28 Books like Bonk

DIY

by Eric Sprankle • 2024

How masturbation became a sin, a disease, and a billion-dollar industry.

4.33

275

🚫 Sexual Taboos 🧠 Sexual Myths 😳 Sexual Shame

DIY 95%

How masturbation became a sin, a disease, and a billion-dollar industry.

by Eric Sprankle 2024

4.33

275 ratings

🚫 Sexual Taboos 🧠 Sexual Myths 😳 Sexual Shame

Sex by Numbers

by David Spiegelhalter • 2015

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

3.84

213

🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths

Sex by Numbers 94%

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

by David Spiegelhalter 2015

3.84

213 ratings

🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths

Attraction, Love, Sex

by Simon LeVay • 2023

Sexual reproduction is an evolutionary paradox. Why it persists, and everything that follows.

3.49

🔬 Human Sexuality 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💘 Sexual Attraction

Attraction, Love, Sex 94%

Sexual reproduction is an evolutionary paradox. Why it persists, and everything that follows.

by Simon LeVay 2023

3.49

43 ratings

🔬 Human Sexuality 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💘 Sexual Attraction

A Billion Wicked Thoughts

by Ogi Ogas • 2011

A billion anonymous searches expose the true architecture of male and female desire.

3.83

4k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Mate Selection 🔥 Sexual Desire

A Billion Wicked Thoughts 93%

A billion anonymous searches expose the true architecture of male and female desire.

by Ogi Ogas 2011

3.83

4k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Mate Selection 🔥 Sexual Desire

The Case of the Female Orgasm

by Elisabeth A. Lloyd • 2005

Female orgasm is nature's spare part: a developmental echo of the penis that science misinterpreted.

3.97

124

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ♀️ Female Sexuality 🛠️ Adaptationism

The Case of the Female Orgasm 93%

Female orgasm is nature's spare part: a developmental echo of the penis that science misinterpreted.

by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005

3.97

124 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ♀️ Female Sexuality 🛠️ Adaptationism

The Body

by Bill Bryson • 2019

Seven octillion atoms, 37 trillion cells, and no clue what any of them are doing.

4.31

101k+

🦴 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🏥 Medical History

The Body 93%

Seven octillion atoms, 37 trillion cells, and no clue what any of them are doing.

by Bill Bryson 2019

4.31

101k+ ratings

🦴 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🏥 Medical History

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

by Olivia Judson • 2002

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

4.06

4k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation Summary

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 93%

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

by Olivia Judson 2002

4.06

4k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior

Testosterone Rex

by Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

3.79

4k+

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism

Testosterone Rex 93%

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

by Cordelia Fine 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism

Why Is Sex Fun?

by Jared Diamond • 1997

Why human mating is nature's oddest: hidden ovulation, menopause, and the real reason men hunt.

3.71

7k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💞 Human Sexuality 🦚 Sexual Selection

Why Is Sex Fun? 92%

Why human mating is nature's oddest: hidden ovulation, menopause, and the real reason men hunt.

by Jared Diamond 1997

3.71

7k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💞 Human Sexuality 🦚 Sexual Selection

Sperm Wars

by Robin Baker • 1996

The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.

3.91

3k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sperm Competition 💔 Infidelity

Sperm Wars 92%

The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.

by Robin Baker 1996

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sperm Competition 💔 Infidelity

Why Women Have Sex

by Cindy M. Meston • 2009

Of 237 reasons women have sex, pleasure is just one. The full list is startling.

3.94

2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♀️ Female Sexuality 💑 Mate Selection

Why Women Have Sex 92%

Of 237 reasons women have sex, pleasure is just one. The full list is startling.

by Cindy M. Meston 2009

3.94

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♀️ Female Sexuality 💑 Mate Selection

What If?

by Randall Munroe • 2014

Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.

4.14

197k+

⚛️ Pop Physics 💭 Thought Experiments 😂 Physics Humor

What If? 92%

Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.

by Randall Munroe 2014

4.14

197k+ ratings

⚛️ Pop Physics 💭 Thought Experiments 😂 Physics Humor

Pussypedia

by Zoe Mendelson • 2021

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

4.36

474

🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy

Pussypedia 92%

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

by Zoe Mendelson 2021

4.36

474 ratings

🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy

Sex in Human Loving

by Eric Berne • 1970

You think you choose your partners. Three ego states and a childhood script do.

3.62

364

🧠 Transactional Analysis 🔍 Sexual Psychology 📜 Psychological Scripts

Sex in Human Loving 92%

You think you choose your partners. Three ego states and a childhood script do.

by Eric Berne 1970

3.62

364 ratings

🧠 Transactional Analysis 🔍 Sexual Psychology 📜 Psychological Scripts

Dr Cuterus

by Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

4.47

496

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy

Dr Cuterus 92%

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

by Tanaya Narendra 2022

4.47

496 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

by Allan Pease • 1998

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

3.75

12k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps Summary

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps 92%

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

by Allan Pease 1998

3.75

12k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles

Sex After . . .

by Iris Krasnow • 2014

Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.

3.53

148

🗣️ Female Sexuality 🎙️ Oral History 🍂 Menopause And Sex

Sex After . . . 92%

Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.

by Iris Krasnow 2014

3.53

148 ratings

🗣️ Female Sexuality 🎙️ Oral History 🍂 Menopause And Sex

Testosterone

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

4.06

320

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

Testosterone 92%

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019

4.06

320 ratings

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

Gulp

by Mary Roach • 2013

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

3.93

52k+

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science

Gulp 92%

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

by Mary Roach 2013

3.93

52k+ ratings

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science

The Misfits

by Colin Wilson • 1988

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

3.69

121

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History

The Misfits 92%

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

by Colin Wilson 1988

3.69

121 ratings

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History

The Psychology of Sex

by Meg John Barker • 2018

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

3.88

185

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism

The Psychology of Sex 92%

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

by Meg John Barker 2018

3.88

185 ratings

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control

by Sarah E. Hill • 2019

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

4.03

12k+

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control Summary

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control 92%

Beyond preventing pregnancy, the pill reshapes desire, stress, and who you fall for.

by Sarah E. Hill 2019

4.03

12k+ ratings

🧬 Female Hormones 🩺 Reproductive Health 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Replaceable You

by Mary Roach • 2025

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

4.06

13k+

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History

Replaceable You 92%

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

by Mary Roach 2025

4.06

13k+ ratings

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History

Female Orgasm Black Book

by Lee Jenkins • 2011

Chasing her orgasm kills it. The reframe, anatomy, and sequence that actually deliver.

3.90

124

🔥 Female Pleasure 🛠️ Sexual Technique 💦 Female Ejaculation

Female Orgasm Black Book 92%

Chasing her orgasm kills it. The reframe, anatomy, and sequence that actually deliver.

by Lee Jenkins 2011

3.90

124 ratings

🔥 Female Pleasure 🛠️ Sexual Technique 💦 Female Ejaculation

Great Myths of the Brain

by Christian Jarrett • 2014

10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.

3.83

161

Great Myths of the Brain 92%

10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.

by Christian Jarrett 2014

3.83

161 ratings

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sexing the Body 92%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Hormonal

by Martie Haselton • 2018

Your monthly cycle isn't chaos. It's an ancient intelligence for desire, mate selection, strategy.

3.55

783

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌸 Female Hormones 💞 Mate Selection

Hormonal 92%

Your monthly cycle isn't chaos. It's an ancient intelligence for desire, mate selection, strategy.

by Martie Haselton 2018

3.55

783 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌸 Female Hormones 💞 Mate Selection

It's Not You, It's Biology.

by Joe Quirk • 2008

Men and women want different things because sperm and eggs have conflicting goals.

4.04

583

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Mating Behavior 💃 Sexual Selection

It's Not You, It's Biology. 91%

Men and women want different things because sperm and eggs have conflicting goals.

by Joe Quirk 2008

4.04

583 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦚 Mating Behavior 💃 Sexual Selection

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