Non-Fiction: Gender, Feminism, Intersectionality
Different kinds of non-fiction books about gender, feminism, and related topics. People like black women or neurodivergent women are twice or more marginalised, and often it's not clear whether treatment was due to (for example) skin colour or perceived gender, so I'll add some books about other kinds of marginalisation as well. I haven't read all books (yet); if one is problematic, please tell me so in a comment!






⚔️ Rise, Sisters - Female Rage and Power
Books about feminine power and rage. Inspiring, enraging, validating. Let us rise, my sisters.






History Through A Female Lens
The majority of history has been, and still is, written by men. Even when men write about women in history, they often get it wrong, distort the truth to fit moral or political narratives, or just plain have no idea what the female experience is so they miss what’s actually important.
Here is a list of some of history written by female authors, who are looking at history through their female gaze - not through the lense of what men have decided is history.
Suggestions welcome!






Madeline Miller's Further Reading (Circe)
In the back of my copy of Circe, I found a recommendation list from Miller on exploring "more about Circe, The Odyssey, or Greek Myth"






see the world like an anthropologist
Non-textbooks to help you see the world like an anthropologist and understand culture a little better






Guardian 100
Top 100 books of the 21st century






Girl on Girl
All of the books mentioned in Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert.
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(These were either referenced, uplifted, briefly mentioned, or criticized by the author)
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Women in Ancient Rome
Empresses, everyday women, and foreign queens who influenced Rome






Feminism
A work in progress. This is a list of well-received nonfiction books about feminism.






so you've read the odyssey
an eclectic collection of books related to 'the odyssey': from other classics to retellings to academic perspectives
themes i prioritized: homecoming and journeys, epic literature, greek myth, slippery narratives






Random non-fiction
Assorted non-fiction (no history)





