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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1324 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,587,089 ratings — published 1985
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1034 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.39 — 344,036 ratings — published 2012
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 755 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.22 — 286,442 ratings — published 1929
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 727 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.91 — 121,528 ratings — published 2014
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 682 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,334,866 ratings — published 1963
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 647 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.33 — 185,529 ratings — published 2019
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The Second Sex The Second Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 559 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.19 — 49,765 ratings — published 1949
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 547 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.06 — 393,479 ratings — published 1892
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 530 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.82 — 91,045 ratings — published 2014
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 495 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,924,054 ratings — published 2022
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 465 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.28 — 777,250 ratings — published 1982
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 444 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.35 — 66,644 ratings — published 2020
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The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique (Paperback)
by (shelved 437 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.88 — 32,282 ratings — published 1963
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 421 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,506,738 ratings — published 2018
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 417 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.75 — 261,099 ratings — published 2016
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 397 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.50 — 90,718 ratings — published 2017
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 365 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.53 — 43,003 ratings — published 1984
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 363 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.03 — 749,973 ratings — published 1995
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 361 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.25 — 275,212 ratings — published 2019
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 360 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.59 — 37,226 ratings — published 1981
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 350 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.91 — 32,144 ratings — published 1990
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The Awakening The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 344 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.69 — 235,150 ratings — published 1899
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82년생 김지영 82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 334 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 203,574 ratings — published 2016
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Women Who Run With the Wolves Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 329 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.10 — 104,421 ratings — published 1992
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 30,290 ratings — published 2000
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 313 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.20 — 470,736 ratings — published 2019
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 313 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 64,838 ratings — published 2016
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 295 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.17 — 124,336 ratings — published 2017
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 293 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.92 — 28,046 ratings — published 1792
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How to Be a Woman How to Be a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.71 — 111,040 ratings — published 2011
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.51 — 20,493 ratings — published 1981
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Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About Men Who Hate Women: The Extremism Nobody is Talking About (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 273 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,687 ratings — published 2020
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Her Body and Other Parties Her Body and Other Parties (Paperback)
by (shelved 269 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.79 — 111,092 ratings — published 2017
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Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 253 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.04 — 20,707 ratings — published 1989
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Know My Name: A Memoir Know My Name: A Memoir (ebook)
by (shelved 253 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.67 — 279,310 ratings — published 2019
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 248 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.99 — 157,050 ratings — published 1999
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 246 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 642,544 ratings — published 2012
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 241 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.30 — 601,620 ratings — published 1969
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.87 — 39,214 ratings — published 1996
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,433,472 ratings — published 1847
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Women & Power: A Manifesto Women & Power: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 228 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.02 — 40,916 ratings — published 2017
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (ebook)
by (shelved 223 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.43 — 23,420 ratings — published 2018
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Milk and honey Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as feminist)
avg rating 3.95 — 845,865 ratings — published 2014
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 194 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,558,775 ratings — published 1868
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.00 — 403,433 ratings — published 1937
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,049,324 ratings — published 1813
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 188 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.31 — 429,031 ratings — published 2013
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Becoming Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,255,117 ratings — published 2018
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My Life on the Road My Life on the Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.07 — 37,714 ratings — published 2015
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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as feminist)
avg rating 4.45 — 9,503 ratings — published 1984
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Duchess War by Courtney MilanJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseThe V Girl by Mya Robarts
Feminist Romance
265 books — 214 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books by Female Authors
1,382 books — 495 voters

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“I love how you still think if you tell me to do something, I'll just check my brain at the door and do it.”
― C.J. Redwine, Defiance

Dorothy L. Sayers
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

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