Books like A literature of their own

A literature of their own by Elaine Showalter reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Le Deuxième Sexe

Simone de Beauvoir · 1949

Both explore feminism

61% genome match

La politique du mâle

Kate Millett · 1968

Both explore feminism & gender roles

74% genome match

The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women

Naomi Wolf · 1990

Both explore feminism & gender roles

71% genome match

Women Writers in Renaissance England

Randall Martin · 1997

Both explore literary history & gender roles

76% genome match

Room of Ones Own Three Guineas

Virginia Woolf · 1984

Both explore feminism

58% genome match

Storia delle donne in occidente, vol. 5

Françoise Thébaud · 1991

Both explore gender roles & feminism

70% genome match

The creation of patriarchy

Gerda Lerner · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

67% genome match

Chloe Plus Olivia

Lillian Faderman · 1994

Both explore feminism

68% genome match

Woman Hating

Andrea Dworkin · 1974

Both explore feminism & gender roles

65% genome match

The language of the night

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1979

Both explore feminism

64% genome match

The Sadeian woman

Angela Carter · 1978

Both explore feminism & gender roles

68% genome match

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan · 1963

Both explore feminism & gender roles

61% genome match