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
1731 Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin 1977 French English
1968 Kama Sutra Vātsyāyana -400 Indian Sanskrit
2185 On Love Alain de Botton 1993 British English
4293 What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell 2016 American English
5360 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5724 Simple Passion Annie Ernaux 1991 French French
5947 Talk Dirty To Me Sallie Tisdale 1994 American English
6379 Married Love Marie Stopes 1918 British English
6614 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
7682 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7764 Mating In Captivity Esther Perel 2006 Belgian English
8008 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 1959 Chilean Spanish
9050 Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes Billy Collins 2000 American English
9188 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9188 Future Sex Emily Witt 2015 American English
9654 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
11070 Life Adjustment Center Ryan McGinley 2010 American Unknown
11360 Rien Que L'amour Lucien Becker French French
12655 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
13316 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13359 The Pure and the Impure Colette 1932 French French
13359 Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English
13758 The Art Of Loving Erich Fromm 1956 Unknown German
14232 The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort 1972 British English
14629 Sexual Perversity in Chicago David Mamet 1974 American English
14983 No One Belongs Here More Than You Miranda July 2007 American English
15586 The Sensuous Woman Terry Garrity 1969 American English
15897 Happiness in Marriage Margaret Sanger 1926 American English
16493 An Apprenticeship Or The Book Of Pleasures Clarice Lispector 1969 Brazilian Portuguese
16817 Laughable Loves Milan Kundera 1969 Czech Czech
17117 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17117 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17117 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17117 About Ed Robert Gluck 2023 Unknown English
17117 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17117 American Poly Christopher M. Gleason 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17117 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17117 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17117 Couplets Maggie Millner 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Naked Heart Peter Gay 1995 American English
17117 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Way Of The Superior An David Deida 1997 American English
17117 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17117 Games And Rituals Katherine Heiny 2023 American English
17117 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Kaoru & Rin Vol. 1 Saka Mikami 2022 Japanese Japanese
17117 Love And The Mess We're In Stephen Marche Canadian English