As recommended by our twitter fans, here is our list of Feminist books (in no particular order) for you to read and enjoy!
- Naomi Wolf. The Beauty Myth. Get it here
- Germaine Greer. The Whole Woman. Get it here
- Natalie Angier. Woman. Get it here
- Ursula Le Guin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Get it here
- Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale. Get it here
- Sheri Reynolds: The Rapture of Canaan. Get it here
- Alice Walker: Possessing the Secret of Joy. Get it here
- Rita Mae Brown: Venus Envy. Get it here
- Inga Musico: Cunt. Get it here
- Jayne Bussmann: The Worst Date Ever. Get it here
- Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar. Get it here
- Ariel Levy: Female Chauvinist Pigs. Get it here
- Tsitsi Dangaremba: Nervous Conditions. Get it here
- Mariama Ba: So Long a Letter. Get it here
- Martine Rothblatt: The Apartheid of Sex
- Rita Mae Brown: Rubyfruit Jungle
- Sarah Frost: Conduit. Get it here
- Alleyn Diesel (eds):Reclaiming the L Word: Sappho’s Daughters Out in Africa. Get it here
- Wame Molefhe: Go Tell the Sun. Get it here
- Danila Botha: Got No Secrets. Get it here
- Malika Ndlovu: Invisible Earthquake. Get it here
- Tracey Farren: Whiplash. Get it here
- Natasha Walter: Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. Get it here
- Carol J. Adams: The Sexual Politics of Meat. A feminist-vegetarian critical theory. Get it here
- Eve Ensler: I am an Emotional Creature. Get it here
- Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber. Get it here
- Angela Carter: The Ideology of Pornography.
- Caitlin Moran: How to be a woman. Get it here.
- Antony Hegarty: Future Feminism.
- Angela McRobbie: The Aftermath of Feminism. Get it here
- Urmila Deshpane: A Pack of Lies. Get it here
- Jen Thorpe (ed): My First Time. A collection of stories on sex and sexuality from women like you. Get it here.
Bookmarked, I really like your site!
Great site!
Interesting to see that the Beauty Myth is still no. 1 on the ‘to read’ list. Great work for its time, but what do we think of Naomi’s recent comments on anonymity and rape survivors?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/interpol-the-worlds-datin_b_793033.html (along with the update and correction at the end of it) and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/05/julian-assange-sex-crimes-anonymity
Personally, I think she may have missed the point on this one.
I think it’s just number one because it was nominated first – not a hierarchical list by any means.
Check out our editors response to Naomi here http://mg.co.za/article/2011-02-07-anonymity-a-rape-survivors-right/
Awesome response – you certainly didn’t miss the point Jen!
A list of South African books would be really useful here!
Hi Jen,
Must read:
Erica Jong Fear of Flying
http://www.ericajong.com/flying.htm
Linda
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Act like a lady think like a Man by Steve Harvey
Maybe add some Angela Carter? Non-fiction and fiction of course.
Will you recommend some?
The Bloody Chamber (fiction)
The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography (non-fiction)
I also Love Andrea Dworkin’s ‘Our Blood.’
Toni Morrison is also great at telling women’s stories. Have read ‘Sula’ am busy with ‘Beloved’ which is shaping up to be very good!
I would recommend ‘How to Be a Woman’ by Caitlin Moran
I am about half way through and spent the whole weekend reading out bits to anyone who would listen!
I would have liked to see Susie Orbach’s ;Fat is a Feminist Issue’ on this list. Although it is a book of its time, I still think it should be on any feminist’s reading list as it still raises some very interesting issues.
I would recommend Susie Orbach’s ‘Fat is a Feminist Issue’. It is a book of its time ( written in 1978) but I think it still raises some interesting points.