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Best Feminist Literature

Description: Recommend good works of fiction and nonfiction with a feminist theme.

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by Sylvia Plath

28,271 members

505 reviews

4

15 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, pincus2, dianejahoda, Phairy_squid, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom, nogk41

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The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,668 members

1,149 reviews

4.1

13 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, alex68, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, dianejahoda, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom, nogk41

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by Henrik Ibsen

5,421 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

11 Members: aulsmith, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, daniellamarie29, dianejahoda, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom

4

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,799 members

374 reviews

½ 3.4

10 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, daniellamarie29, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

5

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,874 members

342 reviews

4.1

9 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, alex68, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, ekelnor, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom

6

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

17,727 members

271 reviews

3.9

9 Members: soffitta1, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, SonoranDreamer, dianejahoda, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

7

by Gustave Flaubert

26,355 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, daniellamarie29, steller0707

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by Octavia E. Butler

8,518 members

355 reviews

4.2

9 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom, nogk41

9

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

8,201 members

239 reviews

4.1

8 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom

10

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

3,984 members

32 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Cecrow, soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ravenom

11

by Charlotte Brontë

59,380 members

924 reviews

4.2

7 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

12

by Virginia Woolf

20,793 members

332 reviews

3.9

7 Members: soffitta1, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

13

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,516 members

255 reviews

½ 3.5

7 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, nogk41

14

9,233 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, nogk41

15

The Yellow Wallpaper - story

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

3,241 members

146 reviews

4.1

7 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, daniellamarie29, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ravenom

16

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4,017 members

174 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: Cecrow, soffitta1, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, nogk41

17

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,961 members

190 reviews

4.1

5 Members: KimarieBee, soffitta1, ahef1963, ekelnor, ravenom

18

Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf

10,705 members

174 reviews

3.9

6 Members: soffitta1, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

19

by Toni Morrison

23,015 members

409 reviews

3.9

6 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

20

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2,624 members

70 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: sturlington, SonoranDreamer, dianejahoda, ManWithAnAgenda, ravenom

21

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,414 members

93 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: soffitta1, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, steller0707

22

The Stepford Wives

3,087 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: roby72, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

11,231 members

224 reviews

3.9

6 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

24

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,481 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Second Sex [abridged English translation by H. M. Parshley]

by Simone de Beauvoir

4,552 members

32 reviews

4

5 Members: Cecrow, sturlington, alex68, SonoranDreamer, ravenom

26

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,050 members

385 reviews

4

5 Members: sturlington, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

27

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

3,604 members

96 reviews

4.1

5 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda, ravenom

28

The Feminine Mystique

by Betty Friedan

4,576 members

49 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Cecrow, soffitta1, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ravenom

29

A Room of One's Own

by Virginia Woolf

12,451 members

168 reviews

4.1

5 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee, alex68, ravenom

30

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,532 members

384 reviews

3.9

5 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

31

The Gate to Women's Country

by Sheri S. Tepper

2,171 members

56 reviews

4

4 Members: sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ravenom, nogk41

32

The Robber Bride

by Margaret Atwood

7,405 members

132 reviews

3.8

5 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, steller0707

33

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

10,763 members

231 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: soffitta1, pincus2, daniellamarie29, steller0707

34

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

14,888 members

226 reviews

4

5 Members: soffitta1, alex68, SonoranDreamer, steller0707, ravenom

35

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,801 members

225 reviews

4

5 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

36

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

9,751 members

204 reviews

4

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

37

Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society's Most Arbitrary Folly

by Kate Millett

1,136 members

14 reviews

3.8

3 Members: elkiedee, SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy

38

by Suzette Haden Elgin

1,129 members

30 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86

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38,263 members

506 reviews

4.1

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

40

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

2,654 members

29 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: Cecrow, soffitta1, SonoranDreamer, steller0707

41

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,412 members

729 reviews

4.1

4 Members: KimarieBee, soffitta1, ahef1963, daniellamarie29,sturlington

42

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,607 members

933 reviews

4.1

4 Members: KimarieBee, soffitta1, ahef1963, daniellamarie29,sturlington

43

The Female Eunuch

by Germaine Greer

2,310 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Cecrow, SonoranDreamer, ravenom

44

Pride and Prejudice

81,206 members

1,372 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

45

2,765 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Edible Woman

by Margaret Atwood

4,039 members

82 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: soffitta1, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, steller0707

