The Feminist Reading List
The Feminist reading list is an ongoing resource for our community to learn from some of the greatest feminist authors, poets, artists, educators, and thought leaders.
Whether you’re new to intersectional feminism or need books to add to your bookshelf, here is our official A-Z guide to your FEMINIST Reading List.
Want to hear more from the minds of these amazing works? Check out our FEMINIST Author Features!
This list will continue to expand as we add our favorites over time. Tell us what you’re reading! Maybe you are an author or publisher who wants your book to be #FEMINISTApproved?
Add your submission here or scroll down the form at the bottom of the page.
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Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World by Patrisse cullors
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria
A Bigger Picture by Vanessa Nakate
A Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet A. Washington
All We Can Save edited by Ayana -
‘Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist’ by Sesali Bowen
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge And The Teachings Of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate
Black Trans Feminism by Marquise Bey
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Black Nature by Camille T. Dungy
Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen -
Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism Edited by Daisy Hernández and Bushra Rehman
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber
Continuum By Chella Man
Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era by Maria Eugenia Cotera, Maylei Blackwell and Dionne Esponoza
Climate Optimism by Zahra Biabani
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Tobias
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
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For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooks
Feminism Is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory by Mimi Marinucci
Farming While Black by Leah Penniman
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Girl Decoded: A scientist’s quest to reclaim our humanity by bringing emotional intelligence to technology. by Rana el Kaliouby, PhD.
Greedy by Jen Winston
Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: A Feminist's Guide to Investing by Camilla Falkenberg, Emma Due Bitz, Anna-Sophie HartvigsenGreedy by Jen Winston
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
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I Am Malala The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai With Christina Lamb
It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World by Mikaela Loach
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
It's Not Just You by Tori Tsui
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Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Modern HERstory: Stories Of Women And Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani
My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter by Aja Monet
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Obie Is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
On Intersectionality: Essential Writings by Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression by Allison Raskin
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Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing The World From The Tweets To The Streets by Feminista Jones *Feminist Partner*
Redefining Realness My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Read This To Get Smarter: About Race Class Gender Disability And More by Blair Imani
Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour Who Changed the World by Maliha Abidi
Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century by Brianna Theobald
Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan
Reconsidering Reparations by Olúfemi O. Táíwò
Racial Wellness by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah
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Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches By Audre Lorde
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The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
The Crunk Feminist Collection Edited by Brittney Cooper, Susana M. Morris, Robin M. Boylorn
The Feminist Utopia Project Edited by Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
The Mixed Race Experience: Reflections and Revelations on Multicultural Identity by Naomi Evans and Natalie Evans
The New Women's Survival Catalog by Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love By bell hooks
This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition Writings by Radical Women of Color
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lorde
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love by bell hooks
The Art of Feminism by Helena Rickett
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller
The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
The Pocket Guide to Patriarchy by Maya Oppenheim -
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
Unbound My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke
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We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
Why You'll Never Find the One And Why It Doesn't Matter by Sarah Akinterinwa
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
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#FEMINISTTEAM picks
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria
Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era by Dionne Espinoza. María Eugenia Cotera. Maylei Blackwell
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller
Feminism is for Everybody, Passionate Politics by bell hooks
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
All We Can Save edited by Ayana
Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century by Brianna Theobald
Black Trans Feminism by Marquise Bey
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Books by the @Feminist Community
The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
Racial Wellness by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah → Read the Author Feature
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen → Read our Author Feature
Read this to Get Smarter by Blair Imani → Read the Author Feature
Continuum by Chella Man
Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
This list will continue to expand as we add our favorites over time.
Tell us what you’re reading! Maybe you are an author or publisher who wants your book to be #FEMINISTApproved? Add your submission to the form below (or click here)