These are all women’s studies-related nonfiction titles. They are separated by topic, but if there’s some thematic overlap, some titles are listed more than once.
Abortion, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Decisions
- Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement by Sarah Erdreich
- Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr. Willie Parker
- Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
- Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on Their Decision Not To Have Kids ed. by Meghan Daum
Advertising & Marketing
- Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
Education
Experiences of Women of Color
- The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina by Rosie Molinary
- Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
General
- The End of Men: And the Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin
- The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
- Read Harder 2016, Feminist-Style
- Read Harder 2017, Feminist-Style
Health & Body
- Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
- Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston
Pop Culture
Rape, Assault, Trafficking
- Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale by Rachel Lloyd
- Rape New York by Jana Leo
- Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
- Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape ed. by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman
Relationships
- Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession by Lisa A. Phillips
Sex
- Good Porn: A Woman’s Guide by Erika Lust
- Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape ed. by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman
STEM
- Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-Up Culture ed. by Elissa Shevinsky
