Best-selling author Caroline Criado Perez created global shockwaves with her book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. The book, which has since been translated into 24 different languages, exposes the data biases in society that impact women in every area of their lives—and the dangerous consequences when data fails to take gender into account.

The book is stat-heavy but Perez presents the information in an accessible way, making Invisible Women an essential read if you're looking to gain a deeper understanding of how a gender bias in the data we collect results in products designed for men—from technology to medicine—and how women are disadvantaged as a result. Perez is currently working on a follow-up to Invisible Women, called Now You See Us: How to Close the Gender Data Gap and Design a World that Works for Everyone.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is best known for her large number of feminist works and, of course, for her feature in the Beyonce song, Flawless. Adichie’s book, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the prestigious NPR Best Book of the Year award.

The book is short but packs a powerful punch, inspired by a letter Adichie received from a childhood friend, Ijeawele, asking for advice on how she could raise her baby girl to become a strong, independent woman. Soon after, Adichie decided to publish the fifteen suggestions she'd shared with Ijeawele in this novel, to inspire the next generation of feminists. 

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Modern HERstory is an inspiring, beautifully illustrated book that profiles 70 often overlooked champions of progressive social change, including women, people of colour, queer people, trans people and disabled people.

Authored by activist Blair Imani, the book aims to rewrite history by including powerful voices who made significant contributions to liberation movements but too often get forgotten. It's a must-read for anyone looking for a more inclusive representation of history's change-makers.

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Melinda Gates needs little introduction. The co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she's a globally recognised philanthropist and women's rights activist. Her book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, shares the lessons she's learnt from the many inspiring people she's met across the globe through her philanthropic work. 

Split into nine chapters that address topics from maternal and newborn health to child marriage and unpaid work, Gates urges readers to pay attention to women's issues because, "When you lift up women, you lift up humanity," she says. "That is why I had to write this book―to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.” 

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