Ground Breaking Non-Fiction by Women

1.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 786,989 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,695 ratings
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,296 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,310 ratings
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Motherhood in Bondage
Motherhood in Bondage 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,912 ratings
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No Logo
No Logo 3.89 avg rating — 32,432 ratings
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,274 ratings
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,568 ratings
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,143 ratings
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Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating — 54,795 ratings
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating — 19,189 ratings
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Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding 4.13 avg rating — 639 ratings
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In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,009 ratings
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 4.05 avg rating — 18,773 ratings
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The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women 4.09 avg rating — 64,213 ratings
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words series)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words series) 4.12 avg rating — 830 ratings
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Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene 4.04 avg rating — 2,636 ratings
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,721 ratings
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Enriching Heredity: The Impact of the Environment on the Anatomy of the Brain
Enriching Heredity: The Impact of the Environment on the Anatomy of the Brain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Eros the Bittersweet
Eros the Bittersweet 4.46 avg rating — 6,080 ratings
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,478 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,270 ratings
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A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,406 ratings
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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 — 568,903 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings
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The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
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Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating — 21,055 ratings
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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza 4.33 avg rating — 13,222 ratings
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In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man 4.36 avg rating — 8,857 ratings
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Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances
Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances 3.80 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel 4.05 avg rating — 999 ratings
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A Natural History of the Senses
A Natural History of the Senses 4.15 avg rating — 7,852 ratings
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The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,555 ratings
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Fighting for Life (New York Review Books Classics)
Fighting for Life (New York Review Books Classics) 4.24 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World 3.79 avg rating — 8,270 ratings
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What It Is
What It Is 4.17 avg rating — 23,325 ratings
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The Solace of Open Spaces
The Solace of Open Spaces 4.11 avg rating — 7,202 ratings
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Exquisite Pain
Exquisite Pain 4.40 avg rating — 478 ratings