Best Womens Books | Summaries & Audio

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We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

by Manon Garcia • 2018

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

3.90

500+

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

by Manon Garcia 2018 248 pages

3.90

500+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

Last to Eat, Last to Learn

by Pashtana Durrani • 2023

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

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🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

Last to Eat, Last to Learn

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

by Pashtana Durrani 2023 224 pages

4.38

500+ ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

3.79

3k+

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Essential Labor

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

The New Feminine Brain

by Mona Lisa Schulz • 2005

Women's brains are evolving. The same wiring that enables intuition also drives chronic anxiety.

3.91

161

🧠 Women's Mental Health 🔬 Female Neurobiology 💗 Emotional Intelligence 😰 Anxiety Management 🩺 Hormonal Health

The New Feminine Brain

Women's brains are evolving. The same wiring that enables intuition also drives chronic anxiety.

by Mona Lisa Schulz 2005 480 pages

3.91

161 ratings

🧠 Women's Mental Health 🔬 Female Neurobiology 💗 Emotional Intelligence 😰 Anxiety Management 🩺 Hormonal Health

Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition

by Anne Wilson Schaef • 1990

Overwork is an inherited addiction. Daily meditations to interrupt the pattern.

4.10

500+

🔥 Burnout Recovery 🔄 Overwork Recovery 📖 Daily Reflections 🏆 Perfectionism Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting

Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition

Overwork is an inherited addiction. Daily meditations to interrupt the pattern.

by Anne Wilson Schaef 1990 400 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

🔥 Burnout Recovery 🔄 Overwork Recovery 📖 Daily Reflections 🏆 Perfectionism Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting

Going Gray

by Anne Kreamer • 2007

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

3.36

1k+

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

Going Gray

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

by Anne Kreamer 2007 224 pages

3.36

1k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

Disaster Preparedness

by Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

500+

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2010 256 pages

3.53

500+ ratings

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Feminine Psychology (Norton Library

by Karen Horney • 1967

Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.

3.68

423

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧠 Neo-Freudian Thought ♀️ Feminist Psychology 🔄 Neurotic Patterns ⚔️ Inner Conflict

Feminine Psychology (Norton Library

Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.

by Karen Horney 1967 270 pages

3.68

423 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧠 Neo-Freudian Thought ♀️ Feminist Psychology 🔄 Neurotic Patterns ⚔️ Inner Conflict

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007 289 pages

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick • 2001

Fear targets women in predictable ways. The biblical route from anxiety to genuine confidence.

4.32

500+

🕊️ Christian Living 📖 Biblical Counseling 🙏 Christian Women 💪 Faith Over Fear 🌿 Grace-Based Living

Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Fear targets women in predictable ways. The biblical route from anxiety to genuine confidence.

by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick 2001 230 pages

4.32

500+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 📖 Biblical Counseling 🙏 Christian Women 💪 Faith Over Fear 🌿 Grace-Based Living

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Rowing the Atlantic

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009 256 pages

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

The Woman's Comfort Book

by Jennifer Louden • 1992

Self-nurture for depleted women: how to build rituals, set boundaries, and stop giving from nothing.

3.97

1k+

📗 Self-Care Guides 🧠 Inner Critic Work 🕯️ Comfort Rituals 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Woman's Comfort Book

Self-nurture for depleted women: how to build rituals, set boundaries, and stop giving from nothing.

by Jennifer Louden 1992 224 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

📗 Self-Care Guides 🧠 Inner Critic Work 🕯️ Comfort Rituals 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🚧 Boundary Setting

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Touched Out

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023 256 pages

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

The Female Body Bible

by Emma Ross • 2023

Sports science was designed for men. The physiology that rewrites the rules for the female body.

