18 books like Backlash

What to read after Backlash — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Goddesses in everywoman Jean Shinoda Bolen · 1984 · ★ 4.4 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author. Psychoanalyst Jean Bolen's career soared in the early 1980s when Goddesses in Everywoman was published. Thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying… Shares: Psicología, Mujeres, Psychology

Hite Report Women & Love Shere Hite · 1976 · ★ 3.0 · 638p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Summarizes the responses of over 3000 American women to the NOW sexuality questionnaire, which aimed to discover how women feel about a variety of sexual topics. Shares: Psicología, Mujeres, Psychology

The curse Janice Delaney · 1976 · ★ 3.5 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Public opinion, Sociology

Room of Ones Own Three Guineas Virginia Woolf · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. Three Guineas was published almost a decade later and breaks new ground in its discussion of… Shares: Feminism, Sociology, Social conditions

The Havana mob T. J. English · 1841 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—the old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars, and flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar and often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne, T. J. English offers a riveting, multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution, and… Shares: Condiciones sociales, Social conditions

Cien años de soledad Gabriel García Márquez · 1967 · ★ 4.5 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Cien años de soledad es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal, cumbre del denominado "realismo mágico". Es asimismo una de las obras más traducidas y leídas en español. Narra la historia de la familia Buendía a lo largo de siete generaciones en el… Shares: Condiciones sociales, Social conditions

Dude, where's my country? Michael Moore · 2003 · ★ 3.4 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate M. Moore sévit encore une fois avec humour et provocation. Le détonateur : G.W. Bush préparant sa réélection en 2004. Les armes : la dérision massive. Il s'attaque notamment aux mensonges et à la propagande dont est victime son pays depuis le 11 septembre, ainsi qu'aux secrets et aux combines de Bush avec ses amis saoudiens concernant le pétrole. Shares: Condiciones sociales, Social conditions

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the… Shares: Public opinion, Psychology

The Lost World of the Kalahari Laurens van der Post · 1958 · ★ 4.0 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the rediscovery of the Bushmen, outcast survivors from Stone Age Africa.Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. Ostracised by all the changing face of African cultural life they retreated deep into the Kalahari desert. His fascinating attempt… Shares: Sociology, Social conditions

The Women's Room Marilyn French · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 492p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Relates a woman's experiences and changing attitudes from her marriage in the 1950's to her increasing independence in the 1970's. Shares: Feminism, Social conditions, Psychology

The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In eight new stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies her great themes - the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the human heart. Time stretches out in some of the stories: a man and a woman look back forty years to the summer they met - the summer, as it turns… Shares: Mujeres, Psychology

Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw · 1970 · ★ 4.5 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate A novel of two brothers from the end of World War II to the 1960's. The story of Rudolph, Gretchen, and Thomas Jordache, children of an embittered German immigrant. Nurtured on traditional views of American success, each pursues the illusion of happiness in his own way, determined to achieve his "birthright." Shares: Social conditions, United States

Un autre regard #1-2 Emma Gutierrez · 2015 · ★ 5.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Feminism, Social conditions

The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan · 1963 · ★ 3.9 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Landmark, groundbreaking, classic―these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women’s confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Writing in a time when the average… Shares: Feminism, Social conditions, Psychology

Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 551p · ≈ 18h · Moderate A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a… Shares: Mujeres, Social conditions

Yesterday I Cried Iyanla Vanzant · 1999 · ★ 5.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate “The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah WinfreyWhat if your deepest pain held the key to your greatest healing?In Yesterday, I Cried, New York Times bestselling author and spiritual teacher Iyanla Vanzant shares her powerful personal story—a journey marked by abuse, neglect, heartbreak, and loss. With unflinching honesty and raw emotion, she invites us to… Shares: Psicología, Psychology

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial psychology advances across a broad spectrum. Shares: Psychology

Voices Staroba · 2015 Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Psychology

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