Play like a Feminist. (Playful Thinking)
By: Shira Chess
4.04
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Why video games need feminism and feminism needs video games. "You play like a girl" it's meant to …
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1. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
2. Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
By: Angela Saini
4.06
Format: 285 pages,
From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentall… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
3. 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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4. No-No Boy
By: John Okada
4.33
Format: 242 pages,
John Okada was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. He attended the University of Washington and Co… read more
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5. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
By: Liza Mundy
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more
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6. 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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- feminism
- nonfiction
"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
7. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By: Caroline Criado Pérez
4.35
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"When planners fail to account for gender, public spaces become male spaces by default."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"You don’t have to realise you’re being discriminated against to in fact be discriminated against."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
8. Uncanny Valley
By: Anna Wiener
3.64
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digita… read more
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- nonfiction
"Tech, for the most part, wasn't progress. It was just business."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"if personalised playlists were full of sad singers and song writers, I could only blame myself for getting algorithm depressed."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"The platforms designed to accommodate and harvest infinite data inspired infinite scroll...people were saying nothing and saying it all the time."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"I felt rising frustration and resentment. I was frustrated because I felt stuck, and I was resentful because I was stuck in an industry that was chipping away at so many things I cared about."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
9. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
By: Ram V.
4.30
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more
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"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
10. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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- nonfiction
11. A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)
By: Melissa Blair
3.93
Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition
Keera is a killer. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the King’s… read more
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"A broken blade can be mended."-Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)
"You might be in pain, but you still have purpose."-Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)
"My scars itched through my tunic. There was no way I could wear the dress without exposing them. Exposing myself."-Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)
"Shadows were largest just before sunset, but lost their power when night inevitably fell. For Shadows don't exist in the dark."-Melissa Blair, A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga, #1)
12. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
By: Carissa Broadbent
4.09
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
She was commanded to kill him with a single strike to the heart. She didn’t expect her own to betra… read more
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"We understand loss. And we know that it is the worst kind of powerlessness"- Atrius"-Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
13. Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)
By: Mai Corland
3.84
Format: 474 pages, Hardcover
It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th… read more
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"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)
"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)
"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishm…"-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)
14. The Falling in Love Montage
By: Ciara Smyth
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother woul… read more
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"I love you. But I’m not in love with you."-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage
"When you truly love someone, it doesn't go away,"-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage
"YOU'RE A WANKER, NUMBER NINE!" I yelled the famous line from Imagine Me & You"-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage
"It’s a pet peeve of mine that straight women call their friends “girlfriends."-Ciara Smyth, The Falling in Love Montage
15. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
By: Madhumita Murgia
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Not Another Love Song
By: Julie Soto
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Two string players fight their attraction for each other as they compete for center stage in this s… read more
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17. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
By: Sara Wachter-Boettcher
4.07
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
18. Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)
By: Steve Swink
3.92
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Game Feel exposes feel as a hidden language in game design that no one has fully articulated yet. T… read more
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- game design
- art
- nonfiction
19. Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology
By: Rana El Kaliouby
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"You don't have to be a genius to be a scientist, but you do need to be persistent."-Rana El Kaliouby, Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology
20. Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming
By: Kishonna L Gray
4.75
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
In Intersectional Black Users in Digital Gaming, Kishonna L. Gray interrogates blackness in gaming… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Computer Boys Take over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing)
By: Nathan L. Ensmenger
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-20th century and the people who made it pos… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
22. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators
By: Susanne Tedrick
4.25
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Break through barriers to achieve a rewarding future in tech Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint … read more
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- nonfiction
23. Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice
By: Kishonna L. Gray
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming… read more
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24. Män har varit här längst: Jämställdhet och förnyelse i industriella organisationer
By: Anna Wahl
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
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25. Feminism in Play (Palgrave Games in Context)
By: Kishonna L. Gray
3.79
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
Feminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games cul… read more
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- nonfiction
26. Play like a Feminist. (Playful Thinking)
By: Shira Chess
4.04
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Why video games need feminism and feminism needs video games. "You play like a girl" it's meant to … read more
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- game design
- feminism
- art
- nonfiction
27. Pucking Sweet (Jacksonville Rays, #3)
By: Emily Rath
4.43
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF … read more
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28. Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games
By: Amanda C. Cote
4.42
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Interviews with female gamers about structural sexism across the gaming landscape When the Nintend… read more
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29. Two Can Play
By: Ali Hazelwood
3.77
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 4 hours and 24 minutes An enemies-to-lovers spicy romance set in the world of … read more
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30. Spectacular (Caraval, #3.5)
By: Stephanie Garber
4.55
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Welcome, welcome back to the mysteriously enchanting world of CARAVAL! Return to the legendary magi… read more
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31. Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)
By: Ali Hazelwood
4.29
Format: 73 pages, Kindle Edition
For two former childhood friends, a blustery winter storm stirs some frosty—and scorching—memories … read more
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