Inspiring Women - Non Fiction
1. 
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings 
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by:
Maya Angelou
4.30 avg rating — 568,957 ratings 6. 
Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles
by:
Raymond Arroyo
4.39 avg rating — 2,538 ratings 
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Gianna: Aborted...and Lived to Tell About It (Living Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 756 ratings
12. 
Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line
by:
Abby Johnson
4.31 avg rating — 8,856 ratings 
14. 
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment
by:
Deborah Kops
3.98 avg rating — 153 ratings 14. 
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by:
Irin Carmon
4.18 avg rating — 63,000 ratings 
19. 
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
by:
Russell Freedman
3.97 avg rating — 1,229 ratings 19. 
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.89 avg rating — 4,568 ratings 21. 
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 — 612,711 ratings 22. 
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
by:
Bethany Hamilton
4.05 avg rating — 14,289 ratings 
24. 
Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley, 1530 - 1603
by:
Anne Chambers
3.48 avg rating — 1,079 ratings 25. 
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Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
by:
Tammie Matson
3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings 
31. 
Women to the Front: Australian Women Doctors of the First World War
by:
Heather Sheard
3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings 32. 
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
by:
Antonia Fraser
3.87 avg rating — 7,980 ratings 32. 
Between the Dances: World War II Women Tell Their Stories
by:
Jacqueline Dinan
3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings 34. 
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
by:
Angela Y. Davis
4.28 avg rating — 1,707 ratings 34. 
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by:
Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating — 52,425 ratings 36. 
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating — 4,657 ratings 37. 
Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
by:
Barbara Leaming
3.69 avg rating — 1,638 ratings 38. 
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
by:
Alison Weir
3.86 avg rating — 5,711 ratings 39. 
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by:
Alison Weir
3.77 avg rating — 7,831 ratings 
42. 
A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation
by:
Catherine Allgor
3.74 avg rating — 674 ratings 
44. 
The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812 3.72 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
by:
Pat Summitt
4.49 avg rating — 4,958 ratings 46. 
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating — 90,419 ratings
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 3.96 avg rating — 8,810 ratings
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The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
by:
Widad Akreyi
4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings 50. 
In One Ear and Out the Other: Antonia Brico and her Amazingly Musical Life
by:
Diane Worthey
3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings 
50. 
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
by:
Condoleezza Rice
3.95 avg rating — 4,085 ratings 50. 
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
by:
Lindsey Hilsum
4.42 avg rating — 4,899 ratings 50. 
Riving-Ton-Ton-Ton: The Letty Vargas Story
by:
Anselmo Vargas
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 64. 
Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle 3.99 avg rating — 4,982 ratings
64. 
Won by Love: Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe V. Wade, Speaks Out for the Unborn As She Shares Her New Conviction for Life
by:
Norma McCorvey
4.28 avg rating — 323 ratings 
64. 
If everyone cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker
by:
Margaret Tucker
4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings 
72. 
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by:
Sue Klebold
4.14 avg rating — 44,127 ratings 
72. 
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by:
Miep Gies
4.30 avg rating — 66,126 ratings 
78. 
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
by:
Heidi Ardizzone
3.86 avg rating — 539 ratings 
82. 
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic in Disguise
by:
Ruth Reichl
3.94 avg rating — 47,449 ratings 
82. 
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
by:
Deforia Lane
4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings 
82. 
The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story
by:
Emily Gibson
3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings 
89. 
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef 3.77 avg rating — 36,936 ratings
89. 
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by:
Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating — 662 ratings 
96. 
Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
by:
Donald Clarke
3.84 avg rating — 365 ratings 