World History 2005 Helen of Troy Bettany Hughes Helen of Troy 《特洛伊的海伦》 Bettany Hughes Beauty culture, the goddess as symbol, and the making of power. World History AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 2004 Runaway Alice Munro Runaway 《逃离》 Alice Munro Nobel-winning stories about women who run away and the predicaments they face. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 2004 Chance Alice Munro Chance 《机缘》 Alice Munro A woman scholar, femininity, and the paradox of reason. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1922 The Kiss to the Leper François Mauriac The Kiss to the Leper 《给麻风病人的吻》 François Mauriac The misery of a traditional marriage, and a portrait of human nature. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1925 The Desert of Love François Mauriac The Desert of Love 《爱的荒漠》 François Mauriac A Nobel laureate's study of a broken family and the scarcity of love. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1923 Genitrix François Mauriac Genitrix 《母亲大人》 François Mauriac Victims of patriarchy and a twisted bond between mother and son. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1927 Thérèse Desqueyroux François Mauriac Thérèse Desqueyroux 《苔蕾丝·德斯盖鲁》 François Mauriac A French classic about a wife who poisons her husband, and the mind behind it. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1956 Giovanni's Room James Baldwin Giovanni's Room 《乔瓦尼的房间》 James Baldwin Marginal life and sexual repression among gay men in Paris. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1920 Fear Stefan Zweig Fear 《恐惧》 Stefan Zweig A psychological thriller of adultery and manipulative control. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1991 Simple Passion Annie Ernaux Simple Passion 《简单的激情》 Annie Ernaux A Nobel laureate's autofiction of desire and personal memory. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1984 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler Bloodchild 《血孩子》 Octavia E. Butler An award-winning sci-fi tale of submission and parasitic power. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 2006 The Lost Daughter Elena Ferrante The Lost Daughter 《暗处的女儿》 Elena Ferrante Deconstructing motherhood, and a woman's loss of her own self. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1938 Kanoko Okamoto 老妓抄 《老妓抄》 Kanoko Okamoto Taisho-era Japanese aesthetics and a woman's point of view. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction c. 392 BC Assemblywomen Aristophanes Assemblywomen 《公民大会妇女》 Aristophanes A classical comedy imagining Athens without private property. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Literature & Fiction 1975 Letter to a Child Never Born Oriana Fallaci Letter to a Child Never Born 《给一个未能出生的孩子的信》 Oriana Fallaci The nature of motherhood, existentialism, and an argument for life. Literature & Fiction AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2021 Chizuko Ueno 始于极限 《始于极限》 Chizuko Ueno Twelve letters on women's issues, and why downward freedom is no freedom. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2021 Chizuko Ueno 在熟悉的家中向世界道别 《在熟悉的家中向世界道别》 Chizuko Ueno Facing old age, and the dignity of living alone at the end of life. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2010 Chizuko Ueno 厌女 《厌女》 Chizuko Ueno Social misogyny and the misogyny women turn on themselves. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2010 NHK Special Reporting Team 无缘社会 《无缘社会》 NHK Special Reporting Team Japan's solitary deaths and the unraveling of traditional marriage. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2019 Min Jihyoung 她厌男，她是我女友 《她厌男，她是我女友》 Min Jihyoung An ordinary Korean man and a feminist: the gap between their worlds. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2023 Not Just for the Boys Athene Donald Not Just for the Boys 《一直在场》 Athene Donald Hidden sexism in science and the women it drives away. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 1997 The Gender Knot Allan G. Johnson The Gender Knot 《性别打结》 Allan G. Johnson A classic feminist introduction to how patriarchy actually works. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2019 li-yinhe 李银河说爱情 《李银河说爱情》 li-yinhe The sociology of single life, sex, and love. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2019 Heading Home Shani Orgad Heading Home 《回归家庭》 Shani Orgad Structural violence and why women step back from their careers. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 1929 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf A Room of One's Own 《一间自己的屋子》 Virginia Woolf The money and private space a woman needs in order to write. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2021 chen-yu 少年发声 《少年发声》 chen-yu Sixteen Chinese teenagers on family upbringing and the feeling of suffocation. Society & Civilization AZM's list
Society & Civilization 2022 Relationships 5.0 Elyakim Kislev Relationships 5.0 《关系5.0》 Elyakim Kislev Robots, AI, and the coming revolution in human-machine intimacy. Society & Civilization AZM's list