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. So far, Willful Blindness and Mindset are my favorites that I have read (all read books are marked with *).

A few books on this list do pertain to women’s issues. Some are specifically 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. Lucy Cooke Bitch*
5. Caroline Criado Perez Invisible Women*
6. Jennifer Doudna A Crack in Creation*
7. Bethany McLean The Smartest Guys in the Room, All the Devils Are Here
8. Sheryl Sandberg Option B,* Lean In
9. Esther Perel Mating in Captivity*
10. Liz Wiseman Multipliers
11. Maria Konnikova The Biggest Bluff
12. Hannah Fry Hello World, The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything
13. Wednesday Martin Untrue*
14. Zoe Chance Influence Is Your Superpower
15. Francesca Gino Rebel Talent
16. Katy Mack The End of Everything
17. Soraya Chemaly Rage Becomes Her*
18. Laura Huang Edge
19. Angela Saini Inferior*
20. Cathy O’Neal Weapons of Math Destruction
21. Elinor Cleghorn Unwell Women
22. Julia Galef The Scout Mindset
23. Cordelia Fine Delusions of Gender
24. Leah Feldman Barrett How Emotions Are Made
25. Arianna Huffington Thrive
26. Angela Duckworth Grit
27. Molly Maloof The Spark Factor
28. Barbara Tversky Mind in Motion
29. Alyson McGregor Sex Matters
30. Annie Duke How to Decide, Thinking in Bets
31. Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities
32. Jennifer Eberhardt Biased
33. Katy Milkman How to Change*
34. Kim Scott Radical Candor
35. Laura Major What To Expect When You’re Expecting Robots
36. Peggy Orenstein Girls and Sex,* Boys and Sex*
37. Emily Balcetis Clearer, Closer, Better
38. Gina Rippon The Gendered Brain
39. Rosabeth Moss Kanter Think Outside the Building
40. Becky Smethurst A Brief History of Black Holes
41. Steffanie Strathdee The Perfect Predator
42. Glennon Doyle Untamed
43. Susan Cain Quiet
44. Brene Brown Daring Greatly,* Dare to Lead
45. Susan Fowler Whistleblower
46. Maya Dusenbery Doing Harm
47. Giulia Enders Gut
48. Nicole Forsgren Accelerate
49. Abigail Shrier Irreversible Damage
50. Rose George Nine Pints
51. Kate Manne Down Girl
52. Elizabeth Wurtzel Bitch
53. Mahzarin Banaji Blindspot
54. Sue Lloyd-Roberts The War on Women
55. Jennifer Block Everything Below the Waist
56. Gabrielle Jackson Pain and Prejudice
57. Renee Engeln Beauty Sick
58. Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures
59. Kate Moore The Radium Girls
60. Amanda Montell Wordslut
61. Sue Johnson Hold Me Tight
62. Dr. Laurie Mintz Becoming Cliterate*
63. Betty Dodson Sex by Design
64. Mary Jane Sherfey The Nature and Evolution of Female Sexuality
65. Rachel Gross Vagina Obscura
66. Melanie Mitchell Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
67. Laura Bates Men Who Hate Women
68. Riane Eisler The Chalice and the Blade
69. Virginia Woolf The Beauty Myth, Vagina
70. Susan David Emotional Agility
71. Mari Ruti The Age of Scientific Sexism
72. Catherine Price The Power of Fun
73. Mary Ann Seighart The Authority Gap
74. Chaminde We Should All Be Feminists