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Whether you’re a fan of fiction or nonfiction books, memoirs, poetry, essays, or novels, the feminist books on this list will guide you along the winding path of the feminism — as experienced by women from all walks of life, of all races, ages, and identities — and into the 21st century.
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- 'Dear Ijeawele' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We Should All Be Feminists is arguably Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's most famous writing on feminism, but Dear Ijeawele is just as noteworthy.
- 'The Beauty Myth' by Naomi Wolf. First published in 1990, Wolf's polemic on the connecting tissue between female power and beauty is still as relevant as ever, and remains a seminal text.
- 'Bad Feminist' by Roxane Gay. Bad Feminist is a collection of wry essays that looks at what it means to be a modern feminist while enjoying things that might seem at odds with it, whether that be following fashion or wanting children.
- 'Your Silence Will Not Protect You' by Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde is one of the 20th century's most inspiring and powerful scribes. Your Silence Will Not Protect You is a must-have collection of her essays, prose and poetry, which skewers and dissects the realities of womanhood and, in particular, Black womanhood.
- Intersectional feminist books about race and gender. Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria (2022) Feminism has come a long way since (certain) women won the right to vote in 1918.
- Feminist books about gender and class. Women, Race and Class by Angela Y. Davis (1981) In this groundbreaking book, Angela Y. Davis traces the origins of feminism and explains why racism and class prejudice are so embedded in the movement.
- Feminist books about sex and relationships. Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrielle Blair (2023) For years, the task of not getting pregnant has fallen to women – despite men being 50 times more fertile.
- Books about gender and LGBTQ+ rights. The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye (2022) Shon Faye’s brilliant treatise on trans rights, and its importance to the wider struggle for social justice and progress, is a must-read for any ally.
Feb 8, 2024 · Engrossing, enraging and enlightening feminist reads are here to fuel the fight for gender equality. So whether you're searching for solace, knowledge, inspiration or all of the above, here's our edit of the best feminist books that everyone should be reading right now.
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- Asking For It by Louise O’Neill
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Angela Carter’s Book of Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, Edited by Angela Carter
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish
- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Dialectic of The Flesh by Roz Kaveney
- Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Celebrated YA author O’Neill tells a devastating story of sexual violence and victim blaming, in this novel that was also turned into a highly rated play.
A classic of feminist fiction, The Handmaid’s Taletells the story of Offred, a woman treated as nothing more than breeding stock by an oppressive, fundamentalist society.
This contemporary Gothic novel reimagines the ‘dark sisters’ from Dracula, giving these two new vampires a voice that they never had in Bram Stoker’s original novel.
This collection of stories, edited by a titan of feminist fiction, celebrates women who defy labels like ‘likeable’, ‘pleasant’ or ‘nice’, and instead go for ‘cunning’, ‘clever’ and ‘interesting’.
Dhonielle Clayton’s debut novel, a fantasy story set in a world where appearances can magically be changed, isn’t just a gripping adventure – it’s also a sharp takedown of the dangers of the beauty industry.
This narrative nonfiction book deals with a groundbreaking battle to protect workers’ rights, health and safety. When the young women working for the Radium Dial Corporation in the early 20th century began to show signs of radiation poisoning, they started a legal battle for compensation that led to major changes in employers’ legal responsibilitie...
This very early feminist novel (and proto sci-fi story) was written by the Duchess of Newcastle in 1666, and follows the adventures of a woman who travels to an alien, utopian world.
Another early feminist classic, The Yellow Wallpapertells the story of a woman slowly undergoing a breakdown following extreme confinement as treatment for postnatal depression – and, frighteningly, was based on the author’s own experiences.
Roz Kaveney’s poems are well worth a read, and Dialectic of the Fleshis a beautiful exploration of queer and trans existence through verse.
A quintessential lesbian coming-of-age story, Rubyfruit Jungleis a novelised telling of Rita Mae Brown’s own experiences as a young lesbian leaving home and setting out as a filmmaker. As I mentioned at the start of this post, feminism is such a huge and wide-ranging subject that this list only makes up a fraction of the great feminist books out th...
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Feb 21, 2024 · To mark International Women’s Day 2024, we’ve rounded up books that not only reflect what it means to be a woman today but also help demonstrate how far the feminist movement has come, as...
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Mar 1, 2024 · Whether you're looking to brush up on the early days of the movement or simply be astounded at how far we've come, these are the perfect feminist reads for WHM.
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