10 must-read relationships books like Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults by Ruby Rare

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Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

By: Ruby Rare

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Written by sex educator and body-positivity advocate Ruby Rare, Sex Ed is the practical and fun gui…

If you liked the relationships plot in Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults by Ruby Rare , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta

4.50

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more

Similar categories in Larry Mitchell's The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • lgbt
  • queer
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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2. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

By: Emily Nagoski

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An essential exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research an… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nagoski's Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • self help
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • womens
  • audiobook
"What turns us on (or off) is learned from culture, in much the same way children learn vocabulary and accents from culture."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"You can't make someone be patient any more than you can make someone have an orgasm. You create a great context, and then allow it to happen."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"Please tell everyone you know: If you have responsive desire, you are already normal. No one needs to 'crave' sex out of the blue to be a fully healthy person."

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

"One more thing about women's external genitals. The name for the whole package of female genitalia is "vulva." "Vagina" refers to the internal reproductive canal that leads up to the uterus. People o…"

-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

3. Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship

By: Harville Hendrix , Stan Tatkin

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

""What the heck is my partner thinking?"" is a common refrain in romantic relationships, and with g… read more

Similar categories in Harville Hendrix's Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

4. He Comes Next: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Pleasuring a Man

By: Ian Kerner

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Transform Yourself from "Passion Victim" to Passionista! In the smash hit She Comes First, Ian Kern… read more

Similar categories in Ian Kerner's He Comes Next: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Pleasuring a Man book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

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5. A Curious History of Sex

By: Kate Lister

4.17

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throug… read more

Similar categories in Kate Lister's A Curious History of Sex book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Vulvas aren’t dainty. They can eat a penis and push out a baby."

-Kate Lister, A Curious History of Sex

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6. Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century

By: Sophia Smith Galer

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of the UK’s most followed journalists comes a mythbusting call-to-arms that exposes sex mi… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Smith Galer's Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • adult
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7. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • adult
  • audiobook
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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8. Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

By: Maisie Hill

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning daily life with the menstrual cycle… read more

Similar categories in Maisie Hill's Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • self help
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9. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

By: Jessica Fern

4.40

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • self help
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • queer
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

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10. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel) by Erika Moen

11. Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)

By: Erika Moen

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An inclusive, accessible and honest graphic novel guide to growing up, from gender and sexuality to… read more

Similar categories in Erika Moen's Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel) book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • queer
Cover of Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love by Jessica Baum LMHC

12. Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love

By: Jessica Baum LMHC

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A road map for building strong and secure relationships for those who struggle with anxiety in thei… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Baum LMHC's Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • nonfiction
  • self help
  • audiobook
Cover of What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue

13. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

By: Chidera Eggerue

3.77

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's not easy to find self-worth in a world that seems obsessed with telling us we're not… read more

Similar categories in Chidera Eggerue's What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • self help
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you."

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

"Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero."

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

"Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations tha…"

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

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14. The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

By: Sasha Velour

4.41

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gende… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Velour's The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • audiobook
Cover of Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships by Jessica Fern

15. 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

Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • self help
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • queer
Cover of The Unexpected Joy of Being Single by Catherine Gray

16. The Unexpected Joy of Being Single

By: Catherine Gray

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Single in your late twenties or, hold the phone, in your thirties or beyond? Oh hi! You're in the r… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Gray's The Unexpected Joy of Being Single book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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17. How to Have Feminist Sex

By: Flo Perry

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

We talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo, but women's own patr… read more

Similar categories in Flo Perry's How to Have Feminist Sex book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • self help
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • queer
Cover of All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz

18. All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous, big-hearted novel, Tomas Moniz delivers a commanding new story about the power of f… read more

Similar categories in Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

Cover of How To Get Over A Boy by Chidera Eggerue

19. How To Get Over A Boy

By: Chidera Eggerue

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Are you fed up with thinking about that guy every minute of every waking hour, when he doesn't even… read more

Similar categories in Chidera Eggerue's How To Get Over A Boy book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • relationships
  • self help
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"Relationships should be chosen, not settled for."

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"Waiting for 'the right time to leave' can quickly go from months to years without you even noticing. Sometimes we procrastinate out of fear, but remember that the longer you stay, the harder it is to…"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"It's important to keep in mind that WE decide the value people have in our lives, which means we can significantly control how much they affect us. It also means we can decide on how much space they …"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"The more you honor and respect your time, the more other people will have to follow suit - and if they don't, then they do not deserve to take up room in your life. People are not allowed to make us …"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

Cover of Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults by Ruby Rare

20. Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

By: Ruby Rare

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Written by sex educator and body-positivity advocate Ruby Rare, Sex Ed is the practical and fun gui… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • self help
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • womens
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

21. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Ruby Rare's Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults

  • lgbt
  • adult
  • queer
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

4.17

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Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century

Sophia Smith Galer

4.15

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Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

T. Kingfisher

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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Pageboy

Elliot Page

3.75

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

Matt Baume

4.35

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The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

3.84

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Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

Brontez Purnell

4.16

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