9 best-selling science books like The Psychology of Human Sexuality by Justin J. Lehmiller

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The Psychology of Human Sexuality

By: Justin J. Lehmiller

4.23

Format: 424 pages, Unknown Binding

The Psychology of Human Sexuality offers a comprehensive overview of human sexual behavior from a b…

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Cover of The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt

1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

By: Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt

3.93

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethicall… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • sexuality
"Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"When you respect your limits, other will learn to respect them too."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"A ring around the finger does not cause a nerve block to the genitals."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"Fighting is the ultimate act of intimacy. (...) Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

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2. Everything's Eventual

By: Stephen King

3.97

Format: 605 pages, Paperback

In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for g… read more

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"Time belongs to the Tower."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"A broken spoon may become a fork."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"Black as night and as beautiful as forever."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"I decided it didn't matter a fuck in a rabbit hutch."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

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3. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

By: Richard Rhodes

4.39

Format: 886 pages, Paperback

Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"

-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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4. Story of O (Story of O #1)

By: Pauline Réage , Sabine d'Estree

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Story of O relates the progressive willful debasement of a young and beautiful Parisian fashion… read more

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  • sexuality
Cover of Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, Joachim Neugroschel, Dovid Bergelson

5. Story of the Eye

By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more

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"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

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6. Queer: A Graphic History

By: Meg-John Barker , None , Jules Scheele

0.00

Format: 287 pages,

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. A Primer in Positive Psychology

By: Christopher Peterson

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

Positive psychology is the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

8. The Art of Loving

By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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9. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

By: Christopher Ryan , Cacilda Jethá

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • sexuality
"But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand."

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"Our sense of the full range of human nature, like our diet, has been steadily reduced. No matter how nourishing it might be, anything wild gets pulled - though as we'll see, some of the weeds growing…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"Societies in which women have lots of autonomy and authority tend to be decidedly male-friendly, relaxed, tolerant, and plenty sexy. Got that, fellas? If you're unhappy at the amount of sexual opport…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"The conditions necessary for devastating epidemics or pandemics just didn't exist until the agricultural revolution. The claim that modern medicine and sanitation save us from infectious diseases tha…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

10. Binti (Binti, #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.95

Format: 145 pages, ebook

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza Uni… read more

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11. This House is Haunted

By: John Boyne

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark… read more

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Cover of Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

12. 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

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • sexuality
"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

13. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

By: Tom Stoppard , None

3.48

Format: None pages,

Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more

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14. Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

By: Gerald Corey

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

This revision of Gerald Corey's best-selling text introduces students to the major theories of coun… read more

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15. The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

By: Esther Perel

3.75

Format: 263 pages, ebook

Iconic couples' therapist and bestselling author of Mating in CaptivityEsther Perel returns with a … read more

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16. Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

By: Jesse Bering

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

"As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless--and peerless." --Dan Savage "You are a sexual deviant. … read more

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17. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • science
"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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18. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"

-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

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19. Time Is a Mother

By: Ocean Vuong

3.94

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershoc… read more

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20. No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

By: Daniel J. Siegel

4.26

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child and The Yes Brain t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll

21. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

22. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • sexuality
"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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23. The Hurting Kind: Poems

By: Ada Limon

4.34

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."

-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems

"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"

-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems

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24. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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25. Camp Zero

By: Michelle Min Sterling

3.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intert… read more

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"Now Grant understood. College wasn't about books and ideas and new directions. It was slow annihilation."

-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero

"Why do men take so easily whatever they want? Because nothing will ever be enough, she realizes. The more a man possesses, the more he thinks he deserves."

-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero

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26. Paper Names

By: Susie Luo

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer … read more

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"Repetition. That was my father’s philosophy on learning. It applied not only to the piano, but my studies too. Before every test, he made me write out every single word from the textbook chapter, twi…"

-Susie Luo, Paper Names

Cover of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela  Chen

27. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • sexuality
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

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28. Mortal Follies

By: Alexis Hall

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse. It is the year 1814 a… read more

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"I’ve half a mind to seek her out right now and tell her to corrupt my daughter immediately"

-Alexis Hall, Mortal Follies

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29. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal

By: Kyler Shumway

3.77

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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30. The Psychology of Human Sexuality

By: Justin J. Lehmiller

4.23

Format: 424 pages, Unknown Binding

The Psychology of Human Sexuality offers a comprehensive overview of human sexual behavior from a b… read more

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  • gender
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • science
Cover of Religion Matters: An Introduction to the World's Religions by Stephen Prothero

31. Religion Matters: An Introduction to the World's Religions

By: Stephen Prothero

4.05

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

"Stephen Prothero's Religion Matters builds religious literacy through an expert's introduction to … read more

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17 best-selling nonfiction books like The Psychology of Human Sexuality by Justin J. Lehmiller

Transform Your Habits

The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Queer: A Graphic History

Meg-John Barker , None , Jules Scheele

0.00

Transform Your Habits

A Primer in Positive Psychology

Christopher Peterson

3.83

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Transform Your Habits

More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

Tatiana Gill , Franklin Veaux , Eve Rickert , None

4.22

Transform Your Habits

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

Emily Nagoski

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

Jessica Fern

4.40

Transform Your Habits

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

Emily Nagoski

4.14

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