4.17

357

🧬 Women's Physiology 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 📊 Gender Data Gap 🩸 Menstrual Cycle 💪 Pelvic Health

The Female Body Bible

Sports science was designed for men. The physiology that rewrites the rules for the female body.

by Emma Ross 2023 384 pages

4.17

357 ratings

🧬 Women's Physiology 🏃‍♀️ Women In Sports 📊 Gender Data Gap 🩸 Menstrual Cycle 💪 Pelvic Health

Empowering Women

by Louise L. Hay • 1996

Why women stay quiet and how to reclaim your voice, your health, and your money.

3.99

1k+

✊ Women's Empowerment 📖 Feminist Self-Help 🗣️ Affirmations 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💰 Financial Independence

Empowering Women

Why women stay quiet and how to reclaim your voice, your health, and your money.

by Louise L. Hay 1996 150 pages

3.99

1k+ ratings

✊ Women's Empowerment 📖 Feminist Self-Help 🗣️ Affirmations 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 💰 Financial Independence

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

by Rain Pryor • 2006

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

3.86

500+

🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

by Rain Pryor 2006 224 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

Excellent Daughters

by Katherine Zoepf • 2016

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

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1k+

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

Excellent Daughters

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

by Katherine Zoepf 2016 258 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

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500+

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

A History of Islam in 21 Women

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021 304 pages

3.38

500+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

Ambitious Like a Mother

by Lara Bazelon • 2022

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

3.58

164

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering ⚖️ Gender Double Standards 💰 Financial Independence

Ambitious Like a Mother

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

by Lara Bazelon 2022 272 pages

3.58

164 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering ⚖️ Gender Double Standards 💰 Financial Independence

Live Alone and Like It

by Marjorie Hillis • 1936

Living alone isn't a misfortune: the 1936 rules for turning it into an advantage.

3.68

1k+

🏠 Solo Living Lifestyle 🥂 Single Positivity 🛋️ Home As Sanctuary 👯 Friendship Cultivation 🍸 Cocktail Culture

Live Alone and Like It

Living alone isn't a misfortune: the 1936 rules for turning it into an advantage.

by Marjorie Hillis 1936 176 pages

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏠 Solo Living Lifestyle 🥂 Single Positivity 🛋️ Home As Sanctuary 👯 Friendship Cultivation 🍸 Cocktail Culture

Can We All Be Feminists?

by June Eric-Udorie • 2018

Mainstream feminism's blind spots: seventeen women the movement left behind.

4.25

1k+

🌐 Intersectional Feminism 📝 Feminist Anthologies 🍩 Fat Acceptance ♿ Disability Justice ✊🏿 Womanist Thought

Can We All Be Feminists?

Mainstream feminism's blind spots: seventeen women the movement left behind.

by June Eric-Udorie 2018 288 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🌐 Intersectional Feminism 📝 Feminist Anthologies 🍩 Fat Acceptance ♿ Disability Justice ✊🏿 Womanist Thought

How to Think Like a Woman

by Regan Penaluna • 2023

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

3.96

1k+

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

How to Think Like a Woman

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

by Regan Penaluna 2023 320 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

Gravitas

by Lisa Sun • 2023

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

3.94

218

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias

Gravitas

You don't have to be an extrovert to have gravitas. Eight strengths for true authority, your way.

by Lisa Sun 2023 256 pages

3.94

218 ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎙️ Executive Presence 💪 Strengths-Based Growth 🗣️ Inner Critic ⚖️ Systemic Bias

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

by Tess Holliday • 2017

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

3.54

500+

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

by Tess Holliday 2017 260 pages

3.54

500+ ratings

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

Messy Beautiful Friendship

by Christine Hoover • 2017

Friendship is built, not found: vulnerability, hospitality, and words that anchor us to eternity.

