Cathleen Medwick reviews Bad Sex! by Danny Shanahan for O, The Oprah Magazine

Jessica Winter reviews How Sex Works by Sharon Moalem, a collection of trivia about the evolutionary history and intricate mechanics of sex.

Cathleen Medwick reviews Dirty Words by Ellen Sussman for O, The Oprah Magazine

Cathleen Medwick reviews Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach for O, The Oprah Magazine

Cathleen Medwick reviews The Other Side of Desire, a book about the nature of sexual identity.

Elaina Richardson reviews Restless Virgins by Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley for O, The Oprah Magazine

Francine Prose reviews Masters of Sex by Thomas Maier, a strangely chilling story of two sexual pioneers.

Cathleen Medwick reviews Bad Girls Go Everywhere by Jennifer Scanlon, a shrewed biography of former Cosmopolitan editor and cultural pioneer Helen Gurley Brown.

Cathleen Medwick reviews The Other Woman edited by Victoria Zackheim for O, The Oprah Magazine