Feminism

Marshalling wit and sharp political insight to deliver a passionate polemic calling for women’s intellectual and financial independence, Woolf’s seminal 1929 essay remains one of the twentieth century’s most influential pieces of...

*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 START THE WEEK*An unmissable essay from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next'A must-read' Psychologies'Radical, incisive, thoughtful . . ...

Taken from her globally influential TED talk, this is Ngozi Adichie’s feminist manifesto. A powerful, personal essay of hope and ambition for a better, fairer world: required reading. A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,...

Written as a letter to a friend's daughter, this is a powerful and personal manifesto about contemporary feminism in practice, asking key questions about what it means to be a woman today. From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All...

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully...

Women Don’t Owe You Pretty is an accessible entry point into progressive feminist discussion, covering topics such as body image, toxic beauty standards, and identity-building in a world still plagued by misogyny and sexism. Longlisted for the Polari...

Bracing and dauntless, Wolf’s iconic critique of the warped and destructive ideals nurtured by the advertising and beauty industries remains essential reading two decades after its original publication.   Every day, women around the world are...

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter coming to terms with a parent’s devastating choices, and the trials ahead in post-9/11 New York.   In 1978, when Jamiyla was two years old, her mother,...

New York Times BestsellerOne of the Guardian's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" — "A modern feminist classic."   From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. At...

From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger are filled with darkness and light. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic...