Female Author Book List

This is a response to Naval Ravikant’s list of >170 recommended books, not one of which is by a woman

I will add to this list as I hear of more books. All are non-fiction and about science, engineering, medicine, psychology, or business. One day I will rank and review them all. So far, Willful Blindness and Mindset are my favorites that I have read (all read books are marked with *). Nothing about these 2 books is gendered. Every person can read and benefit from them.

A few books on this list do pertain to women’s issues. 4 are just on how bias leads to substandard healthcare for women. But why shouldn't men read about problems that affect women? Surely they care about their mothers, wives, and daughters?

1. Margaret Heffernan Willful Blindness*
2. Carol Dweck Mindset*
3. Mary Roach Bonk*, Stiff*
4. Bethany McLean The Smartest Guys in the Room, All the Devils Are Here
5. Sheryl Sandberg Option B*, Lean In
6. Liz Wiseman Multipliers
7. Caroline Criado Perez Invisible Women*
8. Maria Konnikova The Biggest Bluff
9. Hannah Fry Hello World, The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything
10. Francesca Gino Rebel Talent
11. Katy Mack The End of Everything
12. Soraya Chemaly Rage Becomes Her*
13. Laura Huang Edge
14. Angela Saini Inferior
15. Cathy O’Neal Weapons of Math Destruction
16. Elinor Cleghorn Unwell Women
17. Julia Galef The Scout Mindset
18. Cordelia Fine Delusions of Gender
19. Leah Feldman Barrett How Emotions Are Made
20. Arianna Huffington Thrive
21. Wednesday Martin Untrue
22. Angela Duckworth Grit
23. Alyson McGregor Sex Matters
24. Annie Duke How to Decide, Thinking in Bets
25. Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities
26. Jennifer Eberhardt Biased
27. Katy Milkman How to Change
28. Kim Scott Radical Candor
29. Laura Major What To Expect When You’re Expecting Robots
30. Gina Rippon The Gendered Brain
31. Rosabeth Moss Kanter Think Outside the Building
32. Steffanie Strathdee The Perfect Predator
33. Esther Perel Mating in Captivity*
34. Glennon Doyle Untamed
35. Susan Cain Quiet
36. Brene Brown Daring Greatly, Dare to Lead
37. Susan Fowler Whistleblower
38. Maya Dusenbery Doing Harm
39. Giulia Enders Gut
40. Nicole Forsgren Accelerate
41. Abigail Shrier Irreversible Damage
42. Rose George Nine Pints
43. Kate Manne Down Girl
44. Elizabeth Wurtzel Bitch
45. Mahzarin Banaji Blindspot
46. Sue Lloyd-Roberts The War on Women
47. Jennifer Block Everything Below the Waist
48. Gabrielle Jackson Pain and Prejudice
49. Renee Engeln Beauty Sick
50. Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures
51. Kate Moore The Radium Girls
52. Amanda Montell Wordslut
53. Sue Johnson Hold Me Tight
54. Dr. Laurie Mintz Becoming Cliterate*
55. Betty Dodson Sex by Design