The Greatest Books of All Time on Patriarchy

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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
140 The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir 1949 French French
173 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf 1929 British English
1115 The Cairo Trilogy Naguib Mahfouz 1956 Egyptian Arabic
1234 Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 1975 Egyptian Arabic
1259 The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer 1970 Australian English
1408 Amongst Women John McGahern 1990 Irish English
1651 The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 American English
1655 The Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf 1990 American English
1694 Cassandra Christa Wolf 1983 German German
1787 Sexual Politics Kate Millett 1970 American English
2051 Palace Walk Naguib Mahfouz 1956 Egyptian Arabic
2221 Against Our Will Susan Brownmiller 1975 American English
2266 The Murderess Alexandros Papadiamantis 1903 Greek Greek
2316 Backlash Susan Faludi 1991 American English
2847 Sisterhood Is Powerful Robin Morgan 1970 American English
2930 The Waiting Years Fumiko Enchi 1957 Japanese Japanese
3066 Three Guineas Virginia Woolf 1938 British English
3852 Of Woman Born Adrienne Rich 1976 American English
4203 Ain't I A Woman? bell hooks 1981 American English
5293 Der Kleine Unterschied Und Seine Großen Folgen Alice Schwarzer 1975 German German
5932 King Kong Theory Virginie Despentes 2006 French French
5999 The Dialectic Of Sex Shulamith Firestone 1970 American English
6155 Women As Lovers Elfriede Jelinek 1975 Austrian German
6793 Men Explain Things To Me Rebecca Solnit 2014 American English
6855 Male Daughters, Female Husbands Ifi Amadiume 1987 Nigerian English
6919 S.C.U.M. Manifesto Valerie Solanas 1967 American English
7646 All About Love bell hooks 2000 American English
8107 Constance Ring Amalie Skram 1885 Norwegian Norwegian
8291 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
8752 The Creation Of Patriarchy Gerda Lerner 1986 American English
8841 The Chalice And The Blade Riane Eisler 1987 American English
9154 La Brecha Mercedes Valdivieso 1961 Chilean Spanish
9260 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
9275 The Butcher's Wife And Other Stories Li Ang 1983 Taiwanese Chinese
9859 The Subjection of Women John Stuart Mill 1869 British English
10002 Seeing Like A Feminist Nivedita Menon 2012 Indian English
10240 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10442 Two Women In One Nawal El Saadawi 1975 Egyptian Arabic
10830 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
10982 Man Made Language Dale Spender 1980 Australian English
11063 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11091 Family Ba Jin 1931 Chinese Chinese
11344 The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti 2009 American English
11829 The Mother Of All Questions Rebecca Solnit 2017 American English
12084 Talking Back bell hooks 1989 American English
12834 The Straight Mind Monique Wittig 1992 French French
13600 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
13716 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
14022 Becoming Unbecoming Una 2015 British English
14078 The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls Mona Eltahawy 2019 American English
14232 We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2014 Nigerian English
14985 Women Without Men Shahrnush Parsipur 1989 Iranian Persian
15916 A House And Its Head Ivy Compton-Burnett 1935 British English
17162 That Long Silence Shashi Deshpande 1988 Indian English
17162 Walk To The End Of The World Suzy McKee Charnas 1974 American English
17162 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17162 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17162 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17162 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17162 Qur'an And Woman Amina Wadud 1992 American English
17162 Syrian Brides Anna Halabi 2018 Unknown English