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Book Riot Reader's Favorite Nonfiction Reads by Women

"Women have produced some edifying and entertaining nonfiction—from philosophy to history to essays and everything in between. We wanted to know: what are your favorite works of nonfiction by women?"
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Minor Characters (Joyce Johnson)
Minor Characters
1
Joyce Johnson
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
2
Kabi Nagata
All the Single Ladies (Traister)
All the Single Ladies
3
Traister
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana (Haven Kimmel)
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
4
Haven Kimmel
Holding the Line (Barbara Kingsolver)
Holding the Line
5
Barbara Kingsolver
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
6
Joan Didion
Drift (Rachel Maddow)
Drift
7
Rachel Maddow
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt (Kara Cooney)
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
8
Kara Cooney
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
9
Virginia Woolf
Invincible (Amy Lawrence)
Invincible
10
Amy Lawrence
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
11
Patti Smith
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Margaret Atwood)
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
12
Margaret Atwood
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
13
Rebecca Solnit
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
14
Ruth Franklin
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
15
Audre Lorde
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners (Therese Oneill)
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
16
Therese Oneill
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
17
Anne Fadiman
Blood Will Tell (Kyra Cornelius Kramer)
Blood Will Tell
18
Kyra Cornelius Kramer
Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Luther)
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
19
Luther
Illness as Metaphor (Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor
20
Sontag
Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism (Grandin)
Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism
21
Grandin
Clever Maids (Valerie Paradiz)
Clever Maids
22
Valerie Paradiz
The House on Beartown Road (Elizabeth Cohen)
The House on Beartown Road
23
Elizabeth Cohen
The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lepore)
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
24
Jill Lepore
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
25
In Order to Live (Yeonmi Park)
In Order to Live
26
Yeonmi Park
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart (Carrot Quinn)
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart
27
Carrot Quinn
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)
Wishful Drinking
28
Carrie Fisher
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
Wave
29
Sonali Deraniyagala
Against Our Will (Brownmiller)
Against Our Will
30
Brownmiller
My Beloved World
My Beloved World
31
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (Jennifer Wright)
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
32
Jennifer Wright
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
33
Susannah Cahalan
Don't Look Back, We're Not Going That Way (Marcia Wallace)
Don't Look Back, We're Not Going That Way
34
Marcia Wallace
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
35
Malala Yousafzai
Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God (2008)
Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God (2008)
36
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
37
Isabel Wilkerson
Concussion (Jeanne Marie Laskas)
Concussion
38
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra
39
Stacy Schiff
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
40
Germaine Greer
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