Women's Liberation!: Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution & Still Can
By: Alix Kates Shulman
4.37
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the book exploded into women’s consciou…
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1. The Feminine Mystique
By: Anna Quindlen , Betty Friedan , Gail Collins
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Landmark, groundbreaking, classic--these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- womens
2. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more
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4. We Are Never Meeting In Real Life
By: Samantha Irby
3.14
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in R… read more
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5. Bad Feminist
By: Roxane Gay
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--al… read more
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6. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
7. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more
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- adult
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
8. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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- adult
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
9. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
By: Amanda Montell
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unplea… read more
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- history
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
- adult
"Language pedantry is snobbery and snobbery is prejudice,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"One of the burdens of being a woman is the imperative to be nice."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Hitler wasn’t any less fascist because he could write a coherent sentence."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Anytime language reform happens, it has to happen in the context of social change,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
10. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- womens
"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
11. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
12. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It
By: Tabitha Carvan
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midl… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
13. 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
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- womens
14. 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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- adult
- nonfiction
- essays
"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
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
15. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
By: Stephanie Foo
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
By: Roxane Gay
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Po… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
17. Siren Queen
By: Nghi Vo
3.68
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
“No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate t… read more
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- adult
"I already knew that being brave didn’t mean anything unless you were willing to do it again."-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
"I'm curious, though, and my father said that if I could be curious instead of afraid, things would probably work out some kind of right."-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
"What's so great about being seen?" Tara demanded. "What's so important about that?" She might have had the words for it, but I didn't. They locked up in my throat, about being invisible, about being …"-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
18. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
By: Mira Jacob
4.46
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
Mira Jacob's touching, often humorous, and utterly unique graphic memoir takes readers on her journ… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"The trouble began when my 6-year-old son, Z, became obsessed with Michael Jackson."-Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
"There's a particular kind of close you get when you find someone you can trust in a space you don't."-Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
"Sometimes, you don’t know how confused you are about something important until you try explaining it to someone else."-Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
"We took bets on what would bring him down, which is what you do when you're trying to break your own heart before your country does it for you."-Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
19. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- history
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
20. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
By: Blythe Roberson
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
21. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.66
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story wi… read more
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- adult
"Julie felt its hunger ripple eover her, listened: It was waiting for the city to die. It would wait forever. It did not need this to come to pass now. It was used to waiting. It knew, in the way of g…"-Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)
22. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
23. Abolition. Feminism. Now.
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.31
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
24. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
By: Glory Edim
4.37
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"That while I wanted to write with the narrative bravado of Toni Morrison, it might be okay if I started with something less ambitious than a book like beloved."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
25. Rose Quartz: Poems
By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
4.17
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing—and a s… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"keep this / with you / it is part / of your story / sometimes / to remember / a wound / is the way / of healing"-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems
"How is it I have never dated / someone who is also Coast Salish / or at least Indigenous / instead it's Disney's Pocahontas / her animated dad with his hands up / these white men are dangerous / and …"-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems
26. You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult
By: Lane Moore
3.29
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes a searingly intimate, ye… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
27. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
28. Unwieldy Creatures
By: Addie Brook Tsai
3.80
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A tale of doom and ambition, loss and revenge, love and murder. Unwieldy Creatures, a biracial q… read more
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- adult
29. 90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
By: Allison Yarrow
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The close of the 20th century promised a new era of gender equality. However, the iconic women of t… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
30. Women's Liberation!: Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution & Still Can
By: Alix Kates Shulman
4.37
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the book exploded into women’s consciou… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- womens
- adult
31. Slow Pleasure: Explore Your Pleasure Spectrum
By: Euphemia Russell
3.81
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
Slow Pleasure is a practical and philosophical exploration of pleasure, teaching you how to claim, … read more
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