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
3231 This Bridge Called My Back Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa 1981 American English
4203 Ain't I A Woman? bell hooks 1981 American English
4936 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
5578 Women, Race, And Class Angela Davis 1981 American English
6540 Black Feminist Thought Patricia Hill Collins 1990 American English
8291 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
9921 Critical Race Theory Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas 1995 American English
11063 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11257 Black Women Writers At Work Claudia Tate 1983 American English
11346 Yours In Struggle Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Elly Bulkin 1984 American English
11868 The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde 1997 American English
14232 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle Angela Davis 2016 American English
14985 Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall 2020 American English
17163 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
17163 Home Girls Barbara Smith 1983 American English
17163 Beyond Respectability Brittney C. Cooper 2017 American English
17163 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17163 Feminism For The 99% Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser 2019 American English