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  • The Body is Not an Apology: The Power or Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor (accompanying workbook was released in 2021!)

  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

  • For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Health by Al Vernacchio

  • S.E.X. the all-you-need-to-know sexuality guide to get you through your teens and twenties by Heather Corinna

  • Tell Me What You Want by Justin Lehmiller, PhD

  • A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships by Ogi Ogas

  • Asking for it: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture - and What We Can Do About It by Kate Harding

  • Sex Yourself: The Woman's Guide to Mastering Masturbation and Achieving Powerful Orgasms by Carlyle Jansen

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love by Amir Levine, M.D. & Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A.

  • Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD

  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

  • Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help by Jackson Katz

  • A Guide to Gender (2nd Edition): The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook by Sam Killerman

  • Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

  • The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools by Stuart Biegel

  • Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth

  • Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

  • Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse by Mic Hunter

  • The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

  • The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

  • Finding Sunshine After the Storm by Curtis Holmes and Sharon A. McGee

  • So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson