Today is International Women’s Day! So I decided to browse Goodreads for some books to read for Women’s Day and I came across a list of non-fiction books about women, for women, by women. And I thought it would be fun to share some of the books I would love to read, even though I’m not a big non-fiction reader I do like to pick some up every now and then.

Wordslut – Amanda Montell

This is the only book on this list that I already own and have partly read already. I love languages and I find this such an interesting subject. Amanda Montell has an engaging writing style and I’m familiar with her through her podcast Sounds Like a Cult.

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud – Anne Helen Petersen

This is about 11 celebrities and how ‘unruly’ women are getting more and more visibility. I don’t often read about celebrities and I have to say that doesn’t really excite me in this book, but I love the term ‘unruly woman’ and I’m curious how the author is approaching all of this.

All In Her Head – Elizabeth Comen

I think I spoke about this book earlier, this one sounds so interesting! It’s all about the way women’s body were looked at in the field of medicine and how that still affects us today.

Wise Gals – Nathalia Holt

This sounds like such a cool and interesting story! The women that helped building the CIA and developed tools for espionage. I never heard anything about this, so I’m really curious about these women and how that all went down.

Rise of the Rocket Girls – Nathalia Holt

This is a book by the same author as Wise Gals, it looks like she writes about stuff I find interesting for sure so I might have to check out the rest of her work as well. I have heard and seen more and more about the women that helped develop so much of space travel and I would love to learn even more about them.

Off With Her Head – Eleanor Herman

The author examines how powerful women throughout history are viewed (unfairly) and which misogynistic patterns keep popping up time and time again.

Invisible Women – Caroline Criado Pérez

This is one of the books I would love to read the most. I’m really interested in statistics and data, I have read a lot about the exclusion of women in studies. It will be intriguing to read more about it and see just how prevalent it all is!

These are a couple of books that would be perfect to read on International Women’s Day or some time this month for Women’s History Month! Have you read any of these? Which one do you think I would enjoy the most? I would love to hear from you!