Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Writing Women’s Lives |
1994 |
Buy |
| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |
1998 |
Buy |
| Let Nobody Turn Us Around |
1999 |
Buy |
| Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean:Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia |
2015 |
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Children’s Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Happy to Be Nappy |
1999 |
Buy |
| Homemade Love |
2002 |
Buy |
| Be Boy Buzz |
2002 |
Buy |
| Skin Again |
2004 |
Buy |
| Grump Groan Growl |
2008 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| and there we wept |
1978 |
N/A |
| When Angels Speak of Love |
2005 |
Buy |
| Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place |
2012 |
Buy |
Love Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| All About Love: New Visions |
1999 |
Buy |
| Love Renewed |
2013 |
N/A |
| Salvation: Black People and Love |
2001 |
Buy |
| Communion: The Female Search for Love |
2002 |
Buy |
| Comunhão: A busca das mulheres pelo amor |
2002 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism |
1981 |
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| Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center |
1984 |
Buy |
| Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black |
1989 |
Buy |
| Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics |
1990 |
Buy |
| Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life |
1991 |
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| Black Looks: Race and Representation |
1992 |
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| Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery |
1993 |
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| Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations |
1994 |
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| Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom |
1994 |
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| Killing Rage: Ending Racism |
1995 |
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| Art on My Mind: Visual Politics |
1995 |
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| Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood |
1996 |
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| Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies |
1996 |
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| Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life |
1997 |
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| remembered rapture: the writer at work |
1999 |
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| Where We Stand: Class Matters |
2000 |
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| Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics |
2000 |
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| Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope |
2002 |
Buy |
| Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem |
2002 |
Buy |
| We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love |
2003 |
Buy |
| Belonging: A Culture of Place |
2004 |
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| Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism |
2006 |
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| Soul Sister: Women, Friendship, And Fulfillment |
2007 |
Buy |
| Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom |
2007 |
Buy |
| Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice |
2012 |
Buy |
| Uncut Funk: A Contemplative Dialogue |
2017 |
Buy |
bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was one of the most influential American intellectuals of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her work examined how race, gender, and class intersect in American life, beginning with Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1981) and continuing through more than 40 books of non-fiction, poetry, and children’s literature.
Her Love Trilogy — All About Love, Salvation, and Communion — reached a new generation of readers in the 2010s and 2020s as social media rediscovered her accessible writing about love, connection, and healing. hooks was also a dedicated educator whose Teaching to Transgress (1994) shaped how teachers think about classrooms as spaces for liberation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has bell hooks written?
bell hooks has written 44 books across five series.
What was bell hooks's first book?
bell hooks’s first book is and there we wept, published in 1978.
Why is bell hooks' name lowercase?
bell hooks chose to spell her pen name in all lowercase letters to shift attention away from herself and toward her ideas. The name itself is a tribute to her great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.