When your high school sex ed class fails you, it makes sense to look for other sources — namely, books. 📚
That's why we asked the BuzzFeed Community about the sex ed books that were most impactful to them. Here are several of their top recommendations!
1. Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

2. The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book For (Younger) Girls by Valorie Schaefer and Josee Masse

4. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

5. What's Going on Down There?: A Boy's Guide To Growing Up by Karen Gravelle

6. The Period Book: A Girl's Guide To Growing Up by Karen Gravelle

7. The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex: A Medical Handbook For Men by Stephen E. Goldstone

8. Girls & Sex: Navigating The Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

9. Shameless: A Case For Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber

10. Forever by Judy Blume

11. Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex by Hannah Witton

12. I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life Of Girls Around The World by Eve Ensler

13. Nerve's Guide to Sex Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen by Em & Lo

14. Diary of a Submissive: A Modern Tale Of Sexual Awakening by Sophie Morgan

16. The Hormone Diaries: The Bloody Truth About Our Periods by Hannah Witton

17. Hooking Up: A Girl's All-Out Guide to Sex And Sexuality by Amber Madison
