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My Life on the Road My Life on the Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 345 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.07 — 36,924 ratings — published 2015
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 326 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.28 — 767,808 ratings — published 1982
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How to Be a Woman How to Be a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.71 — 110,756 ratings — published 2011
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 288 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,930 ratings — published 2015
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 270 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,046 ratings — published 2015
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 266 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.99 — 148,661 ratings — published 1999
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues (Paperback)
by (shelved 262 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.87 — 38,911 ratings — published 1996
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Mom & Me & Mom Mom & Me & Mom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 262 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.22 — 27,527 ratings — published 2013
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 260 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,524,830 ratings — published 1985
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The Complete Persepolis The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.41 — 213,488 ratings — published 2007
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Women Who Run With the Wolves Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.10 — 100,950 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 232 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,863 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 220 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.37 — 101,905 ratings — published 2017
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 200 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.75 — 257,676 ratings — published 2016
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.91 — 31,732 ratings — published 1990
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 194 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,104 ratings — published 2017
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Heart Berries Heart Berries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.81 — 30,669 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 190 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,035,652 ratings — published 2017
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Milk and honey Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.95 — 831,174 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 169 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.15 — 193,493 ratings — published 2016
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 152 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.25 — 753,008 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 139 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,396 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 — 12,366 ratings — published 2018
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 126 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.34 — 672,803 ratings — published 2017
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.53 — 42,282 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 124 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.38 — 14,118 ratings — published 2018
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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,150 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 103 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,507 ratings — published 2018
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.99 — 507,871 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 92 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.41 — 759 ratings — published 2019
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Cinderella Liberator Cinderella Liberator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,541 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 79 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,751 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 54 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.27 — 238,326 ratings — published 2003
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Sex and World Peace Sex and World Peace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.17 — 836 ratings — published 2012
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.79 — 109,048 ratings — published 2017
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.15 — 533,407 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 46 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,303 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 42 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,866 ratings — published 2012
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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 — 18,180 ratings — published 2020
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The House of the Spirits The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.31 — 339,552 ratings — published 1982
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Split Tooth Split Tooth (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.87 — 14,337 ratings — published 2018
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,572 ratings — published 2018
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The Yield The Yield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.07 — 13,481 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 4.25 — 271,421 ratings — published 2019
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.83 — 89,796 ratings — published 2014
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 3.92 — 120,661 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 4.27 — 74 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 — 824 ratings — published 2021
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Moranifesto Moranifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as our-shared-shelf)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,063 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 3.95 — 17,041 ratings — published 2015
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bell hooks
“Refusal to stand up for what you believe in weakens individual morality and ethics as well as those of the culture.”
bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

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

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