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1k+

✝️ Christian Friendship 🫂 Vulnerability 🏠 Christian Hospitality 👂 Listening Skills 💬 Grace-Filled Speech

Messy Beautiful Friendship

Friendship is built, not found: vulnerability, hospitality, and words that anchor us to eternity.

by Christine Hoover 2017 242 pages

4.31

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Friendship 🫂 Vulnerability 🏠 Christian Hospitality 👂 Listening Skills 💬 Grace-Filled Speech

A Woman's Guide to Cannabis

by Nikki Furrer • 2018

Beyond the high: how cannabis eases pain, improves sleep, and fits into a woman's wellness routine.

4.07

1k+

🌿 Medical Cannabis ♀️ Women's Health 🌱 Plant Medicine 🧪 Cannabinoid Science 🍫 Edibles And Infusions

A Woman's Guide to Cannabis

Beyond the high: how cannabis eases pain, improves sleep, and fits into a woman's wellness routine.

by Nikki Furrer 2018 224 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🌿 Medical Cannabis ♀️ Women's Health 🌱 Plant Medicine 🧪 Cannabinoid Science 🍫 Edibles And Infusions

Not Just a Pretty Face

by Stacy Malkan • 2007

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

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500+

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Not Just a Pretty Face

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

by Stacy Malkan 2007 192 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Twenty-Two

by Allison Trowbridge • 2017

Twenty-two letters on purpose, love, failure, and faith for the young woman still figuring it out.

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500+

🕊️ Christian Living 👩 Young Women 🎂 Twentysomething Life ✉️ Epistolary Advice 📞 Vocation And Calling

Twenty-Two

Twenty-two letters on purpose, love, failure, and faith for the young woman still figuring it out.

by Allison Trowbridge 2017 288 pages

3.57

500+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 👩 Young Women 🎂 Twentysomething Life ✉️ Epistolary Advice 📞 Vocation And Calling

Olor a hormiga

by Júlia Peró • 2024

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

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2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Age Gap Relationship

Olor a hormiga

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

by Júlia Peró 2024 240 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Age Gap Relationship

Dear Madam President

by Jennifer Palmieri • 2018

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

3.89

5k+

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

Dear Madam President

Leadership was designed by men. A White House veteran shows women how to rewrite the rules.

by Jennifer Palmieri 2018 193 pages

3.89

5k+ ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics ✊ Feminist Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Authentic Leadership 🛡️ Resilience Building

You On Top

by Kate White • 2007

A no-hesitation guide to owning your power from the bedroom to the boardroom.

3.48

104

♀️ Womens Empowerment 🔥 Sexual Confidence 💼 Career Advice For Women 💪 Confidence Building 💬 Communication With Men

You On Top

A no-hesitation guide to owning your power from the bedroom to the boardroom.

by Kate White 2007 304 pages

3.48

104 ratings

♀️ Womens Empowerment 🔥 Sexual Confidence 💼 Career Advice For Women 💪 Confidence Building 💬 Communication With Men

The Most Important Job In The World

by Gina Rushton • 2022

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

4.08

500+

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Most Important Job In The World

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

by Gina Rushton 2022 300 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

On My Own

by Florence Falk • 2007

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

3.69

466

🗣️ Feminist Self-Help 🏠 Women Living Alone 🎨 Creative Solitude 🌊 Life Transitions 🧠 Feminist Psychology

On My Own

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

by Florence Falk 2007 304 pages

3.69

466 ratings

🗣️ Feminist Self-Help 🏠 Women Living Alone 🎨 Creative Solitude 🌊 Life Transitions 🧠 Feminist Psychology

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

500+

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Bleed

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023 336 pages

4.32

500+ ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Be Happy Without Being Perfect

by Alice D. Domar • 2008

Perfectionism is making women sick. The toolkit for escaping the trap and embracing good enough.