47

by Naomi Alderman

4,807 members

255 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, steller0707

48

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,421 members

300 reviews

4.1

5 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, ravenom,ManWithAnAgenda

49

by Octavia E. Butler

2,592 members

59 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, Dilara86, ravenom

50

by Margaret Atwood

9,136 members

163 reviews

3.9

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

51

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

19,252 members

348 reviews

4

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

52

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

by Judith Butler

3,245 members

21 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Cecrow, alex68, kara.shamy

53

by George Eliot

17,832 members

331 reviews

4.2

4 Members: soffitta1, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

54

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,341 members

708 reviews

3.9

4 Members: soffitta1, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

55

by Margaret Atwood

6,281 members

225 reviews

4.1

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

56

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

5,255 members

172 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963, steller0707

57

by Marguerite Duras

5,183 members

156 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: soffitta1, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

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by Jamie Le Fay

4 members

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2 Members: JamieLeFay, GabrielWarren,sturlington

59

The Little Foxes

by Lillian Hellman

328 members

8 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, dianejahoda

60

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

3,250 members

135 reviews

4.2

3 Members: soffitta1, elkiedee, steller0707

61

Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays

by Rebecca Solnit

622 members

20 reviews

4

3 Members: Cecrow, sturlington, elkiedee

62

by Margaret Atwood

11,923 members

259 reviews

3.9

3 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, steller0707

63

So Long a Letter

1,325 members

44 reviews

3.8

3 Members: soffitta1, Dilara86, ahef1963

64

Bad Feminist: Essays

3,420 members

139 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Cecrow, sturlington, steller0707

65

by León Tolstói

38,684 members

632 reviews

4.1

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

66

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,278 members

248 reviews

3.8

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

67

by E. M. Forster

8,819 members

133 reviews

4

3 Members: soffitta1, roby72, sturlington

68

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

by Cordelia Fine

1,301 members

53 reviews

4.1

2 Members: SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy

69

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,552 members

149 reviews

4

3 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, elkiedee

70

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

14,011 members

247 reviews

4.1

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

71

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

7,614 members

169 reviews

3.9

3 Members: soffitta1, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Tipping the Velvet

by Sarah Waters

5,120 members

147 reviews

4

3 Members: soffitta1, elkiedee, ahef1963

73

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

by Malala Yousafzai

6,512 members

270 reviews

4.1

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

74

by Madeline Miller

12,595 members

481 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: soffitta1, sturlington, steller0707

75

by Michael Cunningham

12,765 members

232 reviews

3.9

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

76

2,199 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, Dilara86

77

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

13,987 members

302 reviews

4

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

78

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

10,591 members

161 reviews

4

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

79

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

7,821 members

298 reviews

4.2

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

80

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

by Laurie R. King

5,920 members

295 reviews

4.1

2 Members: KimarieBee, ahef1963

81

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

4,496 members

103 reviews

4.1

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

82

King Kong Theory

by Virginie Despentes

599 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: kara.shamy, dianejahoda

83

My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels, Book One

by Elena Ferrante

7,240 members

322 reviews

3.9

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

84

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D. H. Lawrence

13,694 members

221 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: soffitta1, alex68, steller0707

85

Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why

by Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

206 members

11 reviews

4.2

2 Members: kara.shamy, dianejahoda

86

by Nicola Griffith

1,358 members

49 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, dianejahoda

87

Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

1,700 members

32 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Cecrow, SonoranDreamer

88

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

414 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: kara.shamy

89

by Sara Paretsky

1,517 members

40 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, steller0707

90

Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology

by Ann VanderMeer

301 members

8 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, dianejahoda

91

Into the Forest

by Jean Hegland

1,540 members

49 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, SonoranDreamer

92

by Octavia E. Butler

2,999 members

146 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ravenom

93

Bloodchild and Other Stories

by Octavia E. Butler

514 members

16 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ravenom

94

5,484 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

95

1,055 members

37 reviews

3.8

2 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963

96

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer

1,385 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, elkiedee

97

Stone Butch Blues

by Leslie Feinberg

2,130 members

40 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

98

by Katharine Burdekin

373 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

99

Butterfly Politics

by Catharine A. MacKinnon

16 members

Member: kara.shamy

100

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez

2,357 members

79 reviews

4.2

2 Members: soffitta1, elkiedee

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