I’ve recently gotten very into feminist literature, and I have a list of books I’ve read and a list of books I’ve ordered and are ‘soon to be read’. I’m going through them quickly, and I’d love some suggestions for more!
What I’ve read:
Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin
Woman Hating by Andrea Dworkin
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Ain’t I a Woman? by bell hooks
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
As if Women Matter (essays) by Gloria Steinem
Kim Jo-Young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-ju
What’s on my shelf:
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Edited to add a book I forgot:)
by MidnightZ00
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Kim Ji-young Born 1982, by Cho Nam-joo – this is a Korean novel about Korea but the issues it flags are pretty universal. It might send you down some pretty eye-opening rabbit holes.
Also The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Absolute classic.
I’ve listed out some non-fiction books I’ve enjoyed. Happy to recommend fiction if you want!
All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks
Girlhood – Melissa Febos
Your Silence Will Not Protect You – Audre Lorde
Crying in H Mart – Michelle Zauner
Women & Power: A Manifesto – Mary Beard
*Feminism for the 99%* by Cinzia Arruzza et al
*White tears brown scars* by Ruby Hamad
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
Backlash by Susan Faludi
Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement by Anuradha Ghandy
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale by Maria Mies
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft. Published in 1792.
Living A Feminist Life – Sara Ahmed
Hood Feminism – Mikki Kendall
Against White Feminism – Rafia Zakaria
Feminism without Borders – Chandra Mohanty
Feminism, Interrupted – Lola Olufemi
Sister Outsider – Audre Lorde
Entitled – Kate Manne
Feminist Theory – Bell Hooks