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

The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women by Naomi Wolf reads as critical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A literature of their own

Elaine Showalter · 1975

Both explore feminism & gender roles

71% genome match

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan · 1963

Both explore feminism & gender roles

66% genome match

Woman Hating

Andrea Dworkin · 1974

Both explore feminism & gender roles

67% genome match

La politique du mâle

Kate Millett · 1968

Both explore feminism & gender roles

65% genome match

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

Jill Lepore · 2014

Both explore feminism & gender roles

65% genome match

The Creation of Feminist Consciousness

Gerda Lerner · 1993

Both explore feminism

63% genome match

The Sadeian woman

Angela Carter · 1978

Both explore feminism & gender roles

67% genome match

Feminist thought

Rosemarie Tong · 1988

Both explore feminism

62% genome match

Storia delle donne in occidente, vol. 5

Françoise Thébaud · 1991

Both explore gender roles & feminism

64% genome match

The Dialectic of Sex

Shulamith Firestone · 1970

Both explore gender roles

60% genome match

Woman in sexist society ; studies in power and powerlessness

Vivian Gornick · 1971

Both explore feminism & gender roles

64% genome match

A Vindication of Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792

Both explore feminism

57% genome match