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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 118,717 ratings — published 2014
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 78,029 ratings — published 2019
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 82,038 ratings — published 1968
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 172,301 ratings — published 2021
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The White Album The White Album (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 49,499 ratings — published 1979
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 53,883 ratings — published 2005
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Upstream: Selected Essays Upstream: Selected Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 25,170 ratings — published 2016
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Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 718,941 ratings — published 2000
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 47,692 ratings — published 2017
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 86,949 ratings — published 2014
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 40,703 ratings — published 1984
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Thick: And Other Essays Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 18,546 ratings — published 2019
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Wow, No Thank You.: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 47,389 ratings — published 2020
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 20,218 ratings — published 2019
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 43,789 ratings — published 2020
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Intimations Intimations (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 28,677 ratings — published 2020
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 12,431 ratings — published 2018
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I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 87,702 ratings — published 2006
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So Sad Today: Personal Essays So Sad Today: Personal Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 17,434 ratings — published 2016
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 119,597 ratings — published 1963
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 53,971 ratings — published 1997
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Notes of a Native Son Notes of a Native Son (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 24,045 ratings — published 1955
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 18,711 ratings — published 2017
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Feel Free: Essays Feel Free: Essays (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.82 — 8,260 ratings — published 2018
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 257,149 ratings — published 1929
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 63,347 ratings — published 2016
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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 51,730 ratings — published 2014
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These Precious Days: Essays These Precious Days: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 46,216 ratings — published 2021
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The Empathy Exams The Empathy Exams (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 15,731 ratings — published 2014
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays Against Interpretation and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 10,317 ratings — published 1966
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Girlhood Girlhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as essay-collections)
avg rating 4.21 — 13,110 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Delights: Essays The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 20,146 ratings — published 2019
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Calypso Calypso (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.10 — 145,750 ratings — published 2018
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (ebook)
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avg rating 4.43 — 22,675 ratings — published 2018
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Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 5,665 ratings — published 2017
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 327,909 ratings — published 2012
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Naked Naked (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 272,603 ratings — published 1997
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 17,223 ratings — published 2020
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 150,656 ratings — published 2013
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The Mother of All Questions The Mother of All Questions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 8,991 ratings — published 2017
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 20,725 ratings — published 2005
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 41,892 ratings — published 2008
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
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avg rating 3.86 — 512,507 ratings — published 2011
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Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 9,268 ratings — published 2022
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Little Weirds Little Weirds (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 40,269 ratings — published 2019
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (What We Don't Talk About, #1) What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (What We Don't Talk About, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 18,849 ratings — published 2019
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The Witches Are Coming The Witches Are Coming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 26,323 ratings — published 2019
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How to Be Alone How to Be Alone (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 12,546 ratings — published 2002
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 217,083 ratings — published 2008
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My Body My Body (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 83,390 ratings — published 2021
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