Feminist Books

Bad Feminist

Essays

By: Roxane Gay
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.”  — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?A New York Times BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe •... Read more

She Proclaims

Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World

By: Jennifer Palmieri
Narrated by: Jennifer Palmieri
Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

“She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World by Jennifer Palmieri blew me away. Palmieri's manifesto outlines that our society was built by and for men and that we must dismantle and rebuild a world that allows for mutual empowerment benefiting everyone. Inspiring and invigorating, Palmieri celebrates the women's moment's... Read more

Eloquent Rage

A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

By: Brittney Cooper
Narrated by: Brittney Cooper
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

"...Cooper delivers a frank, conversational-style examination of the importance of black female friendships, respectability politics, and harmful stereotypes, among other topics. She blends candor and humor as she roots out toxic behaviors and beliefs we use in America to tear ourselves and each other down, while also offering paths forward.... Read more

Hood Feminism

Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot

By: Mikki Kendall
Narrated by: Mikki Kendall
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

“Hood Feminism touches on many subjects that mainstream feminists may not think of as feminist issues. Issues like food and housing insecurity, parenting, and disability rights, among others. Mikki Kendall calls out mainstream feminism as existing only for the advancement of white women, to the detriment of women of color. Some of my biggest... Read more

So Here's the Thing . . .

Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut

By: Alyssa Mastromonaco
Narrated by: Alyssa Mastromonaco
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media.
Alyssa Mastromonaco is back... Read more

The Guilty Feminist

You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Overthrow the Patriarchy

By: Deborah Frances-White
Narrated by: Deborah Frances-White & Adjoa Andoh
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

A witty take on feminism for every woman who wants equality but sometimes wants a day off from fighting for it

Sometimes we feel a bit like "I'm a feminist, but..." As in, "I'm a feminist, but I skipped the Women's March to buy face cream." As in, "I'm a feminist, but I've never found time to read Sylvia Plath (but I have watched fifteen... Read more

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

A Memoir of Love and Resistance

By: Linda Sarsour
Narrated by: Linda Sarsour
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women’s March, shares an “unforgettable memoir” (Booklist) about how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country.

On a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn, nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour... Read more

We Want Our Bodies Back

Poems

By: jessica Care moore
Narrated by: jessica Care moore
Length: 2 hours 1 minute

“Lyrical poems that will spark a lot of emotion, and maybe even a call to action. This little book is incredibly powerful! Makes for a great listen on Libro.fm as well. Read more

Yale Needs Women

How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant

By: Anne Gardiner Perkins
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "one thousand male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step... Read more

Yes Means Yes!

Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape

By: Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti
Narrated by: Kymberly Dakin, Corey Gagne, Christine Marshall, Casey Turner, Jennywren Walker & Janay Woodruff
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

This groundbreaking feminist classic dismantles the way we view rape in our culture and replaces it with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.
In the original edition, feminist, political, and activist writers alike presented their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model--and the result was the... Read more

She Came to Slay

The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Narrated by: Robin Miles & Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

“Did you know Harriet Tubman knocked out her two front teeth with the end of her gun? Did you know she was devout and believed she saw visions from God? Or that she started multiple charity organizations? An engaging, accessible read—and especially fabulous on audiobook. Read more

The Book of Gutsy Women

Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton
Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton
Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

She couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old. “Go ahead, ask your question,” her... Read more

x + y

A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender

By: Eugenia Cheng
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

A brilliant mathematician examines the complexity of gender and society and forges a path out of inequality.
Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of art, Eugenia Cheng has heard the question many times. In x + y, Cheng argues that her mathematical specialty -- category... Read more

Roar

By: Cecelia Ahern
Narrated by: Aisling Bea, Lara Sawalha & Adjoa Andoh
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that illuminates, sometimes in fantastical ways, how women of all kinds navigate the world today—now an Apple TV+ series from the creators of GLOW starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, and Alison Brie!

In this singular and imaginative story... Read more

Rodham

A Novel

By: Curtis Sittenfeld
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of American Wife and Eligible . . . He proposed. She said no. And it changed her life forever.
 
“A deviously clever what if.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Immersive, escapist.”—Good Morning America
“Ingenious.”—The New York Times

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • NPR • The Washington... Read more

SHOUT

By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Narrated by: Laurie Halse Anderson
Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

“Fantastic listen to lovely prose written about the important subject of rape. Important for adults and young adults alike. Read more