Women's biographies 2017
101. 
Encounters with Harriet Martineau: A Victorian Living Ahead of Her Time
by:
Stuart Hobday
4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings 
105. 
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
by:
Emily Midorikawa
3.66 avg rating — 1,146 ratings 106. 
Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says 'Don't Walk': A Memoir of Breaking Barriers
by:
Lesley Visser
3.38 avg rating — 40 ratings 
108. 
Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
by:
Jenna Bush Hager
4.06 avg rating — 27,800 ratings 
111. 
Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher
by:
Edward J. Watts
3.88 avg rating — 181 ratings 112. 
Motherhood Reimagined: When Becoming a Mother Doesn't Go As Planned: A Memoir
by:
Sarah Kowalski
3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings 
116. 
The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Ernestine Rose, International Feminist Pioneer 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
118. 
Always a Bridesmaid (for Hire): Stories on Growing Up, Looking for Love, and Walking Down the Aisle for Complete Strangers
by:
Jen Glantz
3.31 avg rating — 388 ratings 119. 
Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women 3.76 avg rating — 450 ratings
120. 
May Cause Love: An Unexpected Journey of Enlightenment After Abortion
by:
Kassi Underwood
4.02 avg rating — 192 ratings 
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128. 
More than Gold in California: The Life and Work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter
by:
Gesa Kirsch
3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 128. 
Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition
by:
Therese Grisham
3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings 
131. 
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by:
Heather Harpham
4.14 avg rating — 15,077 ratings 131. 
Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
by:
Camille T. Dungy
4.21 avg rating — 495 ratings 133. 
Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder
by:
Leah Carroll
4.03 avg rating — 1,125 ratings 134. 
Apprenticed to Venus: My Secret Life with Anaïs Nin
by:
Tristine Rainer
3.90 avg rating — 181 ratings 
141. 
The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
by:
Tom Sancton
3.51 avg rating — 2,881 ratings 142. 
142. 
The Extra Woman: How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
by:
Joanna Scutts
3.83 avg rating — 403 ratings 
146. 
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl: Loving the Skin You're In
by:
Tess Holliday
3.56 avg rating — 865 ratings 148. 
Red Diaper Daughter: Three Generations of Rebels and Revolutionaries
by:
Laura Bock
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings 
150. 
Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir (Or, How I Kicked Anorexia’s Ass and Embraced Body Positivity)
by:
Lacy J. Davis
4.20 avg rating — 738 ratings 
152. 
Leading Lady; Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker
by:
Stephen Galloway
3.80 avg rating — 252 ratings 
155. 
Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God 4.34 avg rating — 167 ratings
159. 
162. 
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray
by:
Adam Federman
3.72 avg rating — 180 ratings 163. 
Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back
by:
Marianne Leone
3.81 avg rating — 151 ratings 
165. 
167. 
In the Shadow of the White House: A Memoir of the Washington and Watergate Years, 1968-1978
by:
Jo Haldeman
4.21 avg rating — 203 ratings 
170. 
A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning
by:
Cathy Curtis
4.16 avg rating — 49 ratings 171. 
Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy
by:
Molly McClain
4.18 avg rating — 85 ratings 
176. 
Up All Night: From Hollywood Bombshell to Lingerie Mogul, Life Lessons from an Accidental Feminist
by:
Rhonda Shear
3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings 177. 
Someone to Watch Over Me: A Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Tortured Father Who Shaped Her Life
by:
Eric Burns
3.38 avg rating — 65 ratings 178. 
The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder
by:
Carolyn Murnick
2.81 avg rating — 1,500 ratings 179. 
180. 
Dorothy Day; The World Will Be Saved By Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of Dorothy Day
by:
Kate Hennessy
3.94 avg rating — 1,000 ratings 
183. 
The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun
by:
Vicki Mackenzie
4.31 avg rating — 137 ratings 184. 
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