Best Feminism Books | Summaries & Audio

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I Am Malala

by Malala Yousafzai • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

4.16

600k+

🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

I Am Malala

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

by Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 pages

4.16

600k+ ratings

🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2012

A friend used 'feminist' as a slur. Her short reply reshaped a global conversation.

4.39

300k+

✊ Modern Feminism 🌍 African Feminism 👶 Gender Socialization 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👫 Gender Stereotypes

We Should All Be Feminists

A friend used 'feminist' as a slur. Her short reply reshaped a global conversation.

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 52 pages

4.39

300k+ ratings

✊ Modern Feminism 🌍 African Feminism 👶 Gender Socialization 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👫 Gender Stereotypes

Lean In

by Sheryl Sandberg • 2013

Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.

3.95

200k+

🏢 Women In The Workplace 💼 Corporate Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🪢 Double Bind

Lean In

Women pay a likeability tax on every promotion. The rules for navigating it without losing yourself.

by Sheryl Sandberg 2013 240 pages

3.95

200k+ ratings

🏢 Women In The Workplace 💼 Corporate Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🪢 Double Bind

Come As You Are

by Emily Nagoski • 2015

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

4.28

87k+

🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

Immersive

Come As You Are

The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.

by Emily Nagoski 2015 400 pages

4.28

87k+ ratings

🚺 Female Sexuality 😰 Stress And Desire 💜 Body Acceptance ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex

I Thought It Was Just Me

by Brené Brown • 2007

Why perfectionism can't protect you from shame, and the practice that actually does.

4.19

26k+

🩹 Healing Shame 🧠 Women's Psychology 💗 Self-Compassion 🎯 Perfectionism 🔗 Societal Expectations

I Thought It Was Just Me

Why perfectionism can't protect you from shame, and the practice that actually does.

by Brené Brown 2007 336 pages

4.19

26k+ ratings

🩹 Healing Shame 🧠 Women's Psychology 💗 Self-Compassion 🎯 Perfectionism 🔗 Societal Expectations

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

by Lois P. Frankel • 2004

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

3.66

20k+

📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation 🗣️ Assertive Communication 🤝 Negotiation Skills

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

133 specific coaching fixes for the habits that make smart women seem like junior staff.

by Lois P. Frankel 2004 385 pages

3.66

20k+ ratings

📈 Career Advancement 🏛️ Office Politics 👗 Self-Presentation 🗣️ Assertive Communication 🤝 Negotiation Skills

The Vagina Bible

by Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

9k+

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Vagina Bible

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

by Jennifer Gunter 2019 416 pages

4.34

9k+ ratings

👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

4.43

5k+

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Cancer Journals

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

by Audre Lorde 1980 104 pages

4.43

5k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Verbally Abusive Relationship

by Patricia Evans • 1992

Partner never yells, you still feel crazy. Name the abuse, take back your life.

4.26

4k+

💔 Relationship Abuse 🧠 Psychological Abuse 🕯️ Gaslighting 🚧 Setting Boundaries ⚖️ Power Dynamics

The Verbally Abusive Relationship

Partner never yells, you still feel crazy. Name the abuse, take back your life.

by Patricia Evans 1992 240 pages

4.26

4k+ ratings

💔 Relationship Abuse 🧠 Psychological Abuse 🕯️ Gaslighting 🚧 Setting Boundaries ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Aftermath

by Rachel Cusk • 2012

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

3.67

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

Lady Justice

by Dahlia Lithwick • 2022

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

4.36

3k+

📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

Lady Justice

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages

4.36

3k+ ratings

📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

The Heroine's Journey

by Maureen Murdock • 1990

The hero's journey was never made for women. Here is the map they actually walk.

3.90

2k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌒 Goddess Spirituality 👸 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Mother Wound 🌗 Shadow Work

The Heroine's Journey

The hero's journey was never made for women. Here is the map they actually walk.

by Maureen Murdock 1990 229 pages

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌒 Goddess Spirituality 👸 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Mother Wound 🌗 Shadow Work

A Call to Action

by Jimmy Carter • 2014

A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.

4.05

2k+

🚺 Gender-Based Violence 👰 Child Marriage 🌍 Human Trafficking ⚖️ Women In Politics 🙏 Faith-Based Activism

A Call to Action

A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.

by Jimmy Carter 2014 211 pages

4.05

2k+ ratings

🚺 Gender-Based Violence 👰 Child Marriage 🌍 Human Trafficking ⚖️ Women In Politics 🙏 Faith-Based Activism

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

Wild Power

by Alexandra Pope • 2017

The menstrual cycle isn't a burden. It's a spiritual initiation with its own map.

4.13

1k+

🩸 Menstrual Health 🌙 Women's Spirituality 🔄 Cyclical Living 🖤 Shadow Work 🧘 Body Wisdom

Wild Power

The menstrual cycle isn't a burden. It's a spiritual initiation with its own map.

by Alexandra Pope 2017 269 pages

4.13

1k+ ratings

🩸 Menstrual Health 🌙 Women's Spirituality 🔄 Cyclical Living 🖤 Shadow Work 🧘 Body Wisdom

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

Bachelor Girl

by Betsy Israel • 2002

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

3.72

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

Hard-Core Romance

by Eva Illouz • 2013

A sociologist explains why Fifty Shades conquered the world: BDSM solves what modern romance cannot.

3.51

283

📚 Sociology Of Literature 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚡ Sexual Politics 💕 Modern Courtship 🛠️ Self-Help Culture

Hard-Core Romance

A sociologist explains why Fifty Shades conquered the world: BDSM solves what modern romance cannot.

by Eva Illouz 2013 96 pages

3.51

283 ratings

📚 Sociology Of Literature 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚡ Sexual Politics 💕 Modern Courtship 🛠️ Self-Help Culture

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

This Is Woman's Work

by Dominique Christina • 2015

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

4.34

142

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

This Is Woman's Work

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

by Dominique Christina 2015 208 pages

4.34

142 ratings

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

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