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The Library

There's so much literature available no matter what you're looking for. Please keep in mind that while some books can be found secondhand, due to the nature of the topics, you will have a harder time finding them in local shops compared to major retailers like Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, or Amazon. All books may not be available internationally or digitally.

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Age Appropiate BooksEducational BooksTrauma/GriefHealth, History, Kink, & PoliticsGraphic NovelsAnecdotal Books

Being Resourceful

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Reading on a Budget? Check the Local Library!

Libraries are a great resource for accessing reading material of all types! Public libraries will often order physical, digital, and even audiobook versions of novels (depending on their budget and the popularity of an item) to rent for their community to use. And the more requests for a title they get, the more copies of that title they will keep on hand!  Reading is a luxury because writing is an art and authors deserve to be paid for their craft. Use the button below to find your local library and don't forget to sign up for a library card! (US only)

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Supporting Local Shops with Bookshop

With Bookshop you can order books online and help support local bookstores in your area as well as support me as an official Bookshop Affiliate! Please note that some books available in the US catalog may not be available in international catalogs such as Australia and Oceania, the UK, etc.


Books with a star next to the author are currently not available in Bookshop at this time.

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Age APPROPRIATE Books

  • It's Perfectly Normal (10yrs & up) - Robie H. Harris
  • Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (Teen) - Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan 
  • Sex is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Relationships, and You (8-10yrs) - Cory Silverberg
  • The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids (8-11yrs) - Kelly Storck
  • The Wonder Down Under (Teen) - Ellen Stokken Dahl & Nina Brochmann, MD*
  • What Makes a Baby (2-5yrs) - Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth
  • Where Did I Come From (5-10yrs) - Peter Mayle, Illustrated by Arthur Robins

Educational Books

  • A Curious History of Sex - Kate Lister
  • ACE - Angela Chen
  • Anal Pleasure & Health - Jack Morin, Ph.D
  • Bad Sex - Nona Willis Arnonowitz
  • Bang! Masturbation for People of all Genders and Abilities - Vic Liu
  • Boys & Sex - Peggy Orenstein
  • Camming - Angela Jones
  • Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski*
  • Girl Sex 101 - Allison Moon, KD Diamond
  • Girls & Sex - Peggy Orenstein
  • Guynecology: The Missing Science of Mens Reprodcutive Health - Rene Almeling
  • How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History - Samantha Cole 
  • Modern Sexuality - Dr. Aaron Michael
  • Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex - Joan Price
  • Opening Up - Tristan Taormino*
  • Oral Sex for Every Body - Tina Robbins
  • Orgasms (Previously titled "The Big O") - Lou Paget
  • Perv: The Sexual Deviant in all of Us - Jesse Bering*
  • Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work - Melissa Gira Grant

  • Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers Rights - Juno Mac & Molly Smith
  • Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction - Shira Hassan
  • Sex Lies & Statistics - Dr. Brooke Magnanti*
  • SM 101 - Jay Wiseman
  • The Big Book of Orgasms - Rachel Kramer Bussel*
  • The Deviants War: The Homosexual vs The United States of America - Eric Cervini
  • The Ethical Slut - Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy *
  • The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman
  • The Myth of Sex Addiction - David J. Ley
  • The New Bottoming Book - Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy
  • The New Topping Book - Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy
  • The Pegging Book - Cooper S. Beckett
  • The Tragedy of Heterosexuality - Jane Ward
  • Spanking for Lovers - Janet W. Hardy
  • The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability - Miriam Kaufman, M.D., Cory Silverberg, Fran Odette 
  • The Ultimate Guide to Threesomes - Stella Harris
  • The Victimizations of Women: Law, Policies, and Politics - Michelle L. Meloy, Susan L. Miller 
  • Threadbare: Clothes, Sex & Trafficking - Anne Elizabeth Moore
  • Thriving in Sex Work: Heartfelt Advice for Staying Sane in the Sex Industry - Lola Davina
  •  Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent - Katherine Angel
  • Tongue Tied - Stella Harris
  • Transgender History - Susan Stryker
  • Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies, and Revolution - Laurie Penny*
  • Watching Sex - David Loftus*
  • What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest Since the Eighteenth Century - Kathleen Lubey

Sex After Trauma or Grief

I hope these books can assist you with your healing journey.

  • Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma - Staci Haines
  • Re-Humanize - Marlee Liss
  • Reclaiming Pleasure - Holly Richmond
  • Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Loss - Joan Price
  • The Sexual Healing Journey - Wendy Maltz
  • Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex and Dating - Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

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Specific Sub-Sections

Health & Disability

Health & Disability

Health & Disability

  • 100 Questions & Answers about Breast Cancer Sensuality, Sexuality, and Intimacy - Michael L. Krychman, MD, Susan Kellogg Spadt, PhD, CRNP, Sandra Finestone, PsyD
  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability - A. Andrews
  • Anal Pleasure & Health - Jack Morin, PhD
  • Completely Overcome Vaginismus - Mark & Lisa Carter
  • Dr. Sonia's Guide to Navigating Pelvic Pain - Sonia Bahlani, MD
  • Guynecology: The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health - Rene Almeling
  • Pussypedia - Zoe Mendelson
  • Reclaiming Sex & Intimacy After Prostate Cancer - Jeffrey Albaugh, PhD, APRN, CUCNS
  • Sex and Disability - Robert McRuer, Anna Mollow
  • Sex for Dummies - Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
  • Sexual Positions for the Knee Patient - Joanne Arczynski
  • The Handi Book of Love Lust & DIsability
  • The Inside Story: The Women's Guide to Lifelong Pelvic Health (Also a Jewish Special Edition)- Dr. Riva Preil, PT, DPT, WCS, BCB-PMD, CLT
  • The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression, and the Conversations We Aren't Having - JoEllen Notte
  • This is Your Brain on Birth Control - Sarah E. Hill PhD

History

Health & Disability

Health & Disability

  • A Curious History of Sex - Kate Lister
  • How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History - Samantha Cole
  • The Deviants War: The Homosexual vs The United States of America - Eric Cervini
  • The Victimization of Women: Law, Policies and Politics - Michelle L. Melloy, Susan L. Miller
  • Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, & Trafficking - Anne Elizabeth Moore
  • Transgender History - Susan Stryker
  • Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies, and Revolution - Laurie Penny
  • What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest Since the Eighteenth Century - Kathleen Lubey

Kink

Politics

Politics

  • Perv: The Sexual Deviant in all of Us - Jesse Bering
  • SM 101 - Jay Wiseman
  • The New Bottoming Book - Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy 
  • The New Topping Book - Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy
  • The Pegging Book - Cooper S. Beckett
  •  The Toybag Guide to Dungeon Emergencies and Supplies - Jay Wiseman

Politics

Politics

Politics

  • Modern Sexuality - Dr. Michael Aaron
  • Refusing Compulsory Heterosexuality, A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture - Sherronda J. Brown
  • Revolting Prostitutes: THe Fight for Sex Workers Rights - Juno Mac & Molly Smith
  • Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction - Shira Hassan
  • Sex, Lies, & Statistics - Dr. Brooke Magnanti
  • The Myth of Sex Addiction - David J. Ley

Graphic Novels

  • Bliss Club: Sex Tips for Creative Lovers - Jüne Plã
  • Drawn to Sex: The Basics - Erica Moen & Matthew Nolan
  • Drawn to Sex: Our Bodies and Health - Erica Moen & Matthew Nolan
  • Gender: A Graphic Guide - Meg-John Barker & Jules Scheele
  • Queer: A Graphic History - Meg-John Barker & Jules Scheele
  • Sexuality: A Graphic Guide - Meg-John Barker & Jules Scheele

Anecdotal Books

  • 90 Day Geisha - Chelsea Haywood*
  • Ask a Queer Chick - Lindsay King-Miller
  • Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto - Zachary Zane
  • Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography - Jiz Lee
  • Every Body - Julia Rothman & Shaina Feinberg
  • How to be a Happy Homosexual - Terry Sanderson*
  • Like a Mother - Angela Garbes
  • Reclaiming Eros - Suzanne Blackburn
  • Sinner Takes All - Tera Patrick
  • Strange Times - Tales from American Strippers - Edited by Elle Stranger
  • The Happy Hooker - Xaviera Hollander
  • The Sex Lives of African Women: Self Discovery, Freedom, and Healing - Edited by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah*
  • We Too Essays on Sex Work and Survival - Natalie West & Tina Horn
  • Women of the Light: The New Sacred Prostitute - Edited by Kenneth Ray Stubbs Ph.D*
  • Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex -  Matilda Bickers, Peech Breshears, Janis Luna 

all books are likely to be educational, anecdotal, and even graphic at times.

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