Best Feminism Books | Summaries & Audio

Feminism Book Summaries

Things We Lost in the Fire

by Mariana Enriquez • 2016

Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.

4.03

64k+

📖 Literary Horror 🏚️ Latin American Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 🔥 Women's Rage 👧 Girlhood And Danger

Things We Lost in the Fire

Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.

by Mariana Enriquez 2016 192 pages

4.03

64k+ ratings

📖 Literary Horror 🏚️ Latin American Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 🔥 Women's Rage 👧 Girlhood And Danger

Hagitude

by Sharon Blackie • 2022

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

3.72

2k+

🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

Hagitude

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

by Sharon Blackie 2022 319 pages

3.72

2k+ ratings

🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

The Book of Longings

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2020

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

4.23

100k+

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer 💍 Marriage To A Prophet 🤝 Found Family In Exile

The Book of Longings

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2020 416 pages

4.23

100k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer 💍 Marriage To A Prophet 🤝 Found Family In Exile

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born

by Nancy Fraser • 2019

Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.

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1k+

🏛️ Gramscian Analysis 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Politics 🎭 Identity Politics ✊ Socialist Feminism

The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born

Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.

by Nancy Fraser 2019 63 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Gramscian Analysis 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Politics 🎭 Identity Politics ✊ Socialist Feminism

Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2009

A copywriter, a Catholic doctor, a dog whisperer: how obsessive outsiders see what others overlook.

3.96

500+

📺 Advertising History 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🐕 Canine Cognition 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine

Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius

A copywriter, a Catholic doctor, a dog whisperer: how obsessive outsiders see what others overlook.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 130 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

📺 Advertising History 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🐕 Canine Cognition 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

by Mariah Carey • 2020

To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.

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25k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 👑 Pop Stardom 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎨 Creative Control

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.

by Mariah Carey 2020 349 pages

4.09

25k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 👑 Pop Stardom 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎨 Creative Control

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing • 1999

A London writer splits her life among four notebooks. The woman between them is coming apart.

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25k+

🧩 Fragmented Narrative 👯 Female Friendship 🏴 Political Disillusion ⚡ Sexual Politics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis

The Golden Notebook

A London writer splits her life among four notebooks. The woman between them is coming apart.

by Doris Lessing 1999 640 pages

3.77

25k+ ratings

🧩 Fragmented Narrative 👯 Female Friendship 🏴 Political Disillusion ⚡ Sexual Politics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

3.76

1k+

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

Untitled

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016 144 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

Iron Widow

by Xiran Jay Zhao • 2021

A girl volunteers as a sacrificial mecha copilot to kill the pilot who murdered her sister.

4.02

100k+

🤖 Mecha Sci-Fi 🏮 Chinese Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Feminist Revenge

Iron Widow

A girl volunteers as a sacrificial mecha copilot to kill the pilot who murdered her sister.

by Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 394 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🤖 Mecha Sci-Fi 🏮 Chinese Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💖 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Feminist Revenge

The Sensuous Woman

by "J" • 1969

Your pleasure first. Then his. The 1969 sexual confidence manual that named what no one else would.

3.38

286

🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 📚 Vintage Sex Manuals 💪 Sexual Confidence 🔥 Erotic Technique 💋 Seduction Guides

The Sensuous Woman

Your pleasure first. Then his. The 1969 sexual confidence manual that named what no one else would.

by "J" 1969 192 pages

3.38

286 ratings

🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 📚 Vintage Sex Manuals 💪 Sexual Confidence 🔥 Erotic Technique 💋 Seduction Guides

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo • 2019

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

3.71

100k+

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Three Women

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

by Lisa Taddeo 2019 306 pages

3.71

100k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Revolution from Within

by Gloria Steinem • 1991

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

4.12

3k+

🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Revolution from Within

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

by Gloria Steinem 1991 467 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo • 2019

Female desire without the performance: eight years inside three ordinary women's most private lives.

