Rethinking Sex: A Provocation
By: Christine Emba
3.64
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Part searing examination, part call to arms—a bold case against modern sexual ethics, from young Wa…
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1. Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
By: Kate Bolick
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
A bold, original, moving book that will inspire fanatical devotion and ignite debate. Whom to marry… read more
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2. The New Bottoming Book
By: Dossie Easton , Janet W. Hardy
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade ago, the first Bottoming Book taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - b… read more
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4. Basin and Range
By: John McPhee
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book… read more
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5. How Can I Get Through to You? Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
By: Terrence Real
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
"What happened to the passion we started with? Why aren't we as close as we used to be?" PROBLEM:If… read more
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6. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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7. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- philosophy
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- sociology
- audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
8. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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- audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
9. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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10. Feminism Against Progress
By: Mary Harrington
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Modern feminism increasingly benefits only a small class of professional women. There is no reason … read more
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- feminism
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"But the weakness of these proposals isn't that they're unworkable, or even that they're 'traditional,' but that they're not traditional enough. For most of history, men and women worked together, in …"-Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress
11. Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
By: Katherine Angel
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of Me… read more
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- audiobook
"The fantasy of total autonomy, and of total self-knowledge, is not only a fantasy; it’s a nightmare."-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Any model of consent can prove itself worthless if a man is not open to his sexual partner's no, or her changing desires, and if he responds to either of these with a rage borne of humiliation."-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Why not aim for sex itself as being deeply mutually pleasurable? Why not aim for a culture that embraces and enables women’s sexual pleasure, in all its complexity, and admits the complexity of male …"-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
"Instead of resigning ourselves to the inevitability of bad sex, and even romanticizing it as merely youthful misadventure, we should subject it to sustained scrutiny. Bad sex emerges from gender norm…"-Katherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
12. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
13. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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- gender
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
14. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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- gender
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
15. Transmetropolitan Book One
By: Warren Ellis
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In a future where consumerism, superficiality and corruption reign supreme, outlaw journalist Spide… read more
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16. The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
By: Amia Srinivasan
4.25
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Thrilling, sharp, and deeply humane, philosopher Amia Srinivasan's The Right to Sex: Feminism in th… read more
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- gender
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
- sociology
- audiobook
"What does it mean to say that we want to transform the political world - but we ourselves will remain unchanged?"-Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
"What does it mean to say that we want to transform the political world - but we ourselves will remain unchanched?"-Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
"It is true that women have always lived in a world created by men and governed by men's rules. But it is also true that men have always lived alongside women who have contested these rules."-Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
"Free speech', which poses as a merely formal principle of adjudication, is in fact, MacKinnon suggests, an ideological tool selectively deployed to protect the freedoms of the dominant class."-Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
17. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- gender
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
18. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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- gender
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- sociology
"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
19. First Gen: A Memoir
By: Alejandra Campoverdi
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina — offering both a rive… read more
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- audiobook
20. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
By: Kaitlyn Schiess
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more
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- audiobook
"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
21. Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
By: Jessica Fern
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring cons… read more
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- audiobook
22. How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement
By: Fredrik deBoer
3.84
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of… read more
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- sociology
- audiobook
23. Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating
By: Faith G. Harper
3.58
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Explore your relationships and sexuality, with yourself and with others, with this new book by Dr. … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- audiobook
"Love is not a nebulous idea. It's not a vague notion of warm and fuzzy. Its the real daily interactions of sharing our lives with someone, caring for them, and having them care for us in return. Love…"-Faith G. Harper, Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating
24. From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age
By: University of Mary
4.63
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and wa… read more
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25. Rethinking Sex: A Provocation
By: Christine Emba
3.64
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Part searing examination, part call to arms—a bold case against modern sexual ethics, from young Wa… read more
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- feminism
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
- gender and sexuality
- sociology
- audiobook
26. The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
By: Yascha Mounk
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer “ [A] brave and necessary book . . . Anyone in… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
27. Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
By: David Zahl
4.35
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"A lighthearted yet high-minded exploration of failure's ability to serve as a gateway to grace. Re… read more
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- nonfiction
"While a low anthropologist may agree with the people around them that a given moral end is important, they will be hesitant to justify the adoption of unsavory means to achieve that end. That is, the…"-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
"Low anthropology powerfully reframes the way we approach the good or beautiful things done by otherwise disreputable individuals -- namely, as evidence of grace rather than defilement. As musician Ni…"-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
28. Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution
By: Nona Willis Aronowitz
3.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, an… read more
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
- audiobook
29. Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty ― and What to Do About It
By: Sohrab Ahmari
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that le… read more
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30. Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras
By: Dan Savage
4.23
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
America's premier sex advice columnist takes on edgier-than-ever sex-positive topics with his signa… read more
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- nonfiction
- sexuality
- audiobook
31. Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time
By: Sandro Galea
3.63
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
A provocative chronicle of how US public health has strayed from its liberal roots. The Covid-19 re… read more
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