Best Feminism Books | Summaries & Audio

Feminism Book Summaries

Radical Respect

by Kim Malone Scott • 2021

Bias and bullying thrive in silence. Exactly what to say and what systems to build.

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1k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 People Management ⚖️ Bias And Prejudice 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Radical Respect

Bias and bullying thrive in silence. Exactly what to say and what systems to build.

by Kim Malone Scott 2021 337 pages

3.77

1k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 People Management ⚖️ Bias And Prejudice 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

by Damilare Kuku • 2024

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

4.00

9k+

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇳🇬 Nigerian Women 😏 Relationship Satire

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

by Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9k+ ratings

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy 🇳🇬 Nigerian Women 😏 Relationship Satire

Aftermath

by Rachel Cusk • 2012

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

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4k+

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Aftermath

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

by Rachel Cusk 2012 160 pages

3.67

4k+ ratings

💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

The Half of It

by Madison Beer • 2023

Leaked nudes made her infamous at fifteen. She was a minor; the internet blamed her anyway.

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9k+

🌟 Child Stardom 🎵 Music Industry 💻 Online Hate 🩹 Trauma Recovery 📢 Misogyny In Media

The Half of It

Leaked nudes made her infamous at fifteen. She was a minor; the internet blamed her anyway.

by Madison Beer 2023 176 pages

4.16

9k+ ratings

🌟 Child Stardom 🎵 Music Industry 💻 Online Hate 🩹 Trauma Recovery 📢 Misogyny In Media

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

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2k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Where We Stand

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000 173 pages

4.24

2k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

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💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

A Well-Trained Wife

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024 304 pages

4.28

37k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

Sita

by Devdutt Pattanaik • 2013

Earth-born Sita marries a god-prince, survives abduction and war, then faces the tribunal of rumor.

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8k+

🏹 Feminist Mythology 🛕 Ancient India 🌙 Divine Feminine 📜 Ramayana Retelling 🎨 Illustrated Retelling

Sita

Earth-born Sita marries a god-prince, survives abduction and war, then faces the tribunal of rumor.

by Devdutt Pattanaik 2013 328 pages

4.10

8k+ ratings

🏹 Feminist Mythology 🛕 Ancient India 🌙 Divine Feminine 📜 Ramayana Retelling 🎨 Illustrated Retelling

Glitch Feminism

by Legacy Russell • 2020

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

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2k+

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

Glitch Feminism

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

by Legacy Russell 2020 176 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

Existentialism and Romantic Love

by Skye Cleary • 2015

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

4.08

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

Existentialism and Romantic Love

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

by Skye Cleary 2015 216 pages

4.08

74 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

Machiavelli For Women

by Stacey Vanek Smith • 2021

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

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1k+

🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building

Machiavelli For Women

Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.

by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021 224 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Strategy 💰 Career Negotiation 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Office Politics 💪 Confidence Building

Soil Not Oil

by Vandana Shiva • 2008

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

4.08

500+

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

Soil Not Oil

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

by Vandana Shiva 2008 144 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

100k+

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Maid

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

by Stephanie Land 2019 270 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen

by Mara Branscombe • 2023

Seven archetypes already run your life. The practical rituals that make each one an ally.

3.64

🧭 Feminine Archetypes 🌺 The Divine Feminine 🌑 Shadow Work 🧠 Jungian Psychology 💪 Women's Empowerment

Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen

Seven archetypes already run your life. The practical rituals that make each one an ally.

by Mara Branscombe 2023 256 pages

3.64

92 ratings

🧭 Feminine Archetypes 🌺 The Divine Feminine 🌑 Shadow Work 🧠 Jungian Psychology 💪 Women's Empowerment

Teaching Critical Thinking

by bell hooks • 2009

Build a classroom on love and critical thinking, not control: a teachers guide with no platitudes.