3.71

100k+

🔥 Female Desire 📋 Immersive Journalism 💔 Sexual Trauma ⚠️ Grooming And Abuse 🔄 Consensual Non-Monogamy

Three Women

Female desire without the performance: eight years inside three ordinary women's most private lives.

by Lisa Taddeo 2019 12 pages

3.71

100k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 📋 Immersive Journalism 💔 Sexual Trauma ⚠️ Grooming And Abuse 🔄 Consensual Non-Monogamy

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

by Reni Eddo-Lodge • 2017

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

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100k+

🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

by Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017 249 pages

4.37

100k+ ratings

🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

The Woman Destroyed

by Simone de Beauvoir • 1967

A husband's affair, a son's betrayal, a lifetime of grievance: three women unravel in midlife Paris.

4.01

46k+

🕊️ Feminist Classic 💔 Marriage Breakdown ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🔥 Jealousy Spiral 🌑 Existential Despair

The Woman Destroyed

A husband's affair, a son's betrayal, a lifetime of grievance: three women unravel in midlife Paris.

by Simone de Beauvoir 1967 254 pages

4.01

46k+ ratings

🕊️ Feminist Classic 💔 Marriage Breakdown ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🔥 Jealousy Spiral 🌑 Existential Despair

Men and Marriage

by George Gilder • 1986

Men are the weaker sex: only marriage channels their energy into something civilization can use.

4.22

500+

🧬 Biological Determinism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Sexual Economics ❌ Antifeminism 💍 Monogamy

Men and Marriage

Men are the weaker sex: only marriage channels their energy into something civilization can use.

by George Gilder 1986

4.22

500+ ratings

🧬 Biological Determinism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Sexual Economics ❌ Antifeminism 💍 Monogamy

Testosterone Rex

by Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

3.79

3k+

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Testosterone Rex

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

The Vital Spark

by Lisa Marchiano • 2024

Some parts of you were never meant to be tamed. A Jungian guide to reclaiming them.

4.40

393

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Women's Anger 🌸 Female Sexuality

The Vital Spark

Some parts of you were never meant to be tamed. A Jungian guide to reclaiming them.

by Lisa Marchiano 2024 272 pages

4.40

393 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Women's Anger 🌸 Female Sexuality

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman • 1892

A husband orders rest. The nursery's yellow wallpaper hides a crawling woman.

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300k+

🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Domestic Gothic 🖤 Psychological Horror 🔒 Forced Isolation 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

A husband orders rest. The nursery's yellow wallpaper hides a crawling woman.

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 129 pages

4.07

300k+ ratings

🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Domestic Gothic 🖤 Psychological Horror 🔒 Forced Isolation 🕯️ Gaslighting

Eating in the Light of the Moon

by Anita Johnston • 1999

Disordered eating is a buried feminine spirit. Myths and stories heal what dieting cannot.

4.15

3k+

🍽️ Eating Disorders 👩 Feminine Psychology 😢 Emotional Eating 🧘 Intuitive Eating 📖 Storytelling As Healing

Eating in the Light of the Moon

Disordered eating is a buried feminine spirit. Myths and stories heal what dieting cannot.

by Anita Johnston 1999 230 pages

4.15

3k+ ratings

🍽️ Eating Disorders 👩 Feminine Psychology 😢 Emotional Eating 🧘 Intuitive Eating 📖 Storytelling As Healing

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis • 2015

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

4.44

36k+

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

by Angela Y. Davis 2015 158 pages

4.44

36k+ ratings

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

by Michele Filgate • 2019

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

3.74

19k+

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.

by Michele Filgate 2019 286 pages

3.74

19k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🗝️ Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 📓 Confessional Writing

Anti-Diet

by Christy Harrison • 2019

98 percent of diets fail. The epidemic was fabricated, and weight stigma is the real damage.

4.26

8k+

🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🚫 Diet Culture Critique 🫶 Body Acceptance 🏥 Health At Every Size

Anti-Diet

98 percent of diets fail. The epidemic was fabricated, and weight stigma is the real damage.

by Christy Harrison 2019 337 pages

4.26

8k+ ratings

🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🚫 Diet Culture Critique 🫶 Body Acceptance 🏥 Health At Every Size

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

19k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

We Have Always Been Here

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019 220 pages

4.16

19k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

Methodology of the Oppressed

by Chela Sandoval • 2000

The West just discovered fragmentation. The oppressed call it home, and they have a manual.

