Women's History Month: Suggested Reads

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
10,170 members
554 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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2
My Life on the Road
by Gloria Steinem
1,286 members
71 reviews
4.1
2 Members
krazy4katz, loulourevisited
3
Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays
by Rebecca Solnit
809 members
26 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, loulourevisited
4
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
17,554 members
259 reviews
4
2 Members
krazy4katz, AnnKeithley,
5
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai
7,942 members
290 reviews
4.1
2 Members
krazy4katz, AnnKeithley,
6
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,021 members
205 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
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Bad Feminist: Essays
by Roxane Gay
4,193 members
156 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
8
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
by Rebecca Traister
966 members
31 reviews
3.9
Member
vwinsloe
9
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
by Kate Bolick
713 members
86 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
10
The Argonauts
by Maggie Nelson
2,132 members
90 reviews
4
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
by Sally Mann
733 members
27 reviews
4.2
12
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
by Issa Rae
602 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
13
Down the Rabbit Hole Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
by Holly Madison
602 members
26 reviews
½ 3.4
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Sex Object: A Memoir
by Jessica Valenti
553 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
15
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True
by Gabrielle Union
540 members
29 reviews
4
16
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
by Luvvie Ajayi
509 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
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Boys in the Trees: A Memoir
by Carly Simon
504 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
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Leaving Before the Rains Come
by Alexandra Fuller
359 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
21
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
by Chrissie Hynde
304 members
17 reviews
3.2
22
Ordinary Light: A Memoir
by Tracy K. Smith
294 members
7 reviews
3.8
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And the Good News Is: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
by Dana Perino
255 members
7 reviews
3.8
24
Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America
by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
253 members
10 reviews
3.9
25
Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why
by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
239 members
13 reviews
4.2
27
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion
by Tracy Daugherty
212 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
28
What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir
by Abigail Thomas
206 members
12 reviews
4.1
29
What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems
by Kim Addonizio
187 members
4 reviews
3.9
30
Drawing Blood
by Molly Crabapple
168 members
6 reviews
4.2
32
Michelle Obama: A Life
by Peter Slevin
156 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
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Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis
by Abigail Santamaria
132 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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Poems from the Women's Movement
by Honor Moore
117 members
2 reviews
3.1
35
Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements
by Dorothy Sue Cobble
115 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
36
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
by John Szwed
114 members
2 reviews
3.8
37
100 Unforgettable Dresses
by Hal Rubenstein
114 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
by Peggy Orenstein
112 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
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On Lynchings
by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
82 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
44
Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumors
by Zoe Howe
71 members
5 reviews
3.9
45
Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life
by Kim Addonizio
70 members
3 reviews
4.1
46
Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
65 members
½ 4.4
47
Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother
by Jamie Brickhouse
62 members
5 reviews
4
48
The Story: A Reporter's Journey
by Judith Miller
41 members
2 reviews
4
49
After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye
by Jan Gaye
27 members
4
50
Forgiveness: A Memoir
by Chiquis Rivera
19 members
½ 3.5
52
Madonna
by Michelle Morgan
12 members
4
53
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
10,591 members
555 reviews
3.8
54
How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
3,268 members
200 reviews
3.8
55
You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost)
by Felicia Day
1,915 members
158 reviews
4.1
56
M Train
by Patti Smith
1,853 members
70 reviews
4.1
57
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
1,706 members
100 reviews
4.2
58
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
by Jill Lepore
1,639 members
71 reviews
3.8
59
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person
by Shonda Rhimes
1,418 members
69 reviews
4
60
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by Yeonmi Park
1,301 members
46 reviews
½ 4.3
61
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
by Leah Remini
1,139 members
84 reviews
3.9
62
Negroland: A Memoir
by Margo Jefferson
820 members
33 reviews
½ 3.6
63
Getting Real
by Gretchen Carlson
46 members
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