Claire’s Books

All of my favorites and a few that I can’t wait to read next. Books on feminism, art, witchcraft and the occult, yoga, natural healing, spirituality and adventure. Highlighting the works of femme, queer and authors of color. 

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
The Future Is Feminist: Radical, Funny, and Inspiring Writing by Women
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Fury: Women's Lived Experiences During the Trump Era
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to Covergirl(r), the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
My Own Words
Fertile Ground: Women, Earth, and the Limits of Control
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power
Living My Life
Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic.
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
Witches of America
The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells
Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition
Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life
Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance
Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels
Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness (a New Edition of the Tarot Classic) (Third Edition, Revised)
Llewellyn's Complete Book of Astrology: The Easy Way to Learn Astrology
The Essentials of Vedic Astrology
Moon Power: Lunar Rituals for Connecting with Your Inner Goddess
This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope
Places I've Taken My Body: Essays
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Thick: And Other Essays
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Fury: Women's Lived Experiences During the Trump Era
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
The Future Is Feminist: Radical, Funny, and Inspiring Writing by Women
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
Look Alive Out There: Essays
South and West: From a Notebook
Pussy: A Reclamation
Vagina (Revised, Updated)
Code Red: Know Your Flow, Unlock Your Superpowers, and Create a Bloody Amazing Life. Period.
Cunt (20th Anniversary Edition): A Declaration of Independence
Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm
The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power (Original)
Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power
Another Country
The House on Mango Street
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
South and West: From a Notebook
On the Road
On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Moby Dick
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
The Dharma Bums
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
A Room of One's Own
Radical Walking Tours of New York City
A Confederacy of Dunces (Anniversary)
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans
Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red-Light District
Airline Highway: A Play
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)
A Confederacy of Dunces (Anniversary)
Louisiana Ghost Stories as Told by Louisiana Witches
The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride
Living for Change: An Autobiography
My Own Words
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Living My Life
The Heart of a Woman
Just Kids
M Train
Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)
The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami
The Journey Within: Exploring the Path of Bhakti
Sacred Sound: Discovering the Myth & Meaning of Mantra & Kirtan
The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth (Revised)
Shakti Mantras: Tapping Into the Great Goddess Energy Within
Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands
Healing Mantras: Using Sound Affirmations for Personal Power, Creativity, and Healing (Revised)
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
The Yoga of Breath: A Step-By-Step Guide to Pranayama
Anodea Judith's Chakra Yoga
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self (Revised)
Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or S
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
Revolution and Evolution
Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance
Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels
Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery
Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
New and Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition
Helmut Newton. Sumo. Revised by June Newton
Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page
Robert Frank: The Americans
Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspond (Anniversary)
Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red-Light District