The Greatest Books of All Time on Intimacy

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1730 Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin 1977 French English
1968 Kama Sutra Vātsyāyana -400 Indian Sanskrit
2186 On Love Alain de Botton 1993 British English
4294 What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell 2016 American English
5362 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5727 Simple Passion Annie Ernaux 1991 French French
5951 Talk Dirty To Me Sallie Tisdale 1994 American English
6382 Married Love Marie Stopes 1918 British English
6616 The Poetics Of Space Gaston Bachelard 1958 French French
6901 Raymond And Hannah Stephen Marche 2005 Canadian English
6914 Théresè And Isabelle Violette Leduc 1966 French French
7683 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7766 Mating In Captivity Esther Perel 2006 Belgian English
8009 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 1959 Chilean Spanish
9055 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9192 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9192 Future Sex Emily Witt 2015 American English
9657 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
11076 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11365 Rien Que L'amour Lucien Becker French French
12657 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
13319 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13362 The Pure and the Impure Colette 1932 French French
13362 Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English
13759 The Art Of Loving Erich Fromm 1956 Unknown German
14232 The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort 1972 British English
14630 Sexual Perversity in Chicago David Mamet 1974 American English
14985 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
15594 The Sensuous Woman Terry Garrity 1969 American English
15915 Happiness in Marriage Margaret Sanger 1926 American English
16510 An Apprenticeship Or The Book Of Pleasures Clarice Lispector 1969 Brazilian Portuguese
16853 Laughable Loves Milan Kundera 1969 Czech Czech
17161 She Comes First Ian Kerner 2004 American English
17161 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17161 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17161 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17161 About Ed Robert Gluck 2023 Unknown English
17161 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17161 American Poly Christopher M. Gleason 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17161 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17161 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17161 Couplets Maggie Millner 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Naked Heart Peter Gay 1995 American English
17161 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17161 The Way Of The Superior An David Deida 1997 American English
17161 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17161 Games And Rituals Katherine Heiny 2023 American English
17161 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Kaoru & Rin Vol. 1 Saka Mikami 2022 Japanese Japanese
17161 Love And The Mess We're In Stephen Marche Canadian English