Books About Sexuality

Bodies | Couples & Relationships | Female Sexuality & Sexual Health | Male Sexuality & Sexual Health | The Science of Sex | Sexual Orientation & Gender | Sexual Abuse | Sexuality & Disability | Sex & Culture | Sexual Transmitted Infections & HIV | Masturbation | Other Fun Reads

Bodies

• The Big Butt Book by Dian Hanson
• The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

Couples & Relationships

• A Couples’ Guide to Communication by John Mordechai Gottman, Howard Markman, Jonni Gonso and Clifford Notarius
• For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy by Lonnie Garfield Barbach
• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix
• Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking by Patricia Love and Jo Robinson
• Great Sex Games by Anne Hooper
• The Guide to Getting It On: A New and Mostly Wonderful Book About Sex for Adults of All Ages by Paul Johannides
• She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman by Ian Kerner
• Passionista: The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Pleasuring a Man by Ian Kerner
• Morgasam by Rachel Vennig, Claire Cavanah and Jessica Vitkus
• Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino
• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
• Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch
• Demystifying Love: Plain Talk for the Mental Health Professional by Stephen B. Levine

Female Sexuality & Sexual Health

Sexual pleasure and orgasm

• Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women by Julia Heiman and Joseph LoPiccolo
• For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality by Lonnie Garfield Barbach
• Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction by Debby Herbenick, Ph.D.
• The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution by Elisabeth Lloyd
• The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women by Tristan Taormino

Sexual Health

• Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century: A Book by and for Women by Barbara Bachman and Jane Pincus. Produced by the Boston Women’s Health Collective
• The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health by Dr. Elizabeth Stewart and Paula Spencer
• Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Christine Northrup
• The Vulvodynia Survival Guide: How to Overcome Painful Vaginal Symptoms and Enjoy an Active Lifestyle by Howard I. Glazer, PhD, and Gae Rodke, M.D.

Male Sexuality & Sexual Health

Premature Ejaculation (also called “rapid ejaculation”)

• Coping with Premature Ejaculation: How to Overcome PE, Please Your Partner and Have Great Sex by Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy
• How to Overcome Premature Ejaculation by Helen Singer Kaplan

Sexual Health

• Male Sexuality: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment by Bernie Zilbergeld and John Ullman
• The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions by Richard Milsten and Julian Slowkinski

General

• A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis by David Friedman

The Science of Sex

• The Science of Orgasm by Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-Flores and Beverly Whipple
• The Orgasm Answer Guide by Berry R. Komisaruk, Beverly Whipple, Sara Nasserzadeh and Carlos Beyer-Flores
• Human Sexuality and its Problemsby John Bancroft

Sexual Orientation & Gender

• Lesbian Sex by Joann Loulan
• Lesbian Passion: Loving Ourselves by Joann Loulan and Mariah Burton
• Loving Someone Gay by Don H. Clark
• On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love by Brian R. McNaught
• Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships that Last by Betty Berzon
• The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop by David P. McWhirter
• Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality by Martin S. Weinberg, Colin J. Williams and Douglas W. Pryor
• The Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality by Sandra Lipsitz Bem
• Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond

Sexual Abuse

• The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass
• Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to Understanding and Healing by Wendy Malz and Beverly Holman
• The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Malz and Carol Aria
• Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society’s Betrayal of the Child by Alice Miller and Hunter Hannuam (Translated by Hildegarde Hannum)

Sex & Culture

A History of Celibacy by Elizabeth Abbott
• Sexuality, Health and Human Rights by Sonia Correa, Rosalind Pethesky and Richard Parker

Sexuality & Disability

• Sexual Function in People with Disability and Chronic Illness: A Health Professional’s Guide by Marca L. Sipski
• Sexuality and Chronic Illness: A Comprehensive Approach by Leslie R. Schover and Soren Buus Jensen

Sexually Transmitted Infections & HIV

STIs

• Women at Risk: The HPV Epidemic and Your Cervical Health by Dr. Gregory Henderson

HIV/AIDS

• And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
• The Essential AIDS Fact Book by Paul Harding Douglas and Laura Pinksy
• Impure Science: AIDS, Activism and the Politics of Knowledge by Steven Epstein

Masturbation

• Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving by Betty Dodson
• The Big Book of Masturbation by Martha Cornog

Other Fun Reads

• Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to the Extremes of Human Sexuality (and everything in between) by Russ Kick