7 Top relationships books like Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop by Maria Yagoda

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Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop

By: Maria Yagoda

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A refreshingly honest, deeply researched, and frequently hilarious deep-dive into the cultural cris…

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1. Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

By: Kate Flannery

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Strip Tees is a fever dream of a memoir—Hunter S. Thompson meets Gloria Steinem—about a recent coll… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Exhibit

By: R.O. Kwon

3.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more

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  • audiobook
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3. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"

-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

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4. 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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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • sociology
  • 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

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5. Hedge

By: Jane Delury

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An emotionally charged, richly observed novel about a woman balancing the demands of motherhood and… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

6. Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

By: Emily Nagoski

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship, from t… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • health
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
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7. Wynd, Book Three: The Throne in the Sky

By: James Tynion IV

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Return to Esseriel in the darkest chapter to date of Wynd, perfect for newcomers and longtime fans … read more

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8. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

By: Anna Bogutskaya

3.72

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."

-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"

-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"

-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"

-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

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9. Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

By: Matthew Hussey

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Love Life, relationship coach and expert Matthew Hussey explores the most important and foundati… read more

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  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Attention is not intention."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"In love, we don’t need everyone to want us. We only need one person."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"Don’t invest in someone based on how much you like them, invest in someone based on how much they invest in you."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"The love of your life can only ever be the person who chooses you for their life. It can never be the person who doesn’t choose you."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

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10. Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life

By: Vanessa Marin

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive guide to creating the sex life of your wildest dreams—just by talking about it!—from… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
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11. Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

By: Rachel Feltman

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, myth-busting history of sex that moves from historical attempts at birth control to H… read more

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  • feminism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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12. Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy

By: Rachel Krantz

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist delves into the growing trend toward relationships--including her own--… read more

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  • relationships
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
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13. Everybody's Favorite: Tales from the World's Worst Perfectionist

By: Lillian Stone

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From one of the Internet’s favorite self-deprecating commentators comes Everybody’s Favorite, a lau… read more

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  • self help
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Smart Sex

By: Emily Morse

4.05

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is the type of sex talk we need more of!” —Christina Aguilera, Grammy Award-winning musician … read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • health
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
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15. Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest

By: Ximena Vengoechea

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Brimming with encouraging wisdom, easy-to-follow guidance, and illuminating illustrations, Rest Eas… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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16. Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop

By: Maria Yagoda

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A refreshingly honest, deeply researched, and frequently hilarious deep-dive into the cultural cris… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • health
  • feminism
  • humor
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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17. Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques (-)

By: Fancy Feast

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Naked , a celebrated burlesque performer, sex educator, and social worker bares it all, with inc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
Cover of You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News) by Devrie Brynn Donalson

18. You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

By: Devrie Brynn Donalson

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, an… read more

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  • self help
Cover of Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution by Nona Willis Aronowitz

19. 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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  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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20. This Is Supposed to Be Fun: How to Find Joy in Hooking Up, Settling Down, and Everything in Between

By: Myisha Battle

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A certified clinical sexologist’s radically inclusive guide to sex and dating  Swipe. Match. Get g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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21. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more

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