Books for Femmes with a Room of One's Own

1.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,231 ratings
2.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,733 ratings
3.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating — 38,156 ratings
4.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,565 ratings
5.
How to Build a Girl
How to Build a Girl 3.72 avg rating — 36,592 ratings
6.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,715 ratings
7.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,444 ratings
8.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,434 ratings
9.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
10.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,944 ratings
11.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,397 ratings
12.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,409 ratings
13.
Maus: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,581 ratings
14.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,054 ratings
15.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,959 ratings
16.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out 3.80 avg rating — 5,177 ratings
17.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,953 ratings
17.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
19.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,933 ratings
20.
Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day
Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day 3.92 avg rating — 2,396 ratings
20.
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues 3.87 avg rating — 37,999 ratings
20.
Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender
Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender 3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings
20.
La escritora muerta
La escritora muerta 3.80 avg rating — 64 ratings
20.
Most Ardently
Most Ardently 3.43 avg rating — 413 ratings
25.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,450 ratings
25.
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme 4.06 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
25.
The Breath Between Waves
The Breath Between Waves 3.71 avg rating — 255 ratings
28.
Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 1
Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 1 4.24 avg rating — 622 ratings
28.
The Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Fiction 1969-1989
The Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Fiction 1969-1989 4.15 avg rating — 33 ratings
28.
Of Trust & Heart
Of Trust & Heart 3.59 avg rating — 105 ratings
31.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
31.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,372 ratings
31.
Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues 4.53 avg rating — 34,585 ratings
34.
These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women
These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women 4.32 avg rating — 96 ratings
35.
¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement
¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement 4.25 avg rating — 140 ratings
36.
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 11,126 ratings
37.
What Night Brings
What Night Brings 4.18 avg rating — 773 ratings
38.
Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
by: Ann Shen
4.04 avg rating — 5,242 ratings
39.
In Full Velvet
In Full Velvet 4.23 avg rating — 212 ratings
39.
Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!
Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! 4.41 avg rating — 3,147 ratings
41.
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History 4.38 avg rating — 1,689 ratings
42.
A Room with a View (Dover Thrift Editions) (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
A Room with a View (Dover Thrift Editions) (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels) 3.90 avg rating — 197,366 ratings
43.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,522 ratings
44.
The Girl With All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
The Girl With All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 240,821 ratings
45.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,722 ratings
46.
Transgender History
Transgender History 4.22 avg rating — 5,493 ratings
47.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,558 ratings
48.
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race 4.35 avg rating — 9,412 ratings
49.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,104 ratings
50.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,362 ratings
51.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,993 ratings
52.
With Her Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians
With Her Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings
53.
The Best American Essays of the Century
The Best American Essays of the Century 4.15 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
54.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
55.
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak! 4.16 avg rating — 9,528 ratings
56.
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 4.04 avg rating — 4,438 ratings
57.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
58.
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America 4.32 avg rating — 5,812 ratings
59.
The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings
The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings 3.87 avg rating — 1,790 ratings
60.
Maggie the Mechanic (Locas, #1)
Maggie the Mechanic (Locas, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
61.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,225 ratings
62.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,781 ratings
63.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,839 ratings
64.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,103 ratings
65.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,196 ratings
66.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Z.Z. Packer
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Z.Z. Packer
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,777 ratings
67.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,327 ratings
68.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,931 ratings
69.
Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman 4.14 avg rating — 2,321 ratings
70.
Chicana Falsa : And Other Stories of Death, Identity, & Oxnard
Chicana Falsa : And Other Stories of Death, Identity, & Oxnard 4.16 avg rating — 443 ratings
71.
Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
by: Amy Bloom
3.53 avg rating — 523 ratings
72.
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America 4.18 avg rating — 5,275 ratings
73.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,439 ratings
74.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,233 ratings