Women's History & Feminism
Individual topics classified under "Women's History & Feminism", ranked by how many awards the books carrying each one have won combined. Open a topic to see its most-awarded books.
- 1
Women's history
17 books
10
wins
129
score
- Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World · Amy Stanley2 wins · 25 score
- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785–1812 · Laurel Thatcher Ulrich2 wins · 20 score
- Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life · Ruth Franklin2 wins · 17 score
- Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger · David M. Kennedy1 win · 8 score
- The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784–1860 · Suzanne Lebsock1 win · 8 score
- 2
Women's rights
8 books
6
wins
62
score
- Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men · Caroline Criado-Perez2 wins · 22 score
- Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women · Susan Faludi1 win · 12 score
- Abigail Adams · Woody Holton1 win · 8 score
- Infidel: My Life · Ayaan Hirsi Ali1 win · 5 score
- The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan · Jenny Nordberg1 win · 5 score
- 3
Gender roles
3 books
3
wins
29
score
- 4
Feminism
12 books
2
wins
58
score
- Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women · Susan Faludi1 win · 12 score
- Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley · Charlotte Gordon1 win · 12 score
- Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disruptor · Rachel Shteir0 wins · 4 score
- Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below · Jane Kamensky0 wins · 4 score
- Fruitful: A Real Mother in the Modern World · Anne Roiphe0 wins · 4 score
- 5
Gender and sexuality
3 books
2
wins
31
score
- 6
Women in science
4 books
2
wins
26
score
- 7
Reproductive rights
6 books
1
win
24
score
- Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America · Sara Dubow1 win · 8 score
- Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood · Gretchen Sisson0 wins · 4 score
- The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade · Ann Fessler0 wins · 4 score
- Woman's Body, Woman's Right: The History of Birth Control in America · Linda Gordon0 wins · 4 score
- Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars · Cynthia Gorney0 wins · 3 score
- 8
Gender equality
3 books
0
wins
9
score
Recent Standout Topics (2020+)
- 1Women's history2 wins
- 2Feminism0 wins
Where This Data Comes From
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction2012–2026
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award1936–2026
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1999–2026
- Bancroft Prize1948–2026
- Cundill History Prize2008–2026
- Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award2005–2026
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1999–2026
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography1919–2025
- Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction2014–2026
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography1981–2025