019
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Cinderella Liberator Cinderella Liberator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,473 ratings — published 2019
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Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,692 ratings — published 2019
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.27 — 229,784 ratings — published 2003
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Sex and World Peace Sex and World Peace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.17 — 824 ratings — published 2012
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.80 — 105,869 ratings — published 2017
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.16 — 473,792 ratings — published 2018
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Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,274 ratings — published 2018
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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,814 ratings — published 2012
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The House of the Spirits The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.30 — 317,639 ratings — published 1982
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.44 — 17,307 ratings — published 2020
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Split Tooth Split Tooth (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,538 ratings — published 2018
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,794 ratings — published 2018
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The Yield The Yield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,092 ratings — published 2019
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.26 — 263,467 ratings — published 2019
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.83 — 87,262 ratings — published 2014
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.92 — 118,849 ratings — published 2014
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How Women Can Save The Planet How Women Can Save The Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.26 — 72 ratings — published 2021
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A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.12 — 793 ratings — published 2021
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Moranifesto Moranifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,052 ratings — published 2016
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,833 ratings — published 2015
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bell hooks
“Embracing love ethic means that we utilize all dimensions of love-- "care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect and knowledge"-- in our everyday lives.”
bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

Sandra Marinella
“Our lives hang on narrative thread. . . Our world is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves -- what we believe about our lives and what we hold to be true about our world.”
Sandra Marinella, The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss

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