17 Best nonfiction books like She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices by Yvette Cooper

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She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

By: Yvette Cooper

4.10

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Looking at the greatest speeches of all time, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Elizabeth I and B…

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1. Auschwitz

By: Laurence Rees

4.30

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fu… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A diferencia del estalinismo y otras dictaduras que se apropiaron, sin más, del poder, el nazismo se sustentó en una base popular."

-Laurence Rees, Auschwitz

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2. The Understudy

By: David Nicholls

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Recently divorced actor Stephen C. McQueen (no relation, unfortunately) seems to have a knack for b… read more

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3. The Female Eunuch

By: Jennifer Baumgardner , Germaine Greer

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuchwas… read more

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4. Everyday Sexism

By: Laura Bates

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 2012 after being sexually harassed on London public transport Laura Bates, a young journalist, s… read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Everyday Sexism book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Women who lead, read"

-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism

"Disbelief is the first great silencer."

-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism

"This is not a men vs women issue. It’s about people vs prejudice."

-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism

"Women are silenced by both the invisibility and the acceptability of the problem."

-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism

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5. We Are Displaced

By: Malala Yousafzai

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab… read more

Similar categories in Malala Yousafzai's We Are Displaced book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"I think it’s time that people update themselves, educate themselves, and inform themselves."

-Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced

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6. Fix the System, Not the Women

By: Laura Bates

4.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. … read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Fix the System, Not the Women book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"So how do we fix it? The short answer is that we don't. We have wasted decades telling women and girls how to fix things. How to fix themselves. How to stay safe. It hasn't worked. Because women were…"

-Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women

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7. You Are Here

By: David Nicholls

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more

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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

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8. Blue Sisters

By: Coco Mellors

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death… read more

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"A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Yet this status is used a…"

-Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

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9. Black Butterflies

By: Priscilla Morris

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more

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10. Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

By: Rafia Zakaria

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Upper-middle-class white women have long been heralded as “experts” on feminism. They have presided… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Trickle-down feminism, everyone assumed, would miraculously fast forward the realization of a gender-equal, free market world created in the self image of America."

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"White and western women are seen as participants in complex modern societies. Their problems cannot be solved with a single, neat gift. Women of color are imagined as existing in a much simpler world…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"But American journalists, female journalists in particular, created a narrative for the war on terror that reaffirmed it as one fought by a feminist America, against anti-feminist, primitive, patriar…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

"Capitalist forces have looked to depoliticize as many spheres as possible. To create a feminist politics of solidarity, women have to recognize the forces that push them apart and push them into mean…"

-Rafia Zakaria, Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

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11. Brotherless Night

By: V.V. Ganeshananthan

4.46

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more

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12. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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13. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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14. Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life

By: Hayley Morris

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Brain: We left the oven on! Me: No don't say that, I've not got time for this! Brain: The house i… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Morris's Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • nonfiction
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15. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
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16. Sex and Lies

By: Leïla Slimani

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Leïla Slimani's Sex and Lies book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Devenir une femme est un parcours semé d'humiliations. Face à la police, face à la justice comme dans l'espace public, être une femme est un inconvénient. Comme l'écrivait le romancier turc Livaneli …"

-Leïla Slimani, Sex and Lies

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17. The Second Chance Store

By: Lauren Bravo

3.61

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

If clothes can get a second chance, why can’t we? Brimming with life, love, and the stories bound u… read more

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18. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • nonfiction
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19. sun memos

By: Ziggy Alberts

4.03

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

sun memos is the second self-published poetry book by platinum ARIA accredited, Australian singer-s… read more

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20. Keir Starmer: The Biography

By: Tom Baldwin

4.06

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more

Similar categories in Tom Baldwin's Keir Starmer: The Biography book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

By: Cathy Newman

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

‘A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing’ Caitlin Moran A fresh, opinionated h… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Newman's Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Increasing openness about sex wasn’t the same as increasing openness about how it was used by the powerful to oppress the weak."

-Cathy Newman, Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

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22. The Lifeline

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 391 pages, ebook

Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alon… read more

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23. Mind The Gap: The truth about desire and how to futureproof your sex life

By: Karen Gurney

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

'This book taught me so much about female desire. A must read!' Cherry HealeyDid you know that ther… read more

Similar categories in Karen Gurney's Mind The Gap: The truth about desire and how to futureproof your sex life book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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24. Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries

By: Kate Mosse

3.71

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries brings together Kate’s rich and detailed knowledge of unhear… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer

By: Suzanne Wrack

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and comprehensive history charting the rise, fall, and rise again of women's soccer W… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Wrack's A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Soccer book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

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"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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27. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

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28. Big Fat Negative: The Essential Guide to Infertility, IVF and the Trials of Trying for a Baby

By: Emma Haslett

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'This book is totally brilliant - informative, sensitive, funny and wise. Reading it is like talkin… read more

Similar categories in Emma Haslett's Big Fat Negative: The Essential Guide to Infertility, IVF and the Trials of Trying for a Baby book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • nonfiction
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29. She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

By: Yvette Cooper

4.10

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Looking at the greatest speeches of all time, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Elizabeth I and B… read more

Similar categories in Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • education
Cover of All In: How We Build a Country That Works by Lisa Nandy

30. All In: How We Build a Country That Works

By: Lisa Nandy

3.61

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A persuasive manifesto for a better Britain.’ Observer Book of the DayBritain is in crisis. This t… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Nandy's All In: How We Build a Country That Works book and Yvette Cooper's She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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31. Girls

By: Kirsty Capes

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more

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8 best-selling history books like She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices by Yvette Cooper

Transform Your Habits

Auschwitz

Laurence Rees

4.30

Transform Your Habits

We Are Displaced

Malala Yousafzai

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Keir Starmer: The Biography

Tom Baldwin

4.06

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20 Top fiction books like Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Wren, the Wren

Anne Enright

3.55

Transform Your Habits

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Children of Paradise

Camilla Grudova

3.49

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