The Greatest American Books of All Time on Intersectionality

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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
1620 Sister Outsider Audre Lorde 1984 American English
3230 This Bridge Called My Back Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa 1981 American English
4202 Ain't I A Woman? bell hooks 1981 American English
4934 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
5576 Women, Race, And Class Angela Davis 1981 American English
6538 Black Feminist Thought Patricia Hill Collins 1990 American English
8289 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
9917 Critical Race Theory Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas 1995 American English
11058 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11252 Black Women Writers At Work Claudia Tate 1983 American English
11341 Yours In Struggle Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Elly Bulkin 1984 American English
11866 The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde 1997 American English
14232 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle Angela Davis 2016 American English
14983 Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall 2020 American English
17119 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
17119 Home Girls Barbara Smith 1983 American English
17119 Beyond Respectability Brittney C. Cooper 2017 American English
17119 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17119 Feminism For The 99% Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser 2019 American English