8 books from feminist writers everyone should read | Possible11

By Afiur
December 02, 2025

A Room of One’s Own- Virginia Woolf

A brilliant exploration of women, creativity, and the freedom (financial and personal) needed for women to write and express themselves.Source: amazon.in

Bad Feminist-Roxane Gay

A sharp, humorous, and honest collection of essays on race, pop culture, gender, and the complexities of being a feminist today.Source: amazon.in

Men Explain Things to Me-Rebecca Solnit

The book that helped popularise the term “mansplaining”, a sharp critique of gendered power dynamics and silencing.Source: unsplash

The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath

A haunting, semi autobiographical novel that reflects on mental health, societal expectations, and women’s struggle for identity.Source: amazon.in

The Second Sex-Simone de Beauvoir

A foundational feminist text that examines how women have been historically oppressed and socially constructed as “the Other.”Source: amazon.in

We Should All Be Feminist- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A modern manifesto that redefines feminism for the 21st century with clarity, warmth, and lived experience.Source: amazon.in

The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Atwood

A dystopian classic that explores bodily autonomy, patriarchal control, and the politics of reproduction.Source: amazon.in

Women Who Run With the Wolves-Clarissa Pinkola Estés

A powerful blend of mythology and psychology that celebrates the “wild woman” archetype and feminine intuition.Source: amazon.in

Women Who Run With the Wolves-Clarissa Pinkola Estés

A powerful blend of mythology and psychology that celebrates the “wild woman” archetype and feminine intuition.Source: amazon.in

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