3.56

500+

🎯 Perfectionism Recovery 💭 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

Be Happy Without Being Perfect

Perfectionism is making women sick. The toolkit for escaping the trap and embracing good enough.

by Alice D. Domar 2008 304 pages

3.56

500+ ratings

🎯 Perfectionism Recovery 💭 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

The Story of Art Without Men

by Katy Hessel • 2022

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

4.29

4k+

🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

The Story of Art Without Men

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

by Katy Hessel 2022 352 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

Poesía completa

by Alejandra Pizarnik • 2000

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

4.55

11k+

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism 🤐 Limits Of Language 🕳️ Existential Solitude

Poesía completa

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

by Alejandra Pizarnik 2000 470 pages

4.55

11k+ ratings

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism 🤐 Limits Of Language 🕳️ Existential Solitude

The Gynae Geek

by Anita Mitra • 2019

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

4.45

500+

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

The Gynae Geek

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

by Anita Mitra 2019 305 pages

4.45

500+ ratings

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

Entitled

by Kate Manne • 2020

The entitlement that fuels incel killers also explains why doctors dismiss pain and rapists walk.

4.19

6k+

👑 Male Entitlement 📚 Feminist Philosophy ⚖️ Rape Culture 🩺 Medical Sexism 🧹 Domestic Labor

Entitled

The entitlement that fuels incel killers also explains why doctors dismiss pain and rapists walk.

by Kate Manne 2020 269 pages

4.19

6k+ ratings

👑 Male Entitlement 📚 Feminist Philosophy ⚖️ Rape Culture 🩺 Medical Sexism 🧹 Domestic Labor

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

by Sue Monk Kidd • 1996

She was the model Christian daughter. Then she dreamed of birthing herself.

3.99

11k+

📚 Feminist Theology 🌕 Sacred Feminine 📜 Patriarchal Critique 🌀 Women's Spirituality ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

She was the model Christian daughter. Then she dreamed of birthing herself.

by Sue Monk Kidd 1996 238 pages

3.99

11k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Theology 🌕 Sacred Feminine 📜 Patriarchal Critique 🌀 Women's Spirituality ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

Women's Work

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

4.31

2k+

🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Women's Work

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994 334 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Poesía completa

by Idea Vilariño • 2008

No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.

4.57

2k+

🌎 Latin American Poetry 📜 Spanish-Language Verse 💭 Existential Poetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚺 Feminist Poetry

Poesía completa

No consolations: a complete poetry that strips life to sorrow, solitude, and the certainty of death.

by Idea Vilariño 2008 328 pages

4.57

2k+ ratings

🌎 Latin American Poetry 📜 Spanish-Language Verse 💭 Existential Poetry 🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚺 Feminist Poetry

Work Wife

by Erica Cerulo • 2019

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

3.77

270

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

Work Wife

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

by Erica Cerulo 2019 208 pages

3.77

270 ratings

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

Fed Up

by Gemma Hartley • 2018

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

3.72

3k+

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📣 Modern Feminism

Fed Up

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

by Gemma Hartley 2018 272 pages

3.72

3k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📣 Modern Feminism

A Room of One’s Own

by Virginia Woolf • 2000

No locked door, no income, no art: the structural reason women vanished from literary history.

4.22

200k+

📝 Literary Criticism ✊ Feminist Theory ✍️ Women Writers 🎨 Artistic Autonomy 💰 Creative Livelihood

A Room of One’s Own

No locked door, no income, no art: the structural reason women vanished from literary history.

by Virginia Woolf 2000 112 pages

4.22

200k+ ratings

📝 Literary Criticism ✊ Feminist Theory ✍️ Women Writers 🎨 Artistic Autonomy 💰 Creative Livelihood

Screaming on the Inside

by Jessica Grose • 2022

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

3.47

4k+

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

Screaming on the Inside

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

by Jessica Grose 2022 240 pages

3.47

4k+ ratings

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

All the Single Ladies

by Rebecca Traister • 2016

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

4.00

17k+

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence 🤱 Single Motherhood

All the Single Ladies

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

by Rebecca Traister 2016 339 pages

4.00

17k+ ratings

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence 🤱 Single Motherhood

La monaca

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

500+

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