The Greatest Books of All Time on Feminism

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
61 The Golden Notebook Doris May Lessing 1962 British English
173 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf 1929 British English
407 The World According to Garp John Irving 1978 American English
628 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
772 The Group Mary McCarthy 1963 American English
887 Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1915 American English
1034 The Bostonians Henry James 1886 American English
1278 So Long a Letter Mariama Bâ 1980 Senegalese French
1620 Sister Outsider Audre Lorde 1984 American English
1687 The Hearing Trumpet Leonora Carrington 1974 British English
1787 Sexual Politics Kate Millett 1970 American English
2060 The Passion Of New Eve Angela Carter 1977 British English
2175 Surfacing Margaret Atwood 1972 Canadian English
2480 Artemisia Anna Banti 1947 Italian Italian
2542 Pilgrimage Dorothy Richardson 1915 British English
2660 The Women's Room Marilyn French 1977 American English
2928 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
2974 The Female Man Joanna Russ 1975 American English
2981 The Life And Loves Of A She Devil Fay Weldon 1983 British English
3065 Three Guineas Virginia Woolf 1938 British English
3157 The Flounder Günter Grass 1977 German German
3162 Fierce Attachments Vivian Gornick 1987 American English
3230 This Bridge Called My Back Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa 1981 American English
3323 Arcanum 17 André Breton 1944 French French
3467 Kudos Rachel Cusk 2018 British English
3565 Sultana's Dream Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain 1905 Bangladeshi Bengali
3852 Of Woman Born Adrienne Rich 1976 American English
3950 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
4203 Ain't I A Woman? bell hooks 1981 American English
4421 Memoirs Of The Author Of A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman William Godwin 1798 British English
5092 Poetic Justice Amanda Cross 1970 American English
5237 Holder of the World Bharati Mukherjee 1993 Indian English
5407 I Love Dick Chris Kraus 1997 American English
5932 King Kong Theory Virginie Despentes 2006 French French
5999 The Dialectic Of Sex Shulamith Firestone 1970 American English
6493 A Voice From The South Anna Julia Cooper 1892 American English
6793 Men Explain Things To Me Rebecca Solnit 2014 American English
6919 S.C.U.M. Manifesto Valerie Solanas 1967 American English
7080 The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt 2014 American English
7950 Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy 1976 American English
7950 My Story Kamala Das 1976 Indian English
8107 Daughter Of Earth Agnes Smedley 1929 American English
8144 Down Girl Kate Manne 2017 American English
8496 Margaret The First Danielle Dutton 2016 American English
8547 Whipping Girl Julia Serano 2007 American English
8757 Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys Viv Albertine 2014 British English
8762 Mrs. Humphry Ward John Sutherland 1990 British English
9155 La Brecha Mercedes Valdivieso 1961 Chilean Spanish
9183 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9288 Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Tom Robbins 1976 American English
9531 Feminists Theorize The Political Judith Butler, Joan Wallach Scott 1992 Multiple English
9585 Edith Wharton R. W. B. Lewis 1975 American English
9966 The Wife Meg Wolitzer 2003 American English
10309 The Odd Woman Gail Godwin 1974 American English
10443 Two Women In One Nawal El Saadawi 1975 Egyptian Arabic
10454 The Cost of Living Deborah Levy 2018 British English
10832 Praxis Fay Weldon 1978 British English
10832 A Weave Of Women E. M. Broner 1978 American English
10974 Pornography Andrea Dworkin 1981 American English
10982 Man Made Language Dale Spender 1980 Australian English
10982 Portrait Of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1980 American English
11036 This Sex Which Is Not One Luce Irigary 1977 French French
11257 Look Me In The Eye Barbara Macdonald, Cynthia Rich 1983 American English
11257 Loving In The War Years Cherríe Moraga 1983 American English
11346 Yours In Struggle Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Elly Bulkin 1984 American English
11566 Trick Mirror Jia Tolentino 2019 American English
11582 Getting Home Alive Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales 1986 American English
11582 Plaintext Nancy Mairs 1986 American English
11663 Red Comet Heather L. Clark 2020 American English
11663 A Short History Of Women Kate Walbert 2009 American English
11663 In Her Own Right Elisabeth Griffith 1984 American English
11901 Nora Brenda Maddox 1988 British English
11901 Writing A Woman's Life Carolyn G. Heilbrun 1988 American English
11941 Louise Bogan Elizabeth Frank 1985 American English
11941 Margaret Fuller Megan Marshall 2013 American English
11941 Sontag Benjamin Moser 2019 American English
12084 Dancing At The Edge Of The World Ursula K. Le Guin 1989 American English
12084 Talking Back bell hooks 1989 American English
12259 Dreams Of An Insomniac Irena Klepfisz 1990 American English
12259 Exile In The Promised Land Marcia Freedman 1990 American English
12313 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12326 Simone De Beauvoir Deirdre Bair 1990 American English
12326 Secrets Of The Flesh Judith Thurman 1999 American English
12515 Grandmothers Of The Light Paula Gunn Allen 1991 American English
12515 The Montreal Massacre Louise Malette, Marie Chalouh 1991 Canadian French
12515 Rebellion Minnie Bruce Pratt 1991 American English
12834 The Straight Mind Monique Wittig 1992 French French
13269 Deals With The Devil And Other Reasons To Riot Pearl Cleage 1993 American English
13269 Working Class Women In The Academy Michelle M. Tokarczyk, Elizabeth A. Fay 1993 American English
14076 The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel 2008 American English
14400 Bye Bye Blondie Virginie Despentes 2004 French French
14731 How To Save Your Own Life Erica Jong 1977 American English
14985 Poor Things Alasdair Gray 1992 Scottish English
14985 Crazy Salad Nora Ephron 1975 American English
14985 Vida Marge Piercy 1979 American English
14985 The Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein 1989 American English
14985 Uncommon Women And Others Wendy Wasserstein 1977 American English
14985 How To Be A Woman Caitlin Moran 2011 British English
14985 Bossypants Tina Fey 2011 American English
15916 Diving Into The Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973 American English
16620 Salka Valka Halldor Laxness 1931 Icelandic Icelandic
17164 Mistress to an Age J. Christopher Herold 1958 American English
17164 The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall 2007 British English
17164 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17164 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English
17164 Black Macho And The Myth Of The Black Superwoman Michele Wallace 1979 American English
17164 The Heart Of A Woman Maya Angelou 1981 American English
17164 All The Women Are White, All The Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara Smith 1982 American English
17164 Home Girls Barbara Smith 1983 American English
17164 When And Where I Enter Paula Giddings 1984 American English
17164 Invisibility Blues Michele Wallace 1990 American English
17164 Things I Should Have Told My Daughter Pearl Cleage 2014 American English
17164 Milk And Honey & The Sun And Her Flowers By Rupi Kaur 2 Books Collection Set Rupi Kaur 2014 Canadian English
17164 A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath 2017 American English
17164 Heroines Kate Zambreno 2012 American English
17164 Revolting Prostitutes Molly Smith, Juno Mac 2018 British English
17164 My Body Emily Ratajkowski 2021 American English
17164 The Cancer Journals Audre Lorde 1980 American English
17164 Braided Lives Marge Piercy 1982 American English
17164 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English