Ashton, Elaine, Caryl Churchill, Northcote House, 1997.

This is a critical study of the whole of Churchill's catalog, including Top Girls.

Bruley, Sue, Women in Britain Since 1900, Macmillan, 1999.

This social history of British women includes information about the 1980s.

Gilmour, Ian, Dancing with Dogma: Britain Under Thatcherism, Simon & Schuster, 1992.

This is an economic and political history of the Great Britain that Top Girls is set in.

Kritzer, Amelia Howe, The Plays of Caryl Churchill: Theatre of Empowerment, Macmillan, 1991.

This book is a critical overview of and commentary on Churchill's work, including Top Girls, radio plays, and television plays.

Thompson, Juliet S. and Wayne C. Thompson, eds., Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister Indomitable, Westview Press, 1994.

This collection of essays considers the whole of Thatcher's life and political career.