The Ambition Penalty
Stefanie O'Connell
Published 2026
288 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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Expecting Inequity How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans
Khiara Bridges
Published 2026
320 pages
Puto Plays
Ricardo A. Bracho
Published 2026
250 pages
Judith Butler and Film The Good Egalitarian, the Bad Feminist and the Ugly Others
Temmuz Süreyya Gürbüz
Published 2026
240 pages
Mourning and Mobilization in the Americas The Affective Politics of Women Killings
Lydia Huerta Moreno
Published 2026
272 pages
Two Women Living Together
Hana Kim, Hwang Sunwoo
Published 2026
256 pages
Be a Man Mentally Tough, Physically Strong, Morally Straight, and Financially Independent
Carl Higbie, Kay Smythe Hill
Published 2026
256 pages
Domesticating Brown Movements of Racial Imagination
Christopher B. Patterson
Published 2026
344 pages
Erotic Knowledge Toward a Lesbian Feminist Political Theory
Elena Gambino
Published 2026
208 pages
The Gloria Wekker Reader
Gloria Wekker
Published 2026
496 pages
Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing
Published 2026
328 pages
Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange 1550–1850
Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Louise Duckling, Associate Profesor of English University of British Columbia Jennifer Gustar
Published 2026
256 pages
Campus Whisper Networks Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors
Janet Hinson Shope, Richard Pringle
Published 2026
178 pages
Lavender Sounds
Stacey Copeland
Published 2026
216 pages
Love All Our Neighbors How Churches That Hold a Traditional Sexual Ethic Can Care for LGBTQ People
Tony Scarcello
Published 2026
224 pages
Asian Girlhood in the Shadows of US Empire
Sharon N. Tran
Published 2026
256 pages
Presence A Hidden History of the Female Body
Erin Maglaque
Published 2026
304 pages
Women Who Ruled the World 5000 Years of Female Monarchy
Elizabeth Norton
Published 2026
352 pages
Unequal Before Birth The Maternity Leave Experiences of Low-Income Mothers of Color in the United States
Ja'Nya Jenoch
Published 2026
1 page
Artistic Labour Now Between Specificity and Generality, Materiality and Immateriality, Production and Reproduction
Daniel Birnbaum, Isabelle Graw
Published 2026
256 pages
Sonic Cyberfeminisms
Annie Goh, Marie Thompson
Published 2026
248 pages
Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince
Daphne A. Brooks
Published 2026
520 pages
Mighty Real A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
Barry Walters
Published 2026
480 pages
His Side Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage, and Life in America
Helen Smith
Published 2026
224 pages