Books like My Secret Garden

My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday reads as frank, revealing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Women on Top

Nancy Friday · 1991

Both explore female sexuality & desire

88% genome match

Becoming orgasmic

Julia Heiman · 1976

Both explore female sexuality & intimacy

71% genome match

Erotic fantasies

Phyllis Kronhausen · 1970

Both explore desire & intimacy

70% genome match

Masters and Johnson on sex and human loving

William H. Masters · 1986

Both explore intimacy

63% genome match

The joy of sex

Alex Comfort · 1972

Both explore intimacy & liberation

70% genome match

Our sexuality

Crooks, Robert · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Come as you are

Emily Nagoski · 2015

Both explore desire

64% genome match

Attached

Amir Levine · 2010

Both explore intimacy

63% genome match

Nobody Nowhere

Donna Williams · 1992

Same nonfiction feel

65% genome match

The state of affairs

Esther Perel · 2017

Both explore desire & intimacy

66% genome match

Lesbian nuns

Rosemary Curb · 1985

Both explore liberation

66% genome match

Unmasking Autism

Devon Price · 2022

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match