General Sexuality – Academic

• Bonk- Mary Roach
• Complete Dictionary of Sexology – Robert T. Francoeur (editor)
• Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us – Jesse Bering
• The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings (3rd edition) – Alan Soble (editor)
• Secrets from the Sex Lab – Judy Dutton
• Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality – Catherine Blackledge

General Sexuality – Instructional

• Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure & Satisfaction – Debby Herbenick
• Guide to Getting It On – Paul Joannides
• The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sex – Cathy Winks & Anne Semans
• Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva – Debby Herbenick & Vanessa Schick
• The Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation – Tristan Taormino
• Sex Made Easy – Debby Herbenick
• Sex with the Lights On – Ducky DooLittle
• The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn – Violet Blue
• Perfectly Normal: Living and Loving with Low Libido – Sandra Pertot
• Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women – Tristan Taormino
• Ultimate Guide to Fellatio – Violet Blue
• Ultimate Guide to Sex & Disability – Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, & Fran Odette
• Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy – Violet Blue
• Ultimate Guide to Strap-On Sex – Karlyn Lotney
• What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety – Jaclyn Friedman
• When Your Sex Drives Don’t Match – Sandra Pertot

BDSM/Fetishism

• Consensual Sadomasochism: How to Talk About It & How to Do It Safely – William A. Henkin & Sybil Holiday
• Erotic Bondage Handbook – Jay Wiseman
• The Loving Dominant – John Warren
• The New Bottoming Book – Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy
• The New Topping Book – Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy
• The Pleasure’s All Mine: The Memoir of a Professional Submissive – Joan Kelly
• S&M: Studies in Dominance & Submission – Thomas S. Weinberg (editor)
• Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures – Charles Moser & Peggy J. Kleinplatz (editors)
• Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities – David M. Ortmann & Richard Sprott
• SM101: A Realistic Introduction – Jay Wiseman
• Ultimate Guide to Kink – Tristan Taormino

Relationships

• Two is Enough: A Couple’s Guide to Living Childless by Choice – Laura S. Scott

Gender Studies

• Purity Myth – Jessica Valenti
• Slut!: Growing Up Female With A Bad Reputation – Leora Tanenbaum
• Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape – Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti (editors)

Memoirs & Essays

• Best Sex Writing series
• Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette

Erotica

• The Big Book of Bondage – edited by Alison Tyler
• Carrie’s Story & Safe Word – Molly Weatherfield
• Dark Secret Love: A Story of Submission – Alison Tyler
• F is for Fetish – Alison Tyler (editor)
• The Juliette Society – Sasha Grey
• Penthouse Variations On Oral (Anthology)
• Sleeping Beauty trilogy – A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
• Story of O – Pauline Réage

Art/Photography

• Erotica Universalis – Gilles Neret
• Erotique – Rod Ashford
• Fetish – Tony Mitchell
• Kiss of Fire – Barbara Nitke
• Sex: Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Tony Mitchell
• Spirit+Flesh – Fakir Musafar

Erotic Magazines

• The Act Itself

Films

• Kinsey
• Ma Vie En Rose
• Mr. Angel
• Preaching to the Perverted
• Secretary
• The Sessions
• Shortbus

Music

• BDSM Playlist