6 books tagged with feminist, sorted by rating.
by Madeline Miller
by Margaret Atwood
by Charlotte Bronte
by Bonnie Garmus
by Sylvia Plath
by Zora Neale Hurston
In the house of Helios, god of the sun, a daughter is born — but Circe is a strange child, not powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her craft and encounters legends of mythology.
In the totalitarian Republic of Gilead, women have been stripped of all rights. Offred, a Handmaid forced into reproductive servitude, recounts her life in this chilling dystopia. Atwood's prescient novel is a searing examination of power, gender, and the fragility of freedom.
Orphaned and mistreated, the fiercely independent Jane Eyre becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls for the brooding Mr. Rochester. But the house holds a dark secret. A groundbreaking novel of passion, morality, and a woman's right to equality and self-respect.
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. In 1960s America, when she's reluctantly becomes the host of a cooking show, she uses it as a platform to teach chemistry to housewives across the nation.
Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman interning at a New York magazine, slowly descends into a suffocating depression. Plath's only novel is a searingly honest and semi-autobiographical portrait of mental illness, societal expectations, and the impossible pressures placed on women.
Janie Crawford tells her friend the story of her three marriages and her quest for love, independence, and self-discovery in early twentieth century Florida. Written in rich Southern dialect, Hurston's masterpiece is a celebration of Black womanhood and the courage to live on one's own terms.
