Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020
By: Elisabeth Griffith
3.92
Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition
“An essential history of the struggle by both Black and white women to achieve their equal rights.”…
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1. Women, Race & Class
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.58
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the wom… read more
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- history
- feminism
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- social justice
- womens
"White women—feminists included—have revealed a historical reluctance to acknowledge the struggles of household workers. They have rarely been involved in the Sisyphean task of ameliorating the condit…"-Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class
2. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
3. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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4. Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Brunetti, #15)
By: Donna Leon
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden Venice like no one else. With her latest novel, Through a Glas… read more
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5. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
By: Gilbert King
3.67
Format: 348 pages, ebook
Devil in the Groveis the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Arguably the mos… read more
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6. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By: Isabel Wilkerson
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more
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7. 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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- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- 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
8. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- womens
"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
9. Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
By: Hunter Clarke-Fields
3.95
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
“A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance A k… read more
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- nonfiction
"The only way out of our difficult feelings is through."-Hunter Clarke-Fields, Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
10. In the Time of Our History
By: Susanne Pari
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Inspired by her own Iranian-American heritage, the acclaimed author weaves a beautifully crafted st… read more
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- historical
11. Murder in the Bookshop (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mystery, #1)
By: Anita Davison
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
Someone’s been read their last rites… 1915, London : Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt Vi… read more
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12. The Curse of the Flores Women
By: Angélica Lopes
4.01
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
In this haunting novel about the enduring bonds of womanhood, a young girl weaves together the trut… read more
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- historical
- feminism
- womens
13. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
By: Elaine F. Weiss
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political victories in American history: the down and… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- politics
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
"I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them," is how [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton described their [hers and Susan B. Anthony's] work together."-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
"[Upon the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman] Catt wrote ... to the women voters of the nation: The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty…"-Elaine F. Weiss, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
14. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
15. Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
By: Mayukh Sen
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. The Forgotten Chapter
By: Pam Jenoff
3.95
Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition
Out of the chaos and uncertainty of war, a shy young bookseller comes into her own in a short story… read more
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- feminism
17. The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
By: A.J. Jacobs
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America. To grow up in th… read more
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- historical
- politics
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
"I knew I had had no choice. I had had to fight with my mother in order to survive."-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"In an increasingly serious world, these young women had never been asked or expected to be serious. (p. 13)"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"There is a clarity about how children see the world that the complexities of adult life often muddy. And there is a fervor children feel when they believe adults have misled them or disguised or hidd…"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
19. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
20. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
By: Dahlia Lithwick
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Editor and one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the… read more
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- history
- feminism
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
"Being told you are believed without consequences being levied is neither justice nor power. And that is the real problem when women's pain is substituted for actual justice. Pain seems to have a sell…"-Dahlia Lithwick, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
21. Raising Girls Who Like Themselves
By: Kasey Edwards
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The seven qualities that enable girls to thrive in a world that tells them they are flawed. When… read more
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- nonfiction
22. The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History
By: Elizabeth Norton
3.87
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress; of palace in… read more
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- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
23. The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
By: Elizabeth Flock
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Renowned journalist and author of The Heart is a Shifting Sea Elizabeth Flock investigates what few… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- womens
"I saw how their violent actions had both helped and harmed them, and others around them... They all found agency, a voice, and an identity beyond how the men in their towns saw them. But they got no …"-Elizabeth Flock, The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
24. American Mermaid
By: Julia Langbein
3.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt he… read more
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"How could we be readers, how could we be lovers of the impossible and the imagined, and not want to swell up with a new character, pull it onto land from a sea we made, and trick it by disappearing b…"-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid
"This is one of the dangers of their [teenagers] ineluctable depth: they live the poetry, the true value of the way words resonate and not their dictionary meanings or conventional uses. It's why teen…"-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid
25. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.47
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more
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26. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)
By: Alan Bradley
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more
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27. Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey
By: A.J. Jacobs
3.72
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The idea was deceptively New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs decided to thank every sing… read more
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- nonfiction
"When I force myself to utter the awkward phrase, "I am grateful," I actually start to feel a bit more grateful...It's basic cognitive behavioral therapy: Behave in a certain way, and your mind will e…"-A.J. Jacobs, Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey
28. The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius
By: Kendra Adachi
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way brings her beloved Kind Big Sister Ene… read more
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- nonfiction
29. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more
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30. Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020
By: Elisabeth Griffith
3.92
Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition
“An essential history of the struggle by both Black and white women to achieve their equal rights.”… read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- 20th century
- 21st century
- womens
31. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
By: Sharon McMahon
4.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
America’s favorite government teacher offers thrilling, heartfelt stories of ordinary American hero… read more
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- history
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