Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
By: Lyz Lenz
4.26
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An impassioned and irreverent argument for dismantling our cultural narratives around pregnancy. Th…
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1. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
By: Eric Schlosser
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks … read more
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- politics
- sociology
2. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
By: bell hooks
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the … read more
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3. Long Division
By: Kiese Laymon
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
Kiese Laymon's debut novel is a Twain-esque exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religio… read more
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4. A Burst of Light
By: Audre Lorde
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
Black freedom fighter's strength and signifying words. Essays. 1989 Before Columbus Foundation Amer… read more
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5. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
By: Elise Loehnen
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
6. The Lost Girls
By: Sonia Hartl
3.49
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
Sonia Hartl’s The Lost Girls is laced with dark humor and queer love; it’s John Tucker Must Die wit… read more
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"Books had always been my bright spot away from the dark."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
"Her smile was infectious. Like a light that only glowed for me."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
"I’ve only recently gotten past thinking I didn’t need anyone. It might be a minute yet before I accept that people might need me."-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls
7. Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
By: Lucy Jones
4.54
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and … read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
9. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
By: Jeff Goodell
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
10. Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood
By: Jessica Grose
3.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"If this book feels like it’s sounding the alarm on the state of American motherhood, well, that’s… read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
11. Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
By: Sara Petersen
3.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
On Instagram, the private work of mothering is turned into a public performance, generating bil… read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
- sociology
12. You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
By: Meera Shah
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling” —Cecile Richards, au… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- medicine
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
13. She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire
4.49
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This research-based, biblically informed book helps moms reject harmful teachings from the church a… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- parenting
- womens
14. Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
By: Pooja Lakshmin
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From board-certified psychiatrist and women's mental health specialist Pooja Lakshmin, MD, comes a … read more
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- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
15. Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
By: Angela Garbes
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America… read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
- sociology
"We are caught between how we were raised and how we really want to live."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible,"-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"Doing this requires knowledge of the history of mothering and care work—how they came to be seen as naturally female, which is to say invisible and undervalued."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"When you become a mother, you engender life, endless possibilities. Mothering is creative in a very literal sense—it is cultivating all that potential, bringing a small person into consciousness."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
16. The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
By: Jen Gunter
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Just as she did in her groundbreaking bestseller The Vagina Bible, Dr. Jen Gunter, the internet’s m… read more
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- feminism
- medicine
- nonfiction
- womens
17. The Titanic Survivors Book Club
By: Timothy Schaffert
3.19
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
A remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books, following the Titanic librarian whose sur… read more
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- adult
"I would happily spend every minute of my future hearing about every minute of his past."-Timothy Schaffert, The Titanic Survivors Book Club
18. Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
By: Sophie Lewis
3.70
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
What if everyone was family? We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- sociology
19. 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
"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?
20. And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
By: Margaret Kimball
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day—and this … read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"All together, someone would always be missing and I could feel the pull of that longing in my chest, in the pit of my stomach."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"I settled into the water for some serious reflection. Bathrooms made supreme thinking spaces, a place that defied interruption."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"This is how silence works in families: it means questions go unanswered, timelines are unclear, and the details of a child's life are a mystery that will not be resolved."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"I once watched a video of a deer being rescued from drowning only to find herself surrounded by humans, and then she ran immediately back into the water. It's what panic looks like. An animal feeling…"-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
21. Private Equity: A Memoir
By: Carrie Sun
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more
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- nonfiction
"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir
22. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
By: Elizabeth Comen
4.43
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more
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- feminism
- medicine
- nonfiction
- womens
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
23. Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
By: Angela Garbes
4.22
Format: 256 pages, ebook
What to read after What to Expect . . . . A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the scie… read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
"The origins of the placenta can be traced back to a virus."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"Her enthusiasm for the organ is contagious. Enough to convince you that the alphabet posters in kindergarten classrooms should declare that "P" is for 'placenta'..."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"The foundation of the female pelvis is composed of two hip bones, which come together to form a deep bowl that is filled by the uterus, ovaries, bladder, urethra, vagina, and colon."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"Throughout pregnancy, I liked to lie in bed and imagine all the changes happening inside me: cells splitting, fingernails and eyelashes growing, veins spreading, brain and gray matter forming and fol…"-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
24. The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
By: Jen Gunter
4.35
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
OB/GYN, writer for The New York Times, USA Today, and Self, and host of the show Jensplaining, Dr. … read more
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- feminism
- medicine
- nonfiction
- womens
"There is a strong mind-body connection so depression and anxiety are important cofactors for pain. They don't cause it but they are accelerants. Think of whatever causes your pain as the match that s…"-Jen Gunter, The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
25. Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
By: Elise Hu
4.10
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
An audacious journalistic exploration of the present and future of beauty through the lens of South… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- sociology
26. What If This Were Enough?: Essays
By: Heather Havrilesky
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
By the author of the New York Times Love and Relationships bestseller How to Be a Person in the Wor… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
27. Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
By: Lucy Knisley
4.38
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you’re smart and talented and “good enough,” you… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- parenting
"There's plenty of drama and comedy and bodily fluids! And what's a good origin story without all three?"-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
"When we write about our lives, it's a form of time travel. We inhabit the body we were back then, and yet we do so from our safe distance in the future."-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
"For a large part of human history, people didn't really know how a woman's body worked. This is mainly because for much of human history, a woman's body was either too sacred or too sexual to study."-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
28. Consent: A Memoir
By: Jill Ciment
3.96
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more
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- feminism
- womens
- nonfiction
29. The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
By: Mona Eltahawy
4.21
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and d… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
- sociology
"Racism and bigotry are not polite, and I refuse to be polite in my fight against them."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Patriarchy wants to control vaginas, but it also wants to control who has the right to even say the word “vagina."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Patriarchy keeps us terrified, demanding from us an endless supply of patience, passivity, and obedience, as it pathologiezes and snuffs out our justifiable rage."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Men cannot sit back and say, 'Well, I'm not rich and powerful; that's not me.' It is you - if you are not actively dismantling the patriarchy, you are factually benefiting from it. Are you uncomforta…"-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
30. Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
By: Lyz Lenz
4.26
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An impassioned and irreverent argument for dismantling our cultural narratives around pregnancy. Th… read more
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- parenting
- feminism
- politics
- medicine
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
- adult
- sociology
31. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
