Women in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
1. 
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings 
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
by:
Susan Rice
4.06 avg rating — 1,954 ratings 4. 
With All Due Respect: Defending America With Grit and Grace
by:
Nikki R. Haley
4.24 avg rating — 4,264 ratings 
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A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert
by:
Gertrude Bell
3.79 avg rating — 508 ratings 
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
by:
Georgina Howell
3.97 avg rating — 3,475 ratings 10. 
If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women
by:
Nikki R. Haley
3.87 avg rating — 806 ratings 12. 
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by:
Janet Wallach
3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings 13. 
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
by:
Samantha Power
4.26 avg rating — 10,877 ratings 17. 
Chasing The Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
by:
Samantha Power
4.35 avg rating — 1,673 ratings 18. 
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
by:
Condoleezza Rice
4.10 avg rating — 1,220 ratings 19. 
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems
by:
Caroline Kennedy
3.96 avg rating — 2,638 ratings 
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Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
by:
Helene Cooper
4.24 avg rating — 1,230 ratings 
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The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.84 avg rating — 1,380 ratings 24. 
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
by:
Elizabeth Wein
3.90 avg rating — 803 ratings 25. 
What Would Cleopatra Do?: Life Lessons from 50 of History's Most Extraordinary Women
by:
Elizabeth Foley
3.59 avg rating — 1,866 ratings 26. 
Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
by:
Giles Milton
4.03 avg rating — 1,039 ratings 27. 
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
by:
Helen Castor
4.04 avg rating — 8,384 ratings 28. 
Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage 3.85 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
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The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
by:
Stephen Alford
3.65 avg rating — 913 ratings 
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The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
by:
Elizabeth Lev
4.07 avg rating — 2,809 ratings 32. 
The Last Armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion
by:
Des Ekin
4.08 avg rating — 179 ratings 33. 
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Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion
by:
Susan Ronald
3.54 avg rating — 495 ratings 35. 
The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.94 avg rating — 3,218 ratings 36. 
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
by:
Nancy Goldstone
4.08 avg rating — 2,446 ratings 
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We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
by:
Mark Andersen
3.82 avg rating — 141 ratings 
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The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home 3.91 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
42. 
The Traffic in Women and Other Essays on Feminism
by:
Emma Goldman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 129 ratings 
44. 
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
by:
Alexis Okeowo
4.05 avg rating — 1,348 ratings 45. 
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Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui 3.75 avg rating — 216 ratings
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.40 avg rating — 10,048 ratings 
50. 
Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 786 ratings
51. 
In Good Hands: Remarkable Female Politicians from Around the World Who Showed Up, Spoke Out and Made Change 4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
by:
Kim Ghattas
3.78 avg rating — 1,223 ratings 54. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating — 612,703 ratings 