Come As You AreEmily Nagoski
Come As You Are
A science-backed guide to women's sexuality. Nagoski explains how arousal and desire work and why every body works a little differently.
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The Vagina BibleDr. Jen Gunter
The Vagina Bible
An OB/GYN separates myth from medicine on vulvar and vaginal health. Clear answers to the questions most of us never got to ask.
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The Menopause ManifestoDr. Jen Gunter
The Menopause Manifesto
Gunter replaces fear and misinformation about menopause with facts. Read this one before anyone tells you to tough out your symptoms.
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Unwell WomenElinor Cleghorn
Unwell Women
A history of how medicine misunderstood and dismissed women's bodies for centuries. The roots of today's dismissal go back further than you think.
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Doing HarmMaya Dusenbery
Doing Harm
An investigation into gender bias in medicine. Dusenbery shows how gaps in research and training lead to women getting misdiagnosed and sent home.
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Ask Me About My UterusAbby Norman
Ask Me About My Uterus
Norman's memoir of fighting for years to get her endometriosis taken seriously. Many readers will see their own doctor visits in these pages.
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It's Not HysteriaDr. Karen Tang
It's Not Hysteria
A gynecologist breaks down reproductive health conditions doctors often miss or dismiss. Practical language to bring to your next appointment.
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Period PowerMaisie Hill
Period Power
A guide to your menstrual cycle, phase by phase. Hill shows you how to work with your hormones instead of against them.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The story of the Black woman whose cells doctors took without her consent in 1951. Her cells built modern medicine while her family went uncompensated for decades.
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Invisible WomenCaroline Criado Perez
Invisible Women
How missing data on women shapes everything from drug dosing to car crash tests. The research gap has real consequences for your health and safety.
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Hood FeminismMikki Kendall
Hood Feminism
Kendall calls out mainstream feminism for overlooking marginalized women. Food, housing, safety and health care belong on the feminist agenda.
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Eloquent RageBrittney Cooper
Eloquent Rage
A sharp and funny look at Black feminism and the power of women's anger. Cooper makes the case for rage as a source of clarity.
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Men Explain Things to MeRebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things to Me
The essay collection behind the word mansplaining. Solnit connects small daily dismissals to bigger patterns of silencing women.
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EntitledKate Manne
Entitled
Manne shows how male entitlement shapes medicine, politics and home life. A clear look at who gets believed, cared for and forgiven.
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Down GirlKate Manne
Down Girl
A philosopher's framework for how misogyny works. Manne describes misogyny as the system enforcing the roles women are expected to fill.
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Bad FeministRoxane Gay
Bad Feminist
Essays on pop culture, politics and the messy work of being a feminist. Gay gives you permission to hold your values and your contradictions at once.
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The Will to Changebell hooks
The Will to Change
hooks shows how patriarchy wounds men and cuts them off from love. A compassionate read to share with the men in your life.
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This Chair RocksAshton Applewhite
This Chair Rocks
A manifesto against ageism. Applewhite shows how age bias hits women hardest and how to push back.
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The Woman They Could Not SilenceKate Moore
The Woman They Could Not Silence
The true story of Elizabeth Packard, committed to an Illinois asylum by her husband in 1860 for disagreeing with him. Her fight changed the law for women.
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Off with Her HeadEleanor Herman
Off with Her Head
Three thousand years of women in power and the smears used against them. Herman traces the same attacks from ancient queens to modern politicians.
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Who Cooked the Last SupperRosalind Miles
Who Cooked the Last Supper
A world history told through women's lives. Miles puts women back into the history books they were left out of.
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Know My NameChanel Miller
Know My Name
The memoir of the survivor at the center of the Stanford sexual assault case. Miller reclaims her name and her story.
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UntamedGlennon Doyle
Untamed
Doyle's memoir about leaving a life built on other people's expectations. A call to trust yourself.
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A Well-Trained Wife
Levings tells how she escaped Christian patriarchy and an abusive marriage. Essential reading if you are leaving a high-control religious environment.
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The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score
A landmark look at how trauma reshapes the brain and body. Van der Kolk covers the research and the paths toward healing.
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BurnoutEmily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Burnout
Why women burn out and how to complete the stress cycle. Science-backed tools for the exhaustion you feel in your body.
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The Burnout Workbook
The hands-on companion to Burnout. Exercises to help you complete the stress cycle and protect your energy.
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Complex PTSDPete Walker
Complex PTSD
A practical guide to recognizing and healing from childhood trauma. Walker explains trauma responses people often mistake for personality flaws.
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It Didn't Start with YouMark Wolynn
It Didn't Start with You
How inherited family trauma shows up in your life. Wolynn gives you tools to name the patterns and break the cycle.
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature ParentsLindsay C. Gibson
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
A guide to understanding parents who were present but emotionally unavailable. Gibson helps you set boundaries and heal.
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Twelve Steps of Adult Children Steps WorkbookAdult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization
Twelve Steps of Adult Children Steps Workbook
A step-by-step recovery workbook for adults who grew up with addiction or family dysfunction. Work through it on your own or alongside an ACA group.
Buy on AmazonThe Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT SkillsSonny Jane Wise
The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills
DBT skills adapted for autistic and ADHD brains by an author with lived experience. Practical tools for emotional regulation built for how your brain works.
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Rising StrongBrené Brown
Rising Strong
Brown's look at getting back up after failure, hurt or embarrassment. Honest tools for owning your story.
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Difficult WomenRoxane Gay
Difficult Women
Short stories about women living complicated, flawed and fully human lives. Gay writes with honesty and tenderness.
Buy on AmazonThe List of Shit I Explain to MenFarida D.
The List of Shit I Explain to Men
Poetry and prose on feminism, written for men. Blunt, funny and easy to hand to your partner.
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Boy Math
A pocket-size book of prose built on the viral boy math meme. Quick reads on the double standards in dating.
Buy on Amazon69 Positions to Lose Your VirginityFarida D.
69 Positions to Lose Your Virginity
Poetry and prose on virginity culture. Farida D. pushes back on the shame and myths women grow up with.
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