There is a lot of information (and misinformation) swirling around about what feminism is and isn’t, where did it come from and what does it call for. What is “First Wave” feminism vs “third wave” feminism, and who are some feminist authors writing academically and in fiction form?
I’ve selected a few titles from this very comprehensive BookRiot list of “100 Must-Read Feminist Books” which I hope helps you explore a little deeper where this important movement comes from, where it is going, and what it means to different women, and authors. This is a subjective list, there are many other titles, fiction and nonfiction, and many other schools of feminism out there. Go forth and explore!
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- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
- We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Wolf
- If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
- Witches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
- The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
- Les Guerrileres by Monique Wittig
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
- The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y Davis
- Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerilla Girls’ Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
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All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
- Oranges Are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- Asking for It by Louise O’Neill
- The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
- The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
- Wild: A Journey From Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed
- All the Rage by Courtney Summers
- Our Bodies, Ourselves by Judy Norsigian
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women’s Liberation Movement, by Robin Morgan
- Sisterhood is Forever: The Women’s Anthology for a New Millenium, by Robin Morgan