4.15

408

🌍 Postcolonial Theory ✊🏽 Third World Feminism 🧠 Decolonizing Thought 🔍 Ideology Critique 📖 Semiotics And Power

Methodology of the Oppressed

The West just discovered fragmentation. The oppressed call it home, and they have a manual.

by Chela Sandoval 2000 232 pages

4.15

408 ratings

🌍 Postcolonial Theory ✊🏽 Third World Feminism 🧠 Decolonizing Thought 🔍 Ideology Critique 📖 Semiotics And Power

The Moment of Lift

by Melinda French Gates • 2019

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

4.27

64k+

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

The Moment of Lift

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

by Melinda French Gates 2019 273 pages

4.27

64k+ ratings

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

SCUM Manifesto

by Valerie Solanas • 1967

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

3.79

12k+

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

SCUM Manifesto

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

by Valerie Solanas 1967 96 pages

3.79

12k+ ratings

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

L'Art de la joie

by Goliarda Sapienza • 1998

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

4.11

10k+

✊ Feminist Epic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 💰 Rags To Riches 🔥 Defiant Woman

L'Art de la joie

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

by Goliarda Sapienza 1998 640 pages

4.11

10k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Epic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 💰 Rags To Riches 🔥 Defiant Woman

Heart Talk

by Cleo Wade • 2018

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

4.24

10k+

📖 Inspirational Poetry 💛 Self-Compassion 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability 🌱 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Heart Talk

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

by Cleo Wade 2018 224 pages

4.24

10k+ ratings

📖 Inspirational Poetry 💛 Self-Compassion 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability 🌱 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

4.34

100k+

🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

Invisible Women

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages

4.34

100k+ ratings

🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

Work Won't Love You Back

by Sarah Jaffe • 2021

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

3.94

5k+

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

Work Won't Love You Back

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

by Sarah Jaffe 2021 432 pages

3.94

5k+ ratings

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou • 2009

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

4.23

25k+

🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa

The Heart of a Woman

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages

4.23

25k+ ratings

🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa

The True Life

by Alain Badiou • 2016

A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.

3.61

500+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚧️ Gender Studies 🎭 Rites Of Passage 🔍 Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🚩 Post-Marxism

The True Life

A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.

by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages

3.61

500+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚧️ Gender Studies 🎭 Rites Of Passage 🔍 Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🚩 Post-Marxism

Undoing Border Imperialism

by Harsha Walia • 2013

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

4.51

500+

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Prison-Industrial Complex 👷 Migrant Labor

Undoing Border Imperialism

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

by Harsha Walia 2013 340 pages

4.51

500+ ratings

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Prison-Industrial Complex 👷 Migrant Labor

Dare I Say It

by Naomi Watts • 2025

Menopause blindsided Naomi Watts at 36. She cuts through the silence, shame, and bad science.

3.85

9k+

🩺 Menopause Health 🏥 Women's Health 🌸 Reproductive Health 🔥 Sexual Wellness 💜 Body Acceptance

Dare I Say It

Menopause blindsided Naomi Watts at 36. She cuts through the silence, shame, and bad science.

by Naomi Watts 2025 256 pages

3.85

9k+ ratings

🩺 Menopause Health 🏥 Women's Health 🌸 Reproductive Health 🔥 Sexual Wellness 💜 Body Acceptance

13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do

by Amy Morin • 2018

Self-pity, people pleasing, dwelling on the past: why these habits backfire and what to do instead.