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1k+

📚 Critical Pedagogy 🌍 Decolonizing Education ✊ Feminist Pedagogy ❤️ Care Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Classroom

Teaching Critical Thinking

Build a classroom on love and critical thinking, not control: a teachers guide with no platitudes.

by bell hooks 2009 191 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

📚 Critical Pedagogy 🌍 Decolonizing Education ✊ Feminist Pedagogy ❤️ Care Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Classroom

Blood Over Bright Haven

by M.L. Wang • 2023

Tiran's first female highmage invents a spell that exposes her city's magic as genocide.

4.33

100k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🌍 Magical Colonialism 💥 Reckless Ambition 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Blood Over Bright Haven

Tiran's first female highmage invents a spell that exposes her city's magic as genocide.

by M.L. Wang 2023 428 pages

4.33

100k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🌍 Magical Colonialism 💥 Reckless Ambition 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

A Thousand Ships

by Natalie Haynes • 2019

Done with heroes, the muse of epic poetry sings the Trojan War through its women instead.

4.04

93k+

🏛️ Feminist Myth Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 🏺 Ancient Greece 🪖 Women In War ⛓️ Captive Women

A Thousand Ships

Done with heroes, the muse of epic poetry sings the Trojan War through its women instead.

by Natalie Haynes 2019 368 pages

4.04

93k+ ratings

🏛️ Feminist Myth Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 🏺 Ancient Greece 🪖 Women In War ⛓️ Captive Women

Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou • 1987

Her life counsel on courage, honesty, and grace, addressed to the daughters she never had.

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35k+

📜 Personal Essays 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌱 Gratitude Practice 🌍 Cultural Humility 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Letter to My Daughter

Her life counsel on courage, honesty, and grace, addressed to the daughters she never had.

by Maya Angelou 1987 192 pages

4.09

35k+ ratings

📜 Personal Essays 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌱 Gratitude Practice 🌍 Cultural Humility 🎨 Artistic Integrity

The Cinderella Complex

by Colette Dowling • 1981

Capable women are driven into underachievement and dependence by a hidden terror of standing alone.

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1k+

🟪 Second Wave Feminism 🧠 Feminist Psychology 😰 Fear Of Independence 👧 Gender Socialization 🏆 Fear Of Success

The Cinderella Complex

Capable women are driven into underachievement and dependence by a hidden terror of standing alone.

by Colette Dowling 1981 291 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

🟪 Second Wave Feminism 🧠 Feminist Psychology 😰 Fear Of Independence 👧 Gender Socialization 🏆 Fear Of Success

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

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3k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Persian Girls

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006 304 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Girl, Stop Apologizing

by Rachel Hollis • 2019

Drop the excuses, build the confidence. A guilt-free plan for women ready to chase their goals.

3.77

92k+

🙋‍♀️ Women's Ambition 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Confidence Building 🛡️ Shame Resilience ♀️ Modern Feminism

Girl, Stop Apologizing

Drop the excuses, build the confidence. A guilt-free plan for women ready to chase their goals.

by Rachel Hollis 2019 240 pages

3.77

92k+ ratings

🙋‍♀️ Women's Ambition 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Confidence Building 🛡️ Shame Resilience ♀️ Modern Feminism

Men Who Hate Women

by Laura Bates • 2020

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

4.32

30k+

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Men Who Hate Women

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

by Laura Bates 2020 366 pages

4.32

30k+ ratings

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle • 2020

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

3.97

500k+

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work 🌈 Queer Awakening ✊ Antiracism

Untamed

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

by Glennon Doyle 2020 302 pages

3.97

500k+ ratings

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work 🌈 Queer Awakening ✊ Antiracism

The Visionaries

by Wolfram Eilenberger • 2020

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

3.91

1k+

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

The Visionaries

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

by Wolfram Eilenberger 2020 400 pages

3.91

1k+ ratings

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

Mind The Gap

by Karen Gurney • 2020

The science of desire that closes the gap between your real sex life and the fantasy.

