Books

A brief list of books on Mental Health, Self Help and Awareness, Physical Health and Wellness, Sex Sexuality and Gender, Alternative Relationships and Kink.

Mental Health (Literature)

  • The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath

  • Girl, Interrupted- Susanna Kaysen

  • An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness- Kay Redfield Jamison

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky

  • It's Kind of a Funny Story- Ned Vizzini

  • The Silver Linings Playbook- Matthew Quick

  • Prozac Nation- Elizabeth Wurtzel

  • Cut- Patricia McCormick

  • Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia- Marya Hornbacher

  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden- Hannah Green

  • Madness: A Bipolar Life- Marya Hornbacher

  • The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry- Jon Ronson

  • Reasons to Stay Alive- Matt Haig

  • Suicide Notes- Michael Thomas Ford

  • The Yellow Wall-Paper- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  • Running with Scissors- Augusten Burroughs

  • The Virgin Suicides- Jeffery Eugenides

  • Scars- Cheryl Rainfield

  • Lit- Mary Karr

  • The Round House- Louise Erdrich

  • The Things They Carried- Tim O'Brien

  • All the Bright Places- Jennifer Niven

  • OCD Love Story- Corey Ann Haydu

  • Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive- Emily Colas

  • A Shining Affliction- Annie G. Rogers

  • Educated- Tara Westover

Self Help and Awareness

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Stephen Covey

  • The Power of Habit- Charles Duhigg

  • Meditations- Marcus Aurelius

  • Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell

  • 10% Happier- Dan Harris

  • The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate- Gary Chapman

  • The Happiness Project- Gretchen Rubin

  • Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking- Malcolm Gladwell

  • Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life- Henry Cloud

  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0- Travis Bradberry

  • The Miracle of Mindfulness- Thich Nhat Hanh

  • 8 Minute Mediation- Victor Davich

  • Real Happiness- Sharon Salzberg

  • Hardwiring Happiness- Rick Handson, Ph.D.

  • If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him- Sheldon B.Kopp

  • The Art of Communicating- Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Daring Greatly- Brené Brown

  • Braving the Widlerness- Brené Brown

Physical Health and Wellness

  • How to Cook Everything- Mark Bittman

  • How to Cook Everything Vegetarian- Mark Bittman

  • Foodist- Darya Pino Rose, Ph.D.

  • The 21- Day Yoga Body- Sadie Nardini

  • Faster, Higher, Stronger- Mark McClusky

  • Thug Kitchen (eat like you give a fuck) The Official Cookbook

  • Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen- Christopher McDougall

  • The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess- Lou Schuler

  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running- Haruki Murakami

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender

  • Sex at Dawn- Christopher Ryan

  • The Erotic Mind- Jack Morin, Ph.D.

  • The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World- Michelle Goldberg

  • The Daddy Shift: how Stay-at-Home Dads, Bread winning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family- Jeremy Adam Smith

  • Virgin: The Untouched history- Hanne Blank

  • Doing It: A New Edition of 'The Joy of Sex'- Ariel Levy

  • The Joy of Sex: The Ultimate Revised Edition- Alex Comfort

  • The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition- Charles Silverstein &Felice Picano

  • Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity- Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore

  • In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcutural Lives- Judith Halberstam

  • Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Feminity- Julia Serano

  • The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private- Susan Bordo

  • Woman: An Intimate Geography- Natalie Angie

  • Come As you Are- Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

  • Bad Feminist- Roxane Gay

  • Speaking Sex to Power: The Politics of Queer Sex- Patrick Califia-Rice

  • Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships- Juno Roche

  • The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life- Michael Warner

  • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good- adrienne maree brown

  • Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies, and Revolution- Laurie Penny

Alternative Relationships and Kink

  • Exhibitionism for the Shy- Carol Queen

  • Consensual Sadomasochism: How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely- William A. Henkin and Sybil Holiday

  • Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships- Tristan Taormino

  • Sensuous Magic: A Guide for Adventurous Lovers- Pat Califia

  • The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures- Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy

  • When Someone You Love is Kinky- Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt

  • Eight Things I Wish I'd Known About Polyamory (Before I Tried It and Frakked It Up)- Cunning Minx

  • The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families- Elisabeth Sheff

  • The Jealousy Handbook: Exercises and insights for managing open relationships- Kathy Labriola

  • Learning the Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun S/m Lovemaking- Race Bannon

  • SM 101- Jay Wiseman

  • The Mistress Manual: the Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominace- Lorelei

  • Partners in Power- Jack Rinella

  • The Sexually Dominant Woman: A Workbook for Nervous Beginners- Lady Green

  • The New Bottoming Book- Easton & Hardy

  • The New Topping Book- Easton & Hardy

  • Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays- Midori

  • Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management- Lauren Rosewarne

  • Power Circuits: Polyamory in a Power Dynamic- Raven Kaldera

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