10 Best history books like The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini

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The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

By: Angela Saini

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to und…

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1. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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2. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

Similar categories in Cat Bohannon's Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
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3. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more

Similar categories in Sathnam Sanghera's Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

By: Natalie Haynes

4.05

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

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5. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

By: Elinor Cleghorn

4.11

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more

Similar categories in Elinor Cleghorn's Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • science
  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"

-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

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6. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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7. How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind

By: Regan Penaluna

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential … read more

Similar categories in Regan Penaluna's How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • history
  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

By: Angela Saini

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to und… read more

Similar categories in Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • audiobook
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • feminism
  • gender
  • anthropology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
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9. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

By: Marion Gibson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more

Similar categories in Marion Gibson's Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

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10. Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi

By: Sarah Clegg

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women – and then won back again. Demonic… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Clegg's Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld

By: Tim 'S Jongers

4.16

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

In een land geregeerd door welvarende, hogeropgeleide mensen wordt op een beperkte en soms zelfs sc… read more

Similar categories in Tim 'S Jongers's Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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12. Kapitalisme is seksisme

By: Doortje Smithuijsen

3.75

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Jonge vrouwen bevinden zich in een onmogelijke spagaat. Ze willen carrière maken, maar ook een gezi… read more

Similar categories in Doortje Smithuijsen's Kapitalisme is seksisme book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. In onze tijd (Dutch Edition)

By: Tim Fransen

4.33

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

De afgelopen eeuwen leek de geschiedenis zich te voltrekken van behoorlijk belabberd naar alsmaar b… read more

Similar categories in Tim Fransen's In onze tijd (Dutch Edition) book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • nonfiction
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14. Die stille Gewalt: Wie der Staat Frauen alleinlässt

By: Asha Hedayati

4.71

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Gewalt gegen Frauen ist eines der drängendsten Probleme unserer Zeit, sie hat sich in den letzten J… read more

Similar categories in Asha Hedayati's Die stille Gewalt: Wie der Staat Frauen alleinlässt book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • gender
Cover of Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra

15. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

By: Shefali Luthra

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more

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  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
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16. Dit komt nooit meer goed (Dutch Edition)

By: Malou Holshuijsen

3.69

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

Omdat ze zich afvroegen of zij nou de enigen waren waarbij de rafelranden het succes overmeesteren,… read more

Similar categories in Malou Holshuijsen's Dit komt nooit meer goed (Dutch Edition) book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • nonfiction
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17. Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It

By: Ari Berman

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democ… read more

Similar categories in Ari Berman's Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It book and Angela Saini's The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Decolonising My Body: A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty

By: Afua Hirsch

3.86

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

How do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend our hard… read more

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  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
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19. Minderman

By: Jesse Beentjes

4.38

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Voel je je nu minder man?’ werd journalist Jesse Beentjes meermaals gevraagd nadat hij door zaadba… read more

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Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

4.32

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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

4.05

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

4.05

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A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

Emma Southon

4.23

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Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

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