The part-memoir, part-tirade against 'The Man' presents a modern outlook on feminism, repackaging it to remove the stigma attached to the f word.

How To Be A Woman, Caitlin Moran

A selection of poetry providing a hopeful look at racism, sexism, eroticism and lesbianism.

Sister Outsider, Audre Lorne

Based on a viral 2012 TED talk of the same name, this treatise on what it means to be a feminist sparked a global conversation. Its cultural impact (including a sample in Beyoncé’s hit single ***Flawless) helped bring feminism into the mainstream.

We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This star-studded anthology features writing by Emma Watson, Jameela Jamil, Dolly Alderton and more. It's a powerful and varied collection of essays, prose and poetry that beautifully captures what it means to be a feminist today.

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies), Scarlett Curtis

Following on from Simone De Beauvoir, this 1994 work extrapolated gender studies with an academic text stating that women are not born to wear skirts, men are not born to wear boots, and that all gender is a performance as affected as a drag queen's stage show.

Gender Trouble, Judith Butler

This book discussed how, in order for women of the 1970s to become fully independent, to find work that engaged them and to discover their full sexuality, they had to identify that they were separate and different from their mothers.

My Mother My Self, Nancy Friday

This 1970 book says that women don't know how much men hate them, and that women are encouraged by men to hate themselves. It encouraged women to learn to love their bodies and taste their own menstrual blood.

The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer

A 1977 academic text addressing issues of linguistics and the lack of female discourse in literary history.

The Sex Which Is Not One, Luce Irigaray

This 1978 book examines women's eating disorders and how a focus on weight is used as a way of subjugating women. A must-read for anyone caught in a cycle of dieting and binge-eating.

Fat is a Feminist Issue, Susie Orbach

This small but mighty book compiles speeches, pamphlets, letters and articles from leading suffragettes, painting a detailed portrait of both a moment in time and a movement that would shape the following century.

Suffragette Manifestos, various authors