Book Recommendations

Books organized by topic for relationships, sexuality, transitions, identity, and emotional health.

Book Recommendations

ADHD After Dark

Ari Tuckman

ADHDSexuality

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay Gibson

EmotionsDifferentiation

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All About Love

bell hooks

Relationships

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Already Enough

Lisa Olivera

AdoptionAcceptance

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Anti-Diet

Christy Harrison

Diet culture

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Atlas of the Heart

Brene Brown

Emotions

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Brainstorm

Dan Siegel, MD

Parenting

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Burnout

Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA

StressNervous system

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Codependent No More

Melody Beattie

EnmeshmentDifferentiationCodependency

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Come as You Are

Emily Nagoski

SexualitySexual developmentPleasure

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Come Together

Emily Nagoski, PhD

RelationshipsSexualityLong-term relationships

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Conscious Uncoupling

Katherine Woodward Thomas

Divorce

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Existential Kink

Carolyn Elliott, PhD

KinkEroticism

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Fear and Other Uninvited Guests

Harriet Lerner

Anxiety

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Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma

Staci Haines

Sexual trauma

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Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook

Erika Shershun

Sexual trauma

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

Janina Fisher

Trauma

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How to Be an Adult in Relationships

David Richo

AttachmentDifferentiationSpirituality

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How to Keep House While Drowning

KC Davis, LPC

ParentingDepressionADHD

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Internal Family Systems Therapy

Richard Schwartz

Theory

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Leaving the Fold

Marlene Winnell, PhD

Religious traumaReligious deconstruction

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Mating in Captivity

Esther Perel

RelationshipsNon monogamyEroticism

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More Than Two

Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert

Non monogamy

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Mothers, Daughters, & Body Image

Hilary L. McBride

ParentingBody image

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My Grandmother's Hands

Resmaa Menakem

Race

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Narcissistic Abuse and Codependency

Courtney Evans

AbuseCodependency

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No Nonsense Spirituality

Britt Hartley

Secular spirituality

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Out of Control Sexual Behavior

Doug Braun-Harvey

Sexual impulsivityTheory

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Pleasure Activism

adrienne maree brown

SexualityPleasure

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Polyamory

Martha Kauppi

Non monogamyDifferentiation

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Polysecure

Jessica Fern

Non monogamyAttachment

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Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships

Jessica Fern

Non monogamyAttachment

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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Self-compassionAcceptance

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Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

John Gottman, PhD

Parenting

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Relationship Rx

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

AttachmentRelationships

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Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Human development

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Secrets of a Passionate Marriage

David Schnarch, PhD

RelationshipsDifferentiationIntimacy

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Self-Compassion

Kristin Neff

Self-compassionAcceptance

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Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Nedra Glover Tawwab

Boundaries

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Sex Without Stress

Jessa Zimmerman

Sexual avoidance

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SexSmart

Aline Zoldbrod, PhD

Sexuality

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So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

Race

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Tell Me What You Want

Justin Lehmiller

SexualityFantasy

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The Art of Giving and Receiving: The Wheel of Consent

Betty Martin, DC

ConsentSexualityPower

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The Body Is Not an Apology

Sonya Renee Taylor

SexualityBody positive

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The Co-Parents Handbook

Karen Bonnell

Co-parentingParentingDivorce

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The Dance of Anger

Harriet Lerner

AngerRelationshipsDifferentiation

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The Erotic Mind

Jack Morin, PhD

EroticismSexualityPleasureFantasy

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The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting

Brene Brown

Parenting

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The Highly Sensitive Person

Elaine Aron

Nervous system

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The Mask of Masculinity

Lewis Howes

Masculinity

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The Myth of Sex Addiction

David Ley

Sex addiction

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The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy

Deb Dana

Nervous systemTheory

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The Purity Myth

Jessica Valenti

SexualityPurity culture

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The Science of Trust

John Gottman, PhD

RelationshipsTrust

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The Sexual Healing Journey

Wendy Maltz

Sexual trauma

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The State of Affairs

Esther Perel

Infidelity

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The Way of Integrity

Martha Beck

Authenticity

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The Wild Edge of Sorrow

Francis Weller

Grief

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The Will to Change

bell hooks

IntimacyMasculinity

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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay

Mira Kirshenbaum

Relationship ambivalenceDivorce

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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

Laura Erickson-Schroth

Trans

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Trauma and Memory

Peter Levine

Trauma

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Trauma and the Body

Pat Ogden

Trauma

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Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power

Kasia Urbaniak

Power

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Unfuck Your Boundaries

Faith Harper

Boundaries

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Waking the Tiger

Peter Levine

Trauma

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What My Bones Know

Stephanie Foo

Complex trauma

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Why Does He Do That?

Lundy Bancroft

Abuse

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Women Who Run With the Wolves

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Power

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You Are Your Own

Jamie Lee Finch

Religious trauma

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