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The Dirty Version by Medina FarisThe Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow WilsonLove in a Headscarf by Shelina Zahra JanmohamedThe Face Behind The Veil by Donna Gehrke-WhiteFrom My Sisters' Lips by Na'ima B. Robert
About Muslim Women (nonfiction)
209 books — 156 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneMedea by EuripidesAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Bad Girls and Femmes Fatales
312 books — 139 voters

1776 by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughWashington by Ron Chernow
U.S. History Reading List
431 books — 131 voters
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezOn Intersectionality by Kimberlé CrenshawEverything Below the Waist by Jennifer BlockMisogyny by Gail UkockisThe Handmaid's Tale by Renée Nault
Feminist interest 2019
250 books — 103 voters

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseSlightly Dangerous by Mary BaloghThen Came You by Lisa KleypasDevil's Bride by Stephanie LaurensSlightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
Women with Attitude (Hist.Rom)
109 books — 102 voters
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasRed Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Queen of Nothing by Holly BlackThe Queen of the Tearling by Erika JohansenThe Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
Queen in Title
1,105 books — 96 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMatilda by Roald DahlAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Passing the Bechdel Test
533 books — 90 voters
Nuestra parte de noche by Mariana EnríquezTemporada de huracanes by Fernanda MelchorLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeDistancia de rescate by Samanta SchweblinCadáver exquisito by Agustina Bazterrica
Novelas en español escritas por mujeres
158 books — 90 voters

This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPornography by Andrea DworkinRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Radical Feminist Texts
291 books — 89 voters
Uprooted by Naomi NovikDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyGraceling by Kristin CashoreSon of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Traditional Fantasy Written by Women
396 books — 87 voters

ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashourالطنطورية by Radwa Ashourعائشة تنزل إلى العالم السفلي by بثينة العيسىالصوت روح by Huda Aweysطشاري by Inaam Kachachi
أهم الإنتاجات الأدبية للمرأة العربية
60 books — 85 voters
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonAssembly by Natasha BrownSecond Place by Rachel CuskChouette by Claire OshetskyStill Life by Sarah Winman
Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 Eligible Books
89 books — 84 voters

Vele hemels boven de zevende by Griet Op de BeeckSlaap! by Annelies VerbekeWij en ik by Saskia de CosterIn de ban van de wolf by Christine CharliersAllemaal willen we de hemel by Els Beerten
Best books by female Flemish authors
136 books — 83 voters
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergFun Home by Alison BechdelGirl Mans Up by M.E. GirardThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Butch Women and Female Masculinity
236 books — 80 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenTwilight by Stephenie MeyerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
True love never ran smooth
110 books — 78 voters
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring BlakeIf I Don't Ask by E.J. NoyesCount Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria BellefleurMistakes Were Made by Meryl WilsnerAstrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
2022 Women Loving Women Releases
158 books — 76 voters

Do Hard Things by Alex HarrisI Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua HarrisA Strand of Hope by Amanda TeroMere Christianity by C.S. LewisGod's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
YA Female Christian
135 books — 72 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSouth and West by Joan DidionThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
2017 Non-male Non-Fiction
244 books — 72 voters

This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanNot Her Daughter by Rea FreyA Hand to Hold in Deep Water by Shawn NocherBeloved by Toni Morrison
Mother-Daughter Novels
93 books — 71 voters
The City We Became by N.K. JemisinSmoke Bitten by Patricia BriggsHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hollow Gods by A.J. VranaLobizona by Romina Garber
Upcoming 2020 SFF Books with Female Leads or Co-Leads
142 books — 69 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far
720 books — 69 voters
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
117 books — 68 voters

Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad AkreyiNot Marked by Mary E. DeMuthThe Wounded Heart by Dan B. Allender
Sexual Abuse Books
75 books — 67 voters
Snow Falls by Gerri HillWhitewater Rendezvous by Kim BaldwinGulf Breeze by Gerri HillIn the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie BrownThe Target by Gerri Hill
A Lesbian Wilderness
87 books — 66 voters

My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirKitchen by Banana YoshimotoThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
22 Female Authors to Read in Translation
74 books — 66 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedThru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart by Carrot QuinnAnnapurna by Arlene BlumBreaking Trail by Arlene BlumWild by Nature by Sarah Marquis
Outdoor Women's Alliance® - Adventure Book Club
160 books — 64 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiThe Daughter Of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi
Books About Forgotten History - People and Events That Don't Get Taught in History Class
220 books — 61 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics By Women
100 books — 54 voters

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