😠 Sexual Jealousy

The corrosive fire of erotic possessiveness — these books explore how jealousy distorts love, drives obsession, and reveals our deepest insecurities about desire.

The Evolution of Desire

by David M. Buss • 1994

Men chase youth, women status, neither consciously: the evolutionary logic of human desire.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection 🔍 Mate Preferences 👶 Parental Investment

The Evolution of Desire 87%

Men chase youth, women status, neither consciously: the evolutionary logic of human desire.

by David M. Buss 1994

4.17

4k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection 🔍 Mate Preferences 👶 Parental Investment

Training to Love It

by Kenny Wright • 2015

A husband's jealousy sparks arousal; he urges his wife to explore her desire for her trainer.

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186

👠 Hotwife 🔓 Open Marriage 💪 Trainer Seduction 👀 Voyeur Husband 🌱 Sexual Awakening

Training to Love It 87%

A husband's jealousy sparks arousal; he urges his wife to explore her desire for her trainer.

by Kenny Wright 2015

4.44

186 ratings

👠 Hotwife 🔓 Open Marriage 💪 Trainer Seduction 👀 Voyeur Husband 🌱 Sexual Awakening

The Woman Destroyed

by Simone de Beauvoir • 1967

A husband's affair, a son's betrayal, a lifetime of grievance: three women unravel in midlife Paris.

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🕊️ Feminist Classic 💔 Marriage Breakdown ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🔥 Jealousy Spiral 🌑 Existential Despair

The Woman Destroyed 86%

A husband's affair, a son's betrayal, a lifetime of grievance: three women unravel in midlife Paris.

by Simone de Beauvoir 1967

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47k+ ratings

🕊️ Feminist Classic 💔 Marriage Breakdown ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🔥 Jealousy Spiral 🌑 Existential Despair

The Real Thing

by Tom Stoppard • 1982

A playwright falls for his friend's wife, then struggles to tell real love from performance.

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🎭 Play Within A Play 💔 Infidelity 🗣️ Witty Banter ✍️ Writer's Life 🎨 Art Vs Life

The Real Thing 86%

A playwright falls for his friend's wife, then struggles to tell real love from performance.

by Tom Stoppard 1982

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5k+ ratings

🎭 Play Within A Play 💔 Infidelity 🗣️ Witty Banter ✍️ Writer's Life 🎨 Art Vs Life

Why Women Have Sex

by Cindy M. Meston • 2009

Of 237 reasons women have sex, pleasure is just one. The full list is startling.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♀️ Female Sexuality 💑 Mate Selection 💋 Desire And Attraction 🔍 Sexual Motivation

Why Women Have Sex 86%

Of 237 reasons women have sex, pleasure is just one. The full list is startling.

by Cindy M. Meston 2009

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♀️ Female Sexuality 💑 Mate Selection 💋 Desire And Attraction 🔍 Sexual Motivation

The Ethical Slut

by Janet W. Hardy • 1997

How to love more than one person without deception: the rules, scripts, and hard conversations.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ethical Non-Monogamy 🔓 Open Relationships 💚 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Agreements 🌻 Sex Positivity

The Ethical Slut 86%

How to love more than one person without deception: the rules, scripts, and hard conversations.

by Janet W. Hardy 1997

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28k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Ethical Non-Monogamy 🔓 Open Relationships 💚 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Agreements 🌻 Sex Positivity

Overcoming Retroactive Jealousy

by Zachary Stockill • 2013

Your partner's past keeps looping. More questions tighten the spiral. Break it from the inside.

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😤 Jealousy 🌀 Intrusive Thoughts 💔 Relationship Anxiety 🧘 Mindfulness Practices 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Overcoming Retroactive Jealousy 86%

Your partner's past keeps looping. More questions tighten the spiral. Break it from the inside.

by Zachary Stockill 2013

4.07

282 ratings

😤 Jealousy 🌀 Intrusive Thoughts 💔 Relationship Anxiety 🧘 Mindfulness Practices 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Sperm Wars

by Robin Baker • 1996

The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sperm Competition 💔 Infidelity ⚔️ Sexual Conflict ❤️ Mate Selection

Sperm Wars 86%

The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.

by Robin Baker 1996

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sperm Competition 💔 Infidelity ⚔️ Sexual Conflict ❤️ Mate Selection

Opening Up

by Tristan Taormino • 2007

Communication makes open relationships work. Get the scripts, the jealousy tools, the safety rules.

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🧩 Ethical Nonmonogamy 🗣️ Radical Honesty 💚 Jealousy Management 🩺 Safer Sex Education 🌈 Sex Positivity

Opening Up 85%

Communication makes open relationships work. Get the scripts, the jealousy tools, the safety rules.

by Tristan Taormino 2007

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4k+ ratings

🧩 Ethical Nonmonogamy 🗣️ Radical Honesty 💚 Jealousy Management 🩺 Safer Sex Education 