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15 Feminism reviews on The Bookish Elf. Feminism here most often crosses with Memoir, Biography and Essays. The authors we review most are Dolly Alderton and Belle Burden.

The 10 best Feminism books we’ve reviewed

Ranked by our score
01
A Different Kind of PowerJacinda Ardern · 2025

A substantive, emotionally resonant memoir that successfully balances personal vulnerability with political insight, establishing new standards for contemporary political autobiography while offering valuable lessons about leadership, resilience, and the possibilities for empathetic governance in…

4.5★
02
Expect Great Things!Vanda Krefft · 2025

"Expect Great Things!" deserves high praise for recovering a significant but underappreciated chapter in American women's history. Through meticulous research and engaging prose, Krefft demonstrates how the Katharine Gibbs School functioned as both a…

4.5★
03
Strangers: A Memoir of MarriageBelle Burden · 2026

On the first night of spring in 2020, four days into lockdown, a voicemail arrives and a twenty-one-year marriage ends by morning. Burden writes the aftermath with a litigator's precision and an unusually good…

4.0★
04
How to Lose Your MotherMolly Jong-Fast · 2025

How to Lose Your Mother succeeds as both a family memoir and a cultural document, capturing the particular challenges of growing up in literary New York while exploring themes that will resonate with anyone…

4.0★
05
Sad TigerNeige Sinno · 2023

Sad Tiger stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the reality of childhood trauma and the complex work of survival. Sinno has created a masterpiece that honors both suffering and resilience while…

4.0★
06
I’ll Tell You When I’m HomeHala Alyan · 2025

I'll Tell You When I'm Home succeeds as both intimate family story and broader meditation on how displacement shapes identity across generations. Alyan's willingness to sit with complexity—refusing easy answers about trauma, healing, or…

4.0★
07
The New Age of SexismLaura Bates · 2025

This is not comfortable reading—nor should it be. Bates has crafted an urgent intervention in debates about artificial intelligence and digital futures that too often ignore gender implications.

4.0★
08
It’s Not HysteriaKaren Tang · 2024

A powerfully written, comprehensive, and deeply necessary guide that fills a massive void in modern medicine. Minor limitations in depth are outweighed by its practical value, inclusive approach, and transformative potential.

4.0★
09
I’m Sorry for My LossRebecca Little, Colleen Long · 2024

I'm Sorry for My Loss is not a comfort read, nor does it pretend to be. It is bracing, sorrowful, often enraging—but never gratuitous. The book does what few others dare: it says the…

4.0★
10
Everything I Know About LoveDolly Alderton · 2018

"Everything I Know About Love" stands out for its authenticity, humor, and emotional intelligence. While occasionally self-indulgent, Alderton's memoir successfully captures the messy, magnificent journey of finding your footing in adulthood. It's a heartfelt,…

4.0★

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