Book Recommendations
What happens when a sex educator and an accountant suddenly co-own a sex toy shop? Sexiness!
Author of the "What it's Like" column explores the experiences of folks with marginalized sexual practices
Trans folks fight an army of TERFS to survive in a world where too much T turns you into a cannibal sex fiend
What's going on in our bodies and brains when we are living through heartbreak?
Therapists: Learn a structured approach to more satisfying, mindful, embodied sex
Forget what you think you know about fairy tales...
How sexism and racism in healthcare kill women
Exploring the damage done when we try to "pray the gay away."
Using Imago Therapy techniques to get the sex you want!
Meet forgotten advocates from the Gilded Age who fought for womens' rights to control their own bodies
A memoir of womanhood in America in seven (body) parts
A must-read for mental health professionals
In their debut novel Mandelo asks: What if you didn't realize you were in love with your best friend until they were dead?
The tale of the trans grandchild of Katrina VanTassel and Brom Bones
A challenge to the whitewashed history of feminism
An inside look at how powerful systems silence folks who are victimized
Support for female-identified survivors of childhood sexual abuse
A memoir about surviving intimate partner violence
Get your hands on all of faer books! Gender diverse characters and examining of painful issues.
Also check out Dear Ijeawele!
Insights from the internet about what we're up to sexually
A trans hero, written by a trans author, based on trans history. I love this author. Read all of their books!
Everything she writes is marvelous!
Learn all about the vulva and it's accompanying parts!
Raising a child of any gender?
Spinsterhood. An amazing, empowering life.
After you read this, you're going to want to follow ALL of the authors in this anthology!
An in depth look into some very scary subcultures
Is your feminism intersectional? Probably not as much as it could be, but you can work on it!
Radical self love...AND she has a workbook!
Also check out Girls & Sex, and all her other books!
Thinking critically about Bestiality and Zoophilia
Memoir of a couple living and loving with HIV/AIDS
Jones describes growing up in and breaking free from a religious cult rife with sexual abuse
Step inside the Red Tent
Clinical approaches to trans sexualities and erotic embodiments
Imagine a United States in which same gender marriage was the norm...
The story of a trans hero based on British folklore
The most disturbing novel I've read in a LONG time explores unrealistic standards for motherhood.
Explore the history of trans medical and mental health care. Challenge your beliefs about existing EBM.
Bowen introduces us to trap feminism, and lots of other vocabulary
Queer historical fiction full of magic and sexiness!
Owen writes YA novels full of same sex couples, nonbinary folks, and characters that challenge gender roles.
An exploration of womens' lives in a country where abortion is criminalized
Fall in love with queer historical romance. Read anything by Cat Sebastian!
A look inside the experiences of a survivor and the failures of our criminal justice system
Explore how white feminism has become a weapon of white supremacy and the patriarchy
Erotic blood drinker steampunk series with great consent and respect for boundaries
A story of love, family, and finding where/with whom you belong
An awfully handy book if you have a clitoris!
An exploration of sexual safety on college campuses
Challenging how we think about infidelity
Exploring the dichotomy of domesticity and sexual desire
And she has a new book out!
Get busy in your antiracist journey. Read ALL of his amazing books!
Start with her book about rape culture, then read the rest of her work!
Challenging what we think we know about domestic abuse
I am in love with this novel that trans and queer author K. M. Szpara describes as "really gay."
STIs have never seemed so friendly
Another powerful feminist voice
Also check out his film Tough Guise
Sexy erotic novel exploring the black, gay, online hookup scene
Erotic short stories by famous authors, published anonymously
The always amazing Octavia Butler explores gender issues in an awesome Afrofuturist novel
An erotic novel about sex magic!
How the heck do you do consensual non-monogamy? Find out here!
Queer BIPOC heroines battle oppression and the undead
A well-known evangelical leader shares what she learned on her journey from Paul to Paula.
Couples therapists: Learn how to work with sexual issues in therapy
Learn about period poverty, menstrual justice, and fighting period stigma!
Beams explores consequences of the time-honored tradition of doubting the bodies and minds of women and girls
Compassionate evaluation and treatment for folks struggling with OCSB
Thoughts about porn, having sex with your students, whether men have a "right to sex," and more.
What do we fantasize about? Is it "normal?" How do we talk to our partners about our fantasies?
Are you a MH professional who needs to learn more about consensual nonmonogamy? Here you go!
A black lesbian vampire classic
Octavia Butler gives us sexually fluid vampires with much negotiation of boundaries and consent
A reconstruction of feminism that centers women of color
A Wild West themed fantasy series with a trans hero that tackles issues of race, sexuality, gender, and MONSTERS
Definitely check out her TedTalk and her videos and podcasts.
An exploration of what the heck we all "do" sexually
An LGBT Elder interviews HER LGBT Elders
Go out and read all of her books, RIGHT NOW! Seriously. She is amazing.
Learn all about penises from a penis doctor!
Read all of her books to immerse yourself in one of today's feminist voices.
White folks, let's figure this out!
A novel that takes us inside a closed cultural world and the domestic abuse it can conceal
What can you accomplish with your "louding voice?"
An inside look into the experiences of a survivor of predatory sexual behavior by a powerful adult toward a child
Also the author of other awesome books such as "Bad Feminist"
This IS a witch hunt. We are the witches, and we are hunting you.