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Essential Feminist Books - Page 2

A big old list of some of the most popular and impactful feminist books from the first, second, and third wave. These books are intersectional and... sometimes less so, but being a critical reader is an essential part of being a feminist.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Zora Neale Hurston
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
42
Ursula K. Le Guin
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
43
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti)
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
44
Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness
45
Janet Mock
Half the Sky (Nicholas D. Kristof)
Half the Sky
46
Nicholas D. Kristof
Bitch Planet (Kelly Sue Deconnick)
Bitch Planet
47
Kelly Sue Deconnick
Gender Outlaw (Kate Bornstein)
Gender Outlaw
48
Kate Bornstein
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
49
Germaine Greer
The Notorious RBG (Irin Karmon)
The Notorious RBG
50
Irin Karmon
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
51
Jane Austen
Woman World (Aminder Dhaliwal)
Woman World
52
Aminder Dhaliwal
Women & Power (Mary Beard)
Women & Power
53
Mary Beard
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
54
Marjane Satrapi
Not That Kind of Girl (Lena Dunham)
Not That Kind of Girl
55
Lena Dunham
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
56
Alison Bechdel
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
57
Angela Davis
Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
Delusions of Gender
58
Cordelia Fine
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
59
Henrik Ibsen
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
60
We Were Feminists Once (Andi Zeisler)
We Were Feminists Once
61
Andi Zeisler
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
62
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
63
Margaret Atwood
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
64
Virginia Woolf
Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)
Everyday Sexism
65
Laura Bates
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
66
Carmen Maria Machado
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
67
Octavia Butler
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
68
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Not That Bad (Roxane Gay)
Not That Bad
69
Roxane Gay
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
70
Azar Nafisi
Moxie (Jennifer Mathieu)
Moxie
71
Jennifer Mathieu
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
72
Joanna Russ
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
73
Virginia Woolf
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
74
Toni Morrison
Beauty Queens (Libba Bray)
Beauty Queens
75
Libba Bray
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