Feminist Books

Books that take the lives, anger, and ambitions of women as serious subject matter.

40 books
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes book cover
Historical Fiction

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes, 2019
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint book cover
Non-Fiction

Ariadne

Jennifer Saint, 2021
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede book cover
Comedy

Dealing with Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede, 1990
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich book cover
Dystopian

Future Home of the Living God

Louise Erdrich, 2017
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen book cover

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen, 1993
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo book cover
Non-Fiction

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo, 2019
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead book cover
Historical Fiction

Great Circle

Maggie Shipstead, 2021
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado book cover
Fantasy

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado, 2017
Home Before Morning book cover
Memoir

Home Before Morning

Honey by Isabel Banta book cover
Romance

Honey

Isabel Banta, 2024
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai book cover
Non-Fiction

I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai, 2012
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings book cover
Non-Fiction

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao book cover
Science Fiction

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao, 2019
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-ju book cover
Memoir

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-ju, 2019
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin book cover
Fantasy

Lavinia

Ursula K. Le Guin, 2008
Lilac Girls book cover
Non-Fiction

Lilac Girls

Love and Ruin by Paula McLain book cover
Non-Fiction

Love and Ruin

Paula McLain, 2018
Luster by Raven Leilani book cover

Luster

Raven Leilani, 2020
MaddAddam book cover

MaddAddam

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe book cover
Literary Fiction

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe, 2024
Matrix by Lauren Groff book cover

Matrix

Lauren Groff, 2021
Milkman by Anna Burns book cover
Literary Fiction

Milkman

Anna Burns, 2018
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf book cover
Contemporary Fiction

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf, 1990
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga book cover

Nervous Conditions

Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1988
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder book cover
Literary Fiction

Nightbitch

Rachel Yoder, 2021
Passing by Nella Larsen book cover
Literary Fiction

Passing

Nella Larsen, 1929
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë book cover
Non-Fiction

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë, 1847
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood book cover
Dystopian

The Testaments

Margaret Atwood, 2019
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh book cover
Dystopian

The Water Cure

Sophie Mackintosh, 2018
The Witch's Heart book cover
Literary Fiction

The Witch's Heart

The Women by Kristin Hannah book cover
Historical Fiction

The Women

Kristin Hannah, 2024
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray book cover
Literary Fiction

The Women of Chateau Lafayette

Stephanie Dray, 2021
The World According to Garp by John Irving book cover
Comedy

The World According to Garp

John Irving, 2009
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston book cover
Literary Fiction

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston, 2004
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman book cover

Trauma and Recovery

Judith Herman, 2015
Untamed by Glennon Doyle book cover
Memoir

Untamed

Glennon Doyle, 2020
Vox book cover

Vox

Weyward by Emilia Hart book cover
Historical Fiction

Weyward

Emilia Hart, 2023
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor book cover
Dystopian

Who Fears Death

Nnedi Okorafor, 2010
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys book cover
Historical Fiction

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys, 1966
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