Best Feminist Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,224 ratings
2.
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence 3.89 avg rating — 10,595 ratings
3.
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues 3.87 avg rating — 37,999 ratings
4.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,381 ratings
5.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
5.
Cars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet (Julia Karr, #1)
Cars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet (Julia Karr, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings
7.
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape 4.20 avg rating — 5,237 ratings
8.
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference 4.08 avg rating — 11,310 ratings
8.
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women 3.38 avg rating — 5,113 ratings
8.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,017 ratings
8.
Resurrecting Cybele
Resurrecting Cybele 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
8.
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China 3.98 avg rating — 631 ratings
8.
Master of the Universe: Memoirs - Book One
Master of the Universe: Memoirs - Book One 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
8.
First Tie Your Camel, Then Trust in God
First Tie Your Camel, Then Trust in God 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
8.
What Happened to Tom
What Happened to Tom 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
8.
The Fabulous Feminist
The Fabulous Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 62 ratings
8.
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution 4.15 avg rating — 840 ratings
8.
Womentality: Thirteen Empowering Stories by Everyday Women Who Said Goodbye to the Workplace and Hello to Their Lives
Womentality: Thirteen Empowering Stories by Everyday Women Who Said Goodbye to the Workplace and Hello to Their Lives 3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings
19.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
19.
Satellites Out of Orbit
Satellites Out of Orbit 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
19.
Missing Half The Story: Journalism As If Gender Matters
Missing Half The Story: Journalism As If Gender Matters 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
22.
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women 4.08 avg rating — 8,546 ratings
22.
The Silence And The Storm;Narratives Of Violence Against Women In India
The Silence And The Storm;Narratives Of Violence Against Women In India 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
24.
The Boundaries of Her Body: A Shocking History of Women's Rights in America
The Boundaries of Her Body: A Shocking History of Women's Rights in America 4.13 avg rating — 205 ratings
24.
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 4.36 avg rating — 398 ratings
24.
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture 3.67 avg rating — 16,139 ratings
24.
Why Loiter?: Women And Risk On Mumbai Streets
Why Loiter?: Women And Risk On Mumbai Streets 4.32 avg rating — 465 ratings
28.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,471 ratings
28.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
28.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,605 ratings
31.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,693 ratings
31.
Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family
Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
33.
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 28,535 ratings
33.
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
35.
When She Woke
When She Woke 3.68 avg rating — 29,818 ratings
36.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center 4.45 avg rating — 8,771 ratings
37.
Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity 4.24 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
38.
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future 3.73 avg rating — 3,112 ratings