3.92

3k+

💪 Women's Empowerment 🧠 Mental Toughness 🛡️ Resilience Building 🙅‍♀️ People Pleasing 🚧 Boundary Setting

13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do

Self-pity, people pleasing, dwelling on the past: why these habits backfire and what to do instead.

by Amy Morin 2018 352 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

💪 Women's Empowerment 🧠 Mental Toughness 🛡️ Resilience Building 🙅‍♀️ People Pleasing 🚧 Boundary Setting

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

19k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Hijab Butch Blues

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023 284 pages

4.46

19k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Exit Interview

by Kristi Coulter • 2023

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

4.14

6k+

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👩‍💻 Women In Tech

Exit Interview

Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.

by Kristi Coulter 2023 384 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

💻 Tech Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Gender Bias At Work 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👩‍💻 Women In Tech

Testosterone

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

4.06

320

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science 🧬 Biology And Society ⚖️ Scientific Bias

Testosterone

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019 288 pages

4.06

320 ratings

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science 🧬 Biology And Society ⚖️ Scientific Bias

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2014

Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.

4.26

300k+

🏛️ Antebellum South ✊ Abolitionist Movement 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🧵 Mother-Daughter Legacy

The Invention of Wings

Given an enslaved child, a Charleston girl becomes an abolitionist as that child plots her escape.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2014 384 pages

4.26

300k+ ratings

🏛️ Antebellum South ✊ Abolitionist Movement 🌸 Feminist Awakening 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🧵 Mother-Daughter Legacy

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

3.9

1k+

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

Discover Your True North

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015 321 pages

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf • 1927

A cancelled lighthouse trip echoes through a decade of war, grief, and an unfinished painting.

3.81

200k+

📖 Modernist Literature 🎨 Artist's Journey 🧠 Interior Monologue 💐 A Mother's Legacy ⚡ Father-Son Conflict

To the Lighthouse

A cancelled lighthouse trip echoes through a decade of war, grief, and an unfinished painting.

by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages

3.81

200k+ ratings

📖 Modernist Literature 🎨 Artist's Journey 🧠 Interior Monologue 💐 A Mother's Legacy ⚡ Father-Son Conflict

The Last Goddess

by Kateřina Tučková • 2022

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

4.02

8k+

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

The Last Goddess

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

by Kateřina Tučková 2022 421 pages

4.02

8k+ ratings

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

Drop the Ball

by Tiffany Dufu • 2017

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

3.83

4k+

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection 🤝 Delegation And Outsourcing 💑 Spousal Partnership

Drop the Ball

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

by Tiffany Dufu 2017

3.83

4k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection 🤝 Delegation And Outsourcing 💑 Spousal Partnership

Dharma Matters

by Jan Willis • 2020

A Black woman scholar-practitioner forces Western Buddhism to reckon with race and gender.

4.00

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧭 Western Buddhism 🤲 Engaged Buddhism 🙋‍♀️ Buddhist Feminism 🕊️ Race And Religion

Dharma Matters

A Black woman scholar-practitioner forces Western Buddhism to reckon with race and gender.

by Jan Willis 2020 384 pages

4.00

7 ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧭 Western Buddhism 🤲 Engaged Buddhism 🙋‍♀️ Buddhist Feminism 🕊️ Race And Religion

Tracks

by Robyn Davidson • 1980

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

3.93

17k+

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Tracks

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

by Robyn Davidson 1980 288 pages

3.93

17k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

The Emotionally Exhausted Woman

by Nancy Colier • 2022

Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.

3.38

1k+

🎭 People Pleasing 💼 Emotional Labor 💗 Self-Compassion 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔥 Burnout Recovery

The Emotionally Exhausted Woman

Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.

by Nancy Colier 2022 170 pages

3.38

1k+ ratings

🎭 People Pleasing 💼 Emotional Labor 💗 Self-Compassion 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔥 Burnout Recovery

White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad • 2020

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

4.55

12k+

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

White Tears/Brown Scars

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

by Ruby Hamad 2020 284 pages

4.55

12k+ ratings

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

Looking for Jane

by Heather Marshall • 2022

A lost letter unearths a secret adoption, connecting three women across five decades of silence.

4.36

71k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Secret Adoption 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Underground Network

Looking for Jane

A lost letter unearths a secret adoption, connecting three women across five decades of silence.

by Heather Marshall 2022 400 pages

4.36

71k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Secret Adoption 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Underground Network

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit • 2014

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

3.83

88k+

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

Men Explain Things to Me

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

by Rebecca Solnit 2014 130 pages

3.83

88k+ ratings

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

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