4.20

500+

🚺 Female Sexuality 💔 Mismatched Desire 🧘‍♀️ Mindful Sex 💍 Desire In Couples 💖 Self-Compassion

Mind The Gap

The science of desire that closes the gap between your real sex life and the fantasy.

by Karen Gurney 2020 336 pages

4.20

500+ ratings

🚺 Female Sexuality 💔 Mismatched Desire 🧘‍♀️ Mindful Sex 💍 Desire In Couples 💖 Self-Compassion

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

by Katherine Angel • 2021

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

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6k+

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire 🫂 Sexual Vulnerability 🌓 Sexual Ambivalence

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

by Katherine Angel 2021 144 pages

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire 🫂 Sexual Vulnerability 🌓 Sexual Ambivalence

Bachelor Girl

by Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

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1k+

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

Bachelor Girl

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

by Betsy Israel 2002 324 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

4.47

2k+

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Unbreakable

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013 240 pages

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Committed

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2009

A divorcee-turned-skeptic wrestles marriage's history and her own ghosts toward the altar.

3.45

56k+

🕰️ Marriage History 📖 Relationship Memoirs ✊ Feminist Critique Of Marriage 🌍 Marriage Customs 🤔 Marriage Skepticism

Committed

A divorcee-turned-skeptic wrestles marriage's history and her own ghosts toward the altar.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2009 285 pages

3.45

56k+ ratings

🕰️ Marriage History 📖 Relationship Memoirs ✊ Feminist Critique Of Marriage 🌍 Marriage Customs 🤔 Marriage Skepticism

More Than a Body

by Lexie Kite • 2020

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

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8k+

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

More Than a Body

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

by Lexie Kite 2020 352 pages

4.14

8k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control

by Sarah E. Hill • 2019

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

4.03

12k+

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👩‍⚕️ Gender Bias In Medicine 💋 Female Desire

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

by Sarah E. Hill 2019 310 pages

4.03

12k+ ratings

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👩‍⚕️ Gender Bias In Medicine 💋 Female Desire

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

by Emily Dickinson • 1890

1,789 poems, found in a box: the soul's atlas of love, death, and the infinite.

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🇺🇸 American Poetry 🕰️ 19th Century Verse 🌿 Nature Poetry 💀 Death And Mortality 🔍 Introspective Verse

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

1,789 poems, found in a box: the soul's atlas of love, death, and the infinite.

by Emily Dickinson 1890 716 pages

4.29

100k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Poetry 🕰️ 19th Century Verse 🌿 Nature Poetry 💀 Death And Mortality 🔍 Introspective Verse

Quit Like a Woman

by Holly Whitaker • 2019

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

3.98

31k+

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing 🔄 Habit Change 🎯 Corporate Critique

Quit Like a Woman

Recovery was built for men. Alcohol is the new tobacco. Here's how women get free.

by Holly Whitaker 2019 368 pages

3.98

31k+ ratings

🌱 Sobriety And Recovery ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🌿 Holistic Healing 🔄 Habit Change 🎯 Corporate Critique

Tao Tantric Arts for Women

by Minke de Vos • 2016

The Taoist path to healing and vitality through jade egg, breast massage, and energy cultivation.

4.07

☯️ Taoist Tantra 🌙 Feminine Spirituality 🔥 Sexual Alchemy 🪷 Sacred Sexuality ✨ Divine Feminine

Tao Tantric Arts for Women

The Taoist path to healing and vitality through jade egg, breast massage, and energy cultivation.

by Minke de Vos 2016 384 pages

4.07

60 ratings

☯️ Taoist Tantra 🌙 Feminine Spirituality 🔥 Sexual Alchemy 🪷 Sacred Sexuality ✨ Divine Feminine

The Authority Gap

by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

4.31

3k+

🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Women's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture

The Authority Gap

Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.

by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages

4.31

3k+ ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Gender Bias 🏢 Workplace Inequality 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Women's Authority 🧠 Confidence Culture

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2017

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

4.50

88k+

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism ⚧️ Gender Roles ✋ Bodily Autonomy

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017 80 pages

4.50

88k+ ratings

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism ⚧️ Gender Roles ✋ Bodily Autonomy

Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose • 2020

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

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5k+

🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Cynical Theories

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

by Helen Pluckrose 2020 353 pages

4.10

5k+ ratings

🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Awakening Shakti

by Sally Kempton • 2013

Eleven Tantric goddesses as inner energies: activate them for courage, abundance, and liberation.

