 | Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism by Philip Miller
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.00 If you only bought one book, I'd suggest this one. Very thorough yet entertaining. Covers a lot of topics very concisely.
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 | SM 101: A Realistic Introduction by Jay Wiseman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $8.23 A good basic book, although it could use an update (1996) and some better editing. Jay Wiseman is famous in the scene so all his books are good.
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 | The New Bottoming Book by Janet W. Hardy
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.95 Companion book to The New Topping Book; easy to read, down to earth. Excellent book with some scenarios of scenes/situations.
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 | The New Topping Book by Dossie Easton
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.99 Companion book to The New Bottoming Book; easy to read and down to earth. Excellent and some interesting stuff on the spirituality of BDSM.
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 | The Master's Manual: A Handbook of Erotic Dominance by Jack Rinella
Buy new: $13.63 / Used from: $10.41 This book is from the perspective of a gay Master and includes some excellent explanations of the nature of power and pain.
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 | Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely by William A. Henkin
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $11.95 This book primarily addresses the safety issues surrounding different play activities. Very helpful.
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 | The Loving Dominant by John Warren
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.90 Good sections on the philosophy of submission as well as specific activities and toys.
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 | Different Loving: The World of Sexual Dominance and Submission by William Brame
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $9.88 Good info in specific activities but what makes this book different is the "interviews" with people who have experience in each area that's being covered.
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 | The Toybag Guide to Clips and Clamps by Jack Rinella
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $9.93 This is one of several delightful little books in the Toybag series. I've read most of them and they are all very good.
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 | Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook by Jay Wiseman
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.00 I don't own this one but his books come highly recommended to me and I found his SM101 book to be very useful.
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 | Flogging by Joseph W. Bean
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $7.50 This is another one that I don't have but it was also recommended to me.
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