Reproductive Wrongs
Sarah Ruden
Published 2026
240 pages
The most popular gender studies books of 2026
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 2026.
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Against the State
James Stout
Published 2026
296 pages
The Bright Edges of the World
Garrett Peck
Published 2026
256 pages
Absent Minds
Madeleine Pownall
Published 2026
320 pages
Octavia
Beth Andrea Severy-Hoven
Published 2026
272 pages
The Second Oldest Profession
Barbara Zucker
Published 2026
180 pages
Fist
nelle mills
Published 2026
160 pages
Maintenance Phase The Hidden History of the Weight Loss and Wellness Industries--And the Lies They Sold Us
Aubrey Gordon
Published 2026
320 pages
Postpartum Depression and the Communicative Construction of Maternal Identity
Kelly M. Weikle
Published 2026
128 pages
Southern Women, Southern Landscapes
Judith W. Page, Elise L. Smith
Published 2026
336 pages
Demon Possession and Sexual Violence in Post-Great Recession American Horror Cinema (Horror Studies)
MAIREAD. CASEY
Published 2026
272 pages
The House of Swann Where Slaves Became Drag Queens - and Changed the World
Channing Gerard Joseph
Published 2026
256 pages
The Child Follows the Womb Gender, Reproduction, and Roman Slavery
Katharine P. D. Huemoeller
Published 2026
224 pages
Equal Means Equal Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now
Jessica Neuwirth
Published 2026
192 pages
Swiftynomics How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy
Misty L. Heggeness
Published 2026
264 pages
Good Daughtering The Work You've Always Done, the Credit You've Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough
Allison M. Alford, Allison M Alford Phd
Published 2026
240 pages
Little Women (2019) Movies Minute by Minute
Nadine Boljkovac
Published 2026
176 pages
Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression (a Camera Obscura book)
Jacob Engelberg
Published 2026
352 pages
Curating Deviance Programming the Queer Film Canon
Marc Francis
Published 2026
320 pages
Puto Plays
Ricardo A. Bracho
Published 2026
250 pages
Domesticating Brown Movements of Racial Imagination
Christopher B. Patterson
Published 2026
344 pages
Nasty Work Resist Systems, Explore Desire, and Liberate Yourself
Ericka Hart
Published 2026
304 pages
The Gloria Wekker Reader
Gloria Wekker
Published 2026
496 pages
Fractured Gaming Cultures Marginalized Gamers and New Identities
Christine Tomlinson
Published 2026
176 pages