The most popular gender studies books of 2021

Gender studies books ask how ideas about men, women and sexuality shape our lives. Women's studies, feminist theory, masculinity and LGBTQ+ studies are all here, from classic texts to new research. Some are written for students, others for any curious reader, and all of them question what is taken for granted. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

Cover of The Barbizon The Hotel That Set Women Free

The Barbizon The Hotel That Set Women Free

Paulina Bren

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

Cover of How We Love

How We Love

Clementine Ford

2021 · 2023 edition

312 pages

Cover of Three Girls from Bronzeville A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

Three Girls from Bronzeville A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

Dawn Turner

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

Cover of The Disordered Cosmos A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

The Disordered Cosmos A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Published 2021

318 pages

Cover of Gay Bar Why We Went Out

Gay Bar Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton Lin

Published 2021

306 pages

Cover of American Baby

American Baby

Gabrielle Glaser

Published 2021

352 pages

Cover of Man Enough Undefining My Masculinity

Man Enough Undefining My Masculinity

Justin Baldoni

Published 2021

344 pages

Cover of The Family Roe An American Story

The Family Roe An American Story

Joshua Prager

2021 · 2023 edition

672 pages

Cover of Renegades Born in the USA

Renegades Born in the USA

Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen

Published 2021

320 pages

Cover of Who Gets to be Smart Privilege, Power and Knowledge

Who Gets to be Smart Privilege, Power and Knowledge

Bri Lee

Published 2021

288 pages

Cover of Women, Food, and Hormones

Women, Food, and Hormones

Sara Gottfried

Published 2021

324 pages

Cover of Against White Feminism

Against White Feminism

Rafia Zakaria

Published 2021

195 pages

Cover of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

Lisa Napoli

Published 2021

352 pages

Cover of Stolen

Stolen

Elizabeth Gilpin

Published 2021

320 pages

Cover of The Daughters of Kobani A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

The Daughters of Kobani A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

2021 · 2022 edition

288 pages

Cover of Girly Drinks A World History of Women and Alcohol

Girly Drinks A World History of Women and Alcohol

Mallory O'Meara

2021 · 2022 edition

384 pages

Cover of Women and Other Monsters Building a New Mythology

Women and Other Monsters Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

2021 · 2022 edition

224 pages

Cover of Embodied Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say

Embodied Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say

Preston Sprinkle, Preston M. Sprinkle

Published 2021

288 pages

Cover of What It Feels Like for a Girl

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Paris Lees

Published 2021

272 pages

Cover of Everybody

Everybody

Olivia Laing

2021 · 2022 edition

368 pages

Cover of Trans When Ideology Meets Reality

Trans When Ideology Meets Reality

Helen Joyce

Published 2021

311 pages

Cover of Ladyparts

Ladyparts

Deborah Copaken

Published 2021

480 pages

Cover of Well, This Is Exhausting

Well, This Is Exhausting

Sophia Benoit

Published 2021

336 pages

Cover of 12 Bytes

12 Bytes

Jeanette Winterson, Raquel Marqués García

2021 · 2023 edition

289 pages

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