Book List
Book Resources for Body Electric Alumni
BookShop.org Affiliate Links benefitting The Body Electric School
Part 1 – Books By Body Electric Teachers & Luminaries
Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century Paperback – November 21, 2017
by Barbara Carrellas (Author), Annie Sprinkle (Foreword)
Reclaiming Eros Paperback – August 8, 2011
by Suzanne Blackburn (Author)
The Paradox of Porn: Notes on Gay Male Sexual Culture – July 15, 2018
by Don Shewey (Author)
The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent – February 19, 2021
by Betty Martin (Author), Robyn Dalzen (Author)
Man Of Use: A sensitive West Texas boy finds purpose and fulfillment in erotic service – September 4, 2021
by Allen Silver (Author)
The Nipple Whisperer: and other erotic epiphanies – April 15, 2022
by Lui (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Nipple-Whisperer-other-erotic-epiphanies/
Daddy Lover God: A Sacred Intimate Journey
by Don Shewey (Author)
Joybody Books Publication – June 27, 2023
Divining Desire: ~ exploring sacred eros ~ – May 22, 2024
by Sequoia Thom M.A. (Author)
Part 2 – Books By Guests On The Erotic Liberation Podcast *In reverse chronological order by episode number
What Is Compersion? (Diverse Sexualities, Genders, and Relationships)
Paperback – June 7, 2024 by Marie Thouin (Author)
Sacred Not Sinful: A New Christian Sexual Ethic
By Dr. Kevin Jenson October 18, 2023
This Heart Holds Many: My Life as the Nonbinary Millennial Child of a Polyamorous Family Paperback – March 29, 2019
by Koe Creation (Author), Dr. Elisabeth Sheff (Foreword)
Books by Khanisa Mnyaka
Traveling While Black And Lesbian (memoir)
You Belong Here (self-help)
Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover Paperback – August 17, 2021
by Annie Sprinkle (Author), Beth Stephens (Author), Jennie Klein (Author), Paul B. Preciado (Afterword), Una Chaudhuri (Foreword), Linda Montano (Contributor)
Divine Union of the Masculine & Feminine
Paperback – August 4, 2023 by Katrina Bos (Author)
Tantric Intimacy: Discover the Magic of True Connection Paperback – August 1, 2017
by Katrina Bos (Author)
Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging Paperback – September 1, 2020
by Jane Fleishman (Author), Kate Bornstein (Foreword), Barbara Carrellas (Foreword)
Sexual Integrity: Finding the Courage to be Yourself Paperback – June 27, 2021
by Steven Davidson (Author)
Notes from a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and Be Hot While Doing It!) Paperback – April 21, 2025
by Andrew Gurza (Author)
Somacultural Liberation: An Indigenous, Two-Spirit Somatic Guide to Integrating Cultural Experiences Toward Freedom Paperback – February 6, 2024
by Roger Kuhn PhD (Author)
Trans Sex 1st Edition
by Lucie Fielding (Author)
Part 3 – Books That Have Been Great Resources In The Body Electric Tradition
The Multi-Orgasmic Man: How Any Man Can Experience Multiple Orgasms and Dramatically Enhance His Sexual Relationship
by Mantak Chia and Douglas Abrams
Pleasure Activism
by Adrienne Marie Brown
Male Erotic Massage: A Guide to Sex and Spirit
by Kenneth Ray Stubbs, Ph.D.
Erotic Massage: The Tantric Touch of Love
by Stubbs
The Essential Tantra: A Modern Guide to Sacred Sexuality
by Stubbs
Sexual Intelligence
by Marty Klein
Tantra for Gay Men
by Bruce Anderson
The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Sexual Passion and Fulfillment
by Jack Morin, PhD
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
by Tom Spanbauer
The Red Thread of Passion, Spirituality and the Paradox of Sex
by David Guy
The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love
by Thomas Moore
Two Flutes Playing, A Spiritual Journey Book for Gay Men
by Andrew Ramer
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram
Circle Work: Intuitive Technology, A Leader’s Guide
by Selah Martha
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
by Inga Muscio
Erotic Massage for Healing and Pleasure
by Caffyn Jesse
https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Massage-Healing-Pleasure-Pioneering-ebook
Full Exposure: Opening to Sexual Creativity and Erotic Expression
by Susie Bright
Kali Rising: Foundational Principles of Tantra for a Transforming Planet
by Rudolph Ballentine, M.D.
Radical Healing – Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformational Medicine
by Rudolph Ballentine, M.D.
Red, Hot and Holy
by Sera Beak
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
by Ester Perel
Science for Sexual Happiness: A Guide to Reclaiming Erotic Pleasure
by Caffyn Jesse
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationship
by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Sex For One
by Betty Dodson
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
by Dossie Easten and Catherine A. Liszt
Women’s Anatomy of Arousal
by Sherri Winston
Part 4 – Books That Have Been Or Will Be Featured In The Reading Our Leaves Book Club
Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman, 1855
What Is The Grass: Walt Whitman In My Life by Mark Doty, 2021
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, 1905
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
In Praise of Disobedience: The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Writings, 1891
The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women by Edward Carpenter, 1908
Days With Walt Whitman, With Some Notes On His Life and Work, 1905
Edward Carpenter: A Victorian Rebel Fighting for Gay Rights by Brian Anderson, 2021
Death In Venice by Thomas Mann, 1912
The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal, 1948
Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
One Arm and Other Stories by Tennessee Williams, 1948
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, 1955
Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis by Eric Myers, 2001
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, 1956
Breakfast At Tiffany’s & Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote, 1958
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood, 1964
The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp, 1968
Maurice by E.M. Forster, 1971
The Best Little Boy In The World by Andrew Tobias, 1973
The Faggots And Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell, 1977
Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Halloran, 1978
Faggots by Larry Kramer, 1978
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White, 1982
My Lives by Edmund White
The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White
Farewell My Concubine by Lillian Lee, 1985
The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst, 1988
Angels In America by Tony Kushner, 1991
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz, 1991
Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon, 2008
We The Animals by Justin Torres, 2011
Tango by Justin Vivian Bond, 2011
True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight To Hell by William E. Jones, 2016
Cruising The Movies: A Sexual Guide To Oldies On TV by Boyd McDonald
Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell, 2017
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring, 2010
Faltas by Cecilia Gentili, 2022