Staff picks: Feminist books for International Women’s Day

1.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,150 ratings
2.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,316 ratings
3.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,369 ratings
4.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,726 ratings
5.
Voyage in the Dark
Voyage in the Dark
by: Jean Rhys
3.78 avg rating — 5,880 ratings
6.
The Days of Abandonment
The Days of Abandonment 3.87 avg rating — 54,897 ratings
7.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,850 ratings
8.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,032 ratings
9.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
10.
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 130,566 ratings
11.
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 4.05 avg rating — 18,776 ratings
12.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
13.
A Small Place
A Small Place 4.05 avg rating — 17,327 ratings
14.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
15.
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing 3.48 avg rating — 13,673 ratings
16.
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography 4.59 avg rating — 29,691 ratings
17.
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality 4.16 avg rating — 2,792 ratings
18.
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
19.
Angry Women
Angry Women
by: V. Vale
4.15 avg rating — 823 ratings
20.
Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle (Common Notions)
Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle (Common Notions) 4.37 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
21.
Airless Spaces
Airless Spaces 4.11 avg rating — 340 ratings
22.
DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL
DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
22.
La escritora muerta
La escritora muerta 3.80 avg rating — 64 ratings
24.
Lowering Clouds
Lowering Clouds 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
25.
King Kong Theory
King Kong Theory 4.01 avg rating — 34,955 ratings
26.
The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling
The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling 3.99 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
27.
Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis
Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis 4.56 avg rating — 176 ratings
28.
Woman's Estate
Woman's Estate 3.72 avg rating — 116 ratings
29.
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties 3.71 avg rating — 84 ratings
30.
Sitt Marie Rose
Sitt Marie Rose 4.10 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
31.
Your Light Is The Key
Your Light Is The Key it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
31.
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution 4.15 avg rating — 840 ratings
31.
The Glory Days of Aimée Bonnard
The Glory Days of Aimée Bonnard 4.29 avg rating — 160 ratings
34.
Don't Fix It! Don't Force It! Just Flush-it!: A No Holds Barred Self Help Guide To Eliminate Toxic Relationships
Don't Fix It! Don't Force It! Just Flush-it!: A No Holds Barred Self Help Guide To Eliminate Toxic Relationships it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
34.
Guidebook To Your Heart
Guidebook To Your Heart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
34.
El salón de los artistas exiliados en California: Salka Viertel acogió en su exilio a actores, intelectuales prominentes y personas anónimas huidas del nazismo
El salón de los artistas exiliados en California: Salka Viertel acogió en su exilio a actores, intelectuales prominentes y personas anónimas huidas del nazismo 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
37.
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life 3.97 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
38.
Love for Sale: Courting, Treating, and Prostitution in New York City, 1900-1945
Love for Sale: Courting, Treating, and Prostitution in New York City, 1900-1945 3.93 avg rating — 60 ratings
39.
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China 3.98 avg rating — 631 ratings
40.
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty 4.45 avg rating — 5,136 ratings
41.
Disavowals: Or Cancelled Confessions
Disavowals: Or Cancelled Confessions 4.04 avg rating — 168 ratings
42.
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work 3.89 avg rating — 2,117 ratings