The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD
By: Shalene Gupta
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking exploration of a debilitating disorder that’s underdiagnosed and misunderstood. …
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1. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
By: Sarah Thornton
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more
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2. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
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3. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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4. 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
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"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
5. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
By: Paige Layle
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more
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"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
6. Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation
By: Linnea Passaler
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Relieve anxiety, burnout, feelings of overwhelm, and chronic physical symptoms by healing your dysr… read more
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7. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
By: Jen Gunter
4.25
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
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8. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free (A Feeding the Soul Book)
By: Tabitha Brown
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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9. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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10. Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics
By: Ernesto Londoño
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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11. Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
By: Ellen Atlanta
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An up-close and striking look at modern beauty culture―from Botox and Instagram filters to lip flip… read more
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12. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
By: Devon Price
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more
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13. The Anthropologists
By: Aysegül Savas
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more
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14. The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD
By: Shalene Gupta
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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15. Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble
By: Deesha Dyer
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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16. Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead
By: Lisa Selin Davis
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Rules of Womanhood, the Lies We’re Told, and the Choices We Have The notion of “housewife” ev… read more
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17. Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
By: Rachel Somerstein
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer
By: Rick Jervis
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more
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19. The PMDD Phenomenon : Breakthrough Treatments for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Extreme Premenstrual Syndrome
By: Diana L. Dell
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The first book to clearly explain this new disorder and offer treatment options Afflicting an estim… read more
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20. How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
By: Kyle Prue
4.28
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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"One thing at a time, guys. I’m not a miracle worker; I’m a collection of thirty rats operating a person suit via tiny levers and pulleys."-Kyle Prue, How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
21. Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II
By: Abbott Kahler
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island … read more
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