The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement
By: Susannah Gibson
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life …
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1. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
2. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more
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3. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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4. Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
By: Jason Roberts
4.25
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of A Sense of the World comes this dramatic, globe-spanning and meticul… read more
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5. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- biography
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6. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
By: Natalie Dykstra
4.05
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more
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7. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
By: Shefali Luthra
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more
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- womens
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8. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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9. Tehrangeles
By: Porochista Khakpour
3.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Irani… read more
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10. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
By: Ferris Jabr
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more
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- history
11. Come to the Window
By: Howard Norman
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A drama of murder, love, and redemption set in Nova Scotia in the final year of World War I. It’s … read more
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12. The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
By: Daisy Dunn
4.01
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in … read more
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- womens
13. Someone Like Us
By: Dinaw Mengestu
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush… read more
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"Sometimes I look at you and think that things go right through you. You're like a donut. There's a hole in the middle, where something solid should be"-Dinaw Mengestu, Someone Like Us
14. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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15. Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.77
Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition
A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Medusa
By: Nataly Gruender
4.09
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look into the life of a legendary mythical villain who has so often been stripped of he… read more
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"Enyo spoke to her sisters: "They're getting worse." "Demi-Gods?" Sthennos asked. "Men."-Nataly Gruender, Medusa
17. The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement
By: Susannah Gibson
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life … read more
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- history
- world history
- british literature
- historical
- feminism
- womens studies
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- womens
18. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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- history
19. The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
By: Helen Castor
4.73
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV… read more
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20. Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: A Celebration of Taylor Swift's Musical Journey, Cultural Impact, and Reinvention of Pop Music for Swifties by a Swiftie
By: Rob Sheffield
3.93
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from le… read more
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21. Eleanore of Avignon
By: Elizabeth DeLozier
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a woman who is unwilling to bend to the limitations her society… read more
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