Birmingham Feminist Book Club - Books To Read

1.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,796 ratings
2.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
3.
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto 4.02 avg rating — 38,437 ratings
4.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center 4.45 avg rating — 8,772 ratings
5.
All the Single Ladies
All the Single Ladies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,281 ratings
6.
Men Explain Things to Me
Men Explain Things to Me 3.83 avg rating — 85,148 ratings
7.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,477 ratings
8.
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 4.05 avg rating — 18,778 ratings
9.
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
10.
The Violence
The Violence 3.85 avg rating — 8,727 ratings
11.
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
by: Jane Ward
4.13 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
12.
Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby 3.93 avg rating — 88,720 ratings
13.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,414 ratings
13.
Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism
Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism 4.09 avg rating — 777 ratings
15.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
16.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,385 ratings
17.
Vox
Vox 3.55 avg rating — 88,805 ratings
18.
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 4.51 avg rating — 86,821 ratings
18.
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating — 13,757 ratings
20.
The Female Persuasion
The Female Persuasion 3.56 avg rating — 57,522 ratings
21.
Sexual Politics
Sexual Politics 3.99 avg rating — 3,856 ratings
22.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity 4.27 avg rating — 8,773 ratings
23.
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes 3.67 avg rating — 562 ratings
24.
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 4.35 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
25.
Three Women
Three Women 3.71 avg rating — 168,044 ratings
26.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,294 ratings
27.
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us 4.03 avg rating — 6,314 ratings
28.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement 4.34 avg rating — 43,156 ratings
29.
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics 4.61 avg rating — 6,755 ratings
30.
Women's Reality: An Emerging Female System
Women's Reality: An Emerging Female System 4.04 avg rating — 213 ratings
31.
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir 3.65 avg rating — 1,190 ratings
32.
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have 3.76 avg rating — 1,909 ratings
33.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,607 ratings
34.
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny 4.22 avg rating — 4,381 ratings
35.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,937 ratings
36.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,595 ratings
37.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,676 ratings
38.
#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice
#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice 3.97 avg rating — 119 ratings
39.
x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender
x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender 3.71 avg rating — 890 ratings
40.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 79,966 ratings
41.
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice 4.06 avg rating — 3,403 ratings
42.
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights 4.22 avg rating — 4,494 ratings
43.
The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Harm, Ending State Violence
The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Harm, Ending State Violence 3.69 avg rating — 352 ratings
44.
Sugar Run
Sugar Run 3.24 avg rating — 2,874 ratings
45.
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights 4.59 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
46.
Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power
Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power 4.18 avg rating — 233 ratings
47.
The Witches Are Coming
The Witches Are Coming 4.10 avg rating — 26,051 ratings
48.
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag 3.74 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
49.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,183 ratings
50.
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation 4.08 avg rating — 8,668 ratings
51.
Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom
Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom 4.35 avg rating — 342 ratings
52.
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century 4.24 avg rating — 12,046 ratings
53.
Complaint!
Complaint! 4.25 avg rating — 499 ratings
54.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,018 ratings
55.
The Argonauts
The Argonauts 4.02 avg rating — 54,649 ratings
56.
Serving Crazy with Curry
Serving Crazy with Curry 3.65 avg rating — 2,632 ratings
57.
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers 3.53 avg rating — 121,338 ratings
58.
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women 3.38 avg rating — 5,113 ratings
59.
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood 3.48 avg rating — 4,553 ratings
60.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,462 ratings
61.
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption 4.31 avg rating — 4,339 ratings
62.
Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women
Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women 3.62 avg rating — 523 ratings
63.
Motherthing
Motherthing 3.62 avg rating — 31,491 ratings
64.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,416 ratings
65.
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier 3.53 avg rating — 1,753 ratings
66.
Best of Friends
Best of Friends 3.44 avg rating — 9,275 ratings
67.
Lady Secrets: Real, Raw, and Ridiculous Confessions of Womanhood
Lady Secrets: Real, Raw, and Ridiculous Confessions of Womanhood 3.68 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
68.
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet 4.13 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
69.
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World 4.11 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
70.
How to Keep House While Drowning
How to Keep House While Drowning 4.22 avg rating — 72,916 ratings
71.
The Farm
The Farm 3.49 avg rating — 40,388 ratings
72.
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality 3.98 avg rating — 2,336 ratings
73.
The Adult Side of Dyslexia
The Adult Side of Dyslexia 3.87 avg rating — 75 ratings
74.
One to Watch
One to Watch 3.88 avg rating — 97,071 ratings
75.
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 312,660 ratings
76.
Women Against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century
Women Against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century 3.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
77.
Time Zero
Time Zero 4.04 avg rating — 970 ratings
78.
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society 4.06 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
79.
The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag
The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag 4.41 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
80.
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain 3.93 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
81.
King Kong Theory
King Kong Theory 4.01 avg rating — 34,960 ratings
82.
The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime
The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings
83.
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution 4.27 avg rating — 13,412 ratings
84.
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII 4.07 avg rating — 1,399 ratings
85.
Splinters
Splinters 3.81 avg rating — 5,607 ratings
86.
When God Was a Woman
When God Was a Woman 3.98 avg rating — 6,350 ratings
87.
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage 3.47 avg rating — 9,252 ratings
88.
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear 4.29 avg rating — 37,589 ratings
89.
Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating — 900,747 ratings
90.
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor 4.31 avg rating — 2,405 ratings