essays, poetry, and memoirs

1.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.44 avg rating — 1,350,114 ratings
2.
The Woman in Me
The Woman in Me 3.83 avg rating — 548,076 ratings
3.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,853 ratings
4.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,928 ratings
5.
Dog Songs: Poems
Dog Songs: Poems 4.24 avg rating — 18,076 ratings
5.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,384 ratings
7.
Down the Drain
Down the Drain
by: Julia Fox
4.37 avg rating — 82,395 ratings
8.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,125 ratings
9.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,549 ratings
10.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,860 ratings
11.
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating — 555,507 ratings
12.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,383 ratings
13.
Love, Pamela
Love, Pamela 3.81 avg rating — 40,315 ratings
14.
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems
by: Megan Fox
3.73 avg rating — 13,524 ratings
15.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,693 ratings
16.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,212 ratings
17.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,034 ratings
18.
Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,760 ratings
19.
Archive
Archive 4.83 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
20.
The Beauty Myth
The Beauty Myth 3.91 avg rating — 30,478 ratings
21.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,714 ratings
22.
The Universe of Us (Volume 4) (Lang Leav)
The Universe of Us (Volume 4) (Lang Leav)
by: Lang Leav
4.05 avg rating — 20,194 ratings
23.
Everything I Know About Love
Everything I Know About Love 3.96 avg rating — 459,863 ratings
24.
Memories
Memories
by: Lang Leav
4.06 avg rating — 15,061 ratings
25.
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair 4.20 avg rating — 79,708 ratings
26.
Lullabies (Volume 2) (Lang Leav)
Lullabies (Volume 2) (Lang Leav)
by: Lang Leav
3.97 avg rating — 28,359 ratings
26.
Love & Misadventure
Love & Misadventure
by: Lang Leav
3.93 avg rating — 57,965 ratings
26.
How to Murder Your Life
How to Murder Your Life 3.88 avg rating — 20,205 ratings
29.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating — 243,434 ratings
30.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.25 avg rating — 49,683 ratings
30.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 4.27 avg rating — 25,456 ratings
30.
The White Album
The White Album 4.03 avg rating — 47,326 ratings
33.
My Body
My Body 3.99 avg rating — 80,813 ratings
34.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Let Me Tell You What I Mean 3.84 avg rating — 19,065 ratings
35.
Salvador
Salvador 3.74 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
36.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating — 86,752 ratings
36.
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver 4.57 avg rating — 26,322 ratings
38.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,214 ratings
39.
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass 3.99 avg rating — 59,231 ratings
40.
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,007 ratings
40.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,597 ratings
42.
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating — 141,487 ratings
43.
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist 3.70 avg rating — 88,147 ratings
44.
Sappho
Sappho
by: Sappho
4.20 avg rating — 7,065 ratings
45.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating — 65,973 ratings
46.
Tenement Kid
Tenement Kid really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
47.
Three Women
Three Women 3.71 avg rating — 168,016 ratings
48.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,416 ratings
49.
Kudos
Kudos 3.88 avg rating — 15,802 ratings
50.
Second Place
Second Place 3.68 avg rating — 26,882 ratings
51.
Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating — 900,297 ratings
52.
Munkey Diaries
Munkey Diaries 3.84 avg rating — 1,183 ratings
53.
Empty: A Memoir
Empty: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 5,446 ratings
54.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,628 ratings
55.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating — 33,944 ratings
56.
Sad Girls
Sad Girls
by: Lang Leav
3.33 avg rating — 11,770 ratings
57.
Film for Her
Film for Her 3.76 avg rating — 7,780 ratings
58.
Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating — 54,797 ratings
59.
M Train
M Train 4.02 avg rating — 48,821 ratings
60.
A Very Easy Death
A Very Easy Death 4.05 avg rating — 13,266 ratings
61.
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 38,046 ratings
62.
Little Weirds
Little Weirds 3.86 avg rating — 39,262 ratings
63.
How to be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life
How to be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life 3.94 avg rating — 2,685 ratings
64.
FEM
FEM 3.36 avg rating — 264 ratings
65.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,946 ratings
66.
In The Wake of the Goddesses: Women, Culture, and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth
In The Wake of the Goddesses: Women, Culture, and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth 3.95 avg rating — 169 ratings
67.
The Fear of the Feminine and Other Essays on Feminine Psychology
The Fear of the Feminine and Other Essays on Feminine Psychology 4.39 avg rating — 109 ratings
68.
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World 4.11 avg rating — 9,634 ratings
69.
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny 4.22 avg rating — 4,380 ratings
70.
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine 4.35 avg rating — 9,136 ratings
71.
Men Who Hate Women
Men Who Hate Women 4.34 avg rating — 25,107 ratings
72.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,571 ratings
73.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,005 ratings
74.
Coventry: Essays
Coventry: Essays 3.73 avg rating — 3,442 ratings
75.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating — 76,743 ratings
76.
In the Name of Love: Women, Masochism, and the Gothic
In the Name of Love: Women, Masochism, and the Gothic 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
77.
The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty
The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty 3.38 avg rating — 851 ratings
78.
House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films 4.44 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
79.
What It Means to Be Human
What It Means to Be Human 3.59 avg rating — 102 ratings
80.
Fleabag: The Scriptures
Fleabag: The Scriptures 4.88 avg rating — 14,701 ratings
81.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,015 ratings
82.
Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries 3.95 avg rating — 8,107 ratings