20 Must-Read Nonfiction Feminist Books

1. "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf

2. "The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir

3. "Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde

4. "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

5. "Feminism is for Everybody" by bell hooks

6. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

7. "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson

8. "Bad Feminist" by Roxane Gay

9. "This Bridge Called My Back" edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa

10. "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan

11. "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

12. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

13. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

14. "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf

15. "The Mother of All Questions" by Rebecca Solnit

16. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

17. "The Chosen One" by Carol Anshaw

18. "Thewill to Change" by bell hooks

19. "The Witches, Salem, 1692" by Stacy Schiff

20. "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

It's important to note that this list is not exhaustive, there are many other important and impactful feminist books out there. These books cover different perspectives, experiences and intersectionality of feminism and were written by different authors from different backgrounds and time periods.