This is a constantly updated list of the books I found most useful in my studies. For my international readers’ convenience, I listed the English edition whenever possible.
A chilling yet instructive study of self-bondage accidents
Publisher : Wheatmark
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An exceptional history of Japanese-style bondage
Publisher : King Cat Inc
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A manual for rope submissives, focusing on skills and body diversity
Publisher : Createspace
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Excellent guide on the cleaning and care of leather gear
Publisher : Createspace
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Spying one year of worldwide porn searches, statisticians draw a surprisingly honest portrait of the human sexual mind
Publisher : Plume
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The complete reprint of the 26 issues of the first fetish and bondage magazine in the world
Publisher : Taschen
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A sensible tutorial to bondage you can actually do and enjoy
Publisher : BDSM Press
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Good visual guide to basic bondage techniques
Publisher : Castelvecchi
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An exciting, candid and often hilarious history of sexology
Publisher : W.W. Norton & Company
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One of the few manuals for submissives, and probably the best of them
Publisher : Greenery Press
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One of the most important studies of self-mutilation, to understand the differences between masochism and body modification
Publisher : Penguin
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Excrements in history: an ironic analysis of the origins of an extreme taboo
Publisher : Il cerchio della luna
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