The Science & History of Sex
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
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Matt Ridley
4.05 avg rating — 17,202 ratings 
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
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Emily Nagoski
4.28 avg rating — 81,149 ratings 6. 
Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale
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Kate Lister
4.18 avg rating — 748 ratings 7. 
Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
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Thomas Maier
3.63 avg rating — 2,563 ratings 8. 
Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond
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Chris Crowley
4.07 avg rating — 5,002 ratings 9. 
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Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
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Eliot Schrefer
4.34 avg rating — 2,245 ratings 12. 
Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour
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Mark Leyner
3.52 avg rating — 1,301 ratings 12. 
Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair
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Marion Roach
3.43 avg rating — 473 ratings 12. 
The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris' List
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Hallie Rubenhold
3.70 avg rating — 2,259 ratings 16. 
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human
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Erika Moen
4.06 avg rating — 1,208 ratings 
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Dirty Biology: The X-Rated Story of the Science of Sex
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Léo Grasset
4.02 avg rating — 204 ratings 21. 
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
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Olivia Judson
4.06 avg rating — 3,622 ratings 
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Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
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Charles King
4.26 avg rating — 2,337 ratings 
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How the Brain Lost Its Mind: Sex, Hysteria, and the Riddle of Mental Illness
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Allan H. Ropper
3.62 avg rating — 478 ratings 30. 
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
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Jonathan Eig
3.98 avg rating — 3,555 ratings 
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The Sex Effect: Baring Our Complicated Relationship with Sex
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Ross Benes
3.82 avg rating — 92 ratings 34. 
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
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Jen Gunter
4.35 avg rating — 9,140 ratings 
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Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus 4.48 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
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Girl Up: Kick Ass, Claim Your Woman Card, and Crush Everyday Sexism
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Laura Bates
4.09 avg rating — 4,106 ratings 41. 
Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up
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Heather Corinna
4.32 avg rating — 447 ratings 41. 
The Story of Sex: A Graphic History Through the Ages
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Philippe Brenot
3.97 avg rating — 1,431 ratings 41. 
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
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Cathi Hanauer
3.53 avg rating — 3,344 ratings 
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Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
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Peggy Orenstein
3.78 avg rating — 856 ratings 46. 
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
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Jonathan Eig
3.98 avg rating — 3,555 ratings 46. 
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
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Therese Oneill
3.82 avg rating — 9,083 ratings 48. 
The Best of Sexology: Kinky and Kooky Excerpts from America's First Sex Magazine
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Craig Yoe
3.47 avg rating — 45 ratings 48. 
Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire
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Eric Berkowitz
4.02 avg rating — 1,440 ratings 50. 
The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War
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Thomas P. Lowry
3.79 avg rating — 345 ratings 50. 
The Art of Sleeping Alone: Why One French Woman Suddenly Gave Up Sex
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Sophie Fontanel
2.84 avg rating — 861 ratings 52. 
The Joy of Sexus: Lust, Love, and Longing in the Ancient World
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Vicki León
3.63 avg rating — 169 ratings 
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Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy
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Melvin Konner
3.65 avg rating — 355 ratings 55. 
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Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
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Diane Noomin
4.35 avg rating — 654 ratings 
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Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917
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Dale Cockrell
3.37 avg rating — 71 ratings 
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The Poisoned Embrace: A Brief History of Sexual Pessimism
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Lawrence Osborne
3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings 61. 
This Is Your Brain on Sex: The Science Behind the Search for Love
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Kayt Sukel
3.54 avg rating — 443 ratings 63. 
On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
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Merle Miller
4.25 avg rating — 1,275 ratings 63. 
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
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Marlene Zuk
3.68 avg rating — 1,539 ratings 
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Sex Made Easy: Your Awkward Questions Answered For Better, Smarter, Amazing Sex
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Debby Herbenick
3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings 70. 
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism-For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
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Mildred L. Brown
3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings 71. 
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
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Christopher Ryan
3.98 avg rating — 31,324 ratings 71. 
Hot and Unbothered: How to Think About, Talk About, and Have the Sex You Really Want 4.28 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
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Emily Nagoski
4.28 avg rating — 81,149 ratings 73. 
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
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Julia Shaw
4.11 avg rating — 5,447 ratings 75. 
The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault
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Joyce Brabner
4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings 76. 
Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back
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Julia Serano
4.25 avg rating — 419 ratings 77. 
Women, Poverty, and AIDS: Sex, Drugs, and Structural Violence
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Paul Farmer
4.40 avg rating — 82 ratings 78. 
With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life
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Gail Sheehy
3.74 avg rating — 159 ratings 
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The Pleasure Plan: A Sexual Healing Odyssey--1 Woman, 6 Sex Problems, 30 Curative Adventures
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Laura Zam
4.18 avg rating — 67 ratings 83. 
Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World
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Ellen Friedrichs
4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings 84. 
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
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Eric Schlosser
3.78 avg rating — 6,368 ratings 
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Sex After . . .: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes
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Iris Krasnow
3.51 avg rating — 148 ratings 88. 
Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York's Most Provocative Museum
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Sarah Forbes
3.65 avg rating — 324 ratings 89. 
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Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
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Peggy Orenstein
4.07 avg rating — 11,169 ratings 93. 
Bad Girls at Samarcand: Sexuality and Sterilization in a Southern Juvenile Reformatory 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Rape of the APE (American Puritan Ethic): The Official History of the Sexual Revolution
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Allan Sherman
4.15 avg rating — 179 ratings 
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The Job of Sex: A Workingman's Guide to Productive Lovemaking
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National Lampoon
3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings 
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The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century
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Kyla Schuller
4.29 avg rating — 85 ratings 100. 
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America 4.08 avg rating — 380 ratings