We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
★ Top 25 book of 2014 · #23 on Best Books of 2014
Adapted from her TEDx talk, this essay offers a fresh, inclusive definition of feminism for the twenty-first century. The author draws on her own experiences and on the hidden realities of sexual politics to explain why everyone should embrace it.
Best for: Readers wanting a short, personal essay on modern feminism and gender
We Should All Be Feminists is #23 on BookWard's Best Books of 2014, out of 66 2014 books that cleared our data bar.
What We Should All Be Feminists is about
Adichie began with a talk and shaped it into a short essay that makes a plain case: feminism concerns everyone. The award-winning author of Americanah offers a definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, rooted in inclusion and awareness. She draws on her own experiences and on her sharp reading of sexual politics, including the realities that often go unnoticed or deliberately masked. Along the way she asks what it means to be a woman today. It works as a rallying cry, and it will suit anyone who wants a clear, quick introduction to the subject, whether curious, skeptical or already convinced.
We Should All Be Feminists on the Best Books of 2014
We Should All Be Feminists came out in 2014. Of the 66 books first published in 2014 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #23 on our Best Books of 2014 list.
Why it made the list: 551 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (29 ratings); 21 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2014 list
- Everblaze Shannon Messenger, #21
- The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, #22
- Maybe Someday Colleen Hoover, #24
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 464 want to read it, 21 are reading it now and 66 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.1 out of 5 from 29 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 68 | 55% |
| Reader love | 53 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 56 | 20% |
Questions about We Should All Be Feminists
When was We Should All Be Feminists published?
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was first published in 2014.
Was We Should All Be Feminists one of the best books of 2014?
We Should All Be Feminists is #23 on BookWard's Best Books of 2014, out of 66 2014 books that cleared our data bar. 551 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (29 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
Why is We Should All Be Feminists on the Best Books of 2014 list?
551 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (29 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2014
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han, #1
- The Long Haul Jeff Kinney, #2
- Surrounded by Idiots Thomas Erikson, #3
- Zero to One Peter A. Thiel, #4
- After (After Series, Book 1) Anna Todd, #5
- All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, #6
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How we know
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