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1k+

🕉️ Tantra 🏛️ Goddess Archetypes 🔥 Divine Feminine 🛕 Hindu Goddesses 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Awakening Shakti

Eleven Tantric goddesses as inner energies: activate them for courage, abundance, and liberation.

by Sally Kempton 2013 394 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Tantra 🏛️ Goddess Archetypes 🔥 Divine Feminine 🛕 Hindu Goddesses 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Sex After . . .

by Iris Krasnow • 2014

Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.

3.53

148

🗣️ Female Sexuality 🎙️ Oral History 🍂 Menopause And Sex ⏳ Sexual Aging 🩹 Sexual Healing

Sex After . . .

Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.

by Iris Krasnow 2014 352 pages

3.53

148 ratings

🗣️ Female Sexuality 🎙️ Oral History 🍂 Menopause And Sex ⏳ Sexual Aging 🩹 Sexual Healing

The Manipulative Man

by Dorothy Mccoy • 2006

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

3.89

188

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

The Manipulative Man

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

by Dorothy Mccoy 2006 256 pages

3.89

188 ratings

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Margaret Atwood • 1985

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

4.15

2.4M+

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages

4.15

2.4M+ ratings

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

The Phantom Prince

by Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

4.18

15k+

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Phantom Prince

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981 183 pages

4.18

15k+ ratings

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

Ask For It

by Linda Babcock • 2008

Why women leave thousands unasked, and the negotiation playbook that closes the gap.

1k+

🎯 Negotiation Tactics 👩‍💼 Women In The Workplace 💰 Salary Negotiation 😰 Imposter Syndrome 😊 Likability Penalty

Ask For It

Why women leave thousands unasked, and the negotiation playbook that closes the gap.

by Linda Babcock 2008 324 pages

1k+ ratings

🎯 Negotiation Tactics 👩‍💼 Women In The Workplace 💰 Salary Negotiation 😰 Imposter Syndrome 😊 Likability Penalty

My Body

by Emily Ratajkowski • 2021

Her body made her famous and gave her wealth. It turned her into someone else's product.

3.98

85k+

🎀 Beauty Standards 👁️ Male Gaze 💄 Beauty Industry ✍️ Feminist Essays 🔓 Reclaiming Agency

My Body

Her body made her famous and gave her wealth. It turned her into someone else's product.

by Emily Ratajkowski 2021 239 pages

3.98

85k+ ratings

🎀 Beauty Standards 👁️ Male Gaze 💄 Beauty Industry ✍️ Feminist Essays 🔓 Reclaiming Agency

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker • 1982

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

4.28

700k+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Immersive

The Color Purple

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

by Alice Walker 1982 287 pages

4.28

700k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Say the Right Thing

by Kenji Yoshino • 2023

Four ways we flee identity conversations, and the three shifts that keep us at the table.

4.25

500+

💬 Difficult Conversations 🎭 Identity Conversations 🤝 Allyship 🩹 Apology And Repair 🌱 Growth Mindset

Say the Right Thing

Four ways we flee identity conversations, and the three shifts that keep us at the table.

by Kenji Yoshino 2023 240 pages

4.25

500+ ratings

💬 Difficult Conversations 🎭 Identity Conversations 🤝 Allyship 🩹 Apology And Repair 🌱 Growth Mindset

Sex and Lies

by Leïla Slimani • 2017

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

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5k+

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression 🎙️ Oral History 👮 Body Policing

Sex and Lies

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

by Leïla Slimani 2017

3.96

5k+ ratings

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression 🎙️ Oral History 👮 Body Policing

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

by Angela Y. Davis • 1998

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

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1k+

🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

by Angela Y. Davis 1998 464 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

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4.17

100k+ ratings

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The Queens of Crime

Five mystery novelists secretly solve a nurse's locked-room murder that the police buried.

by Marie Benedict 2025 310 pages

3.80

28k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 📚 Real Authors As Characters 👩‍⚖️ Women Sleuths 🤫 Secret Society 🗝️ Locked Room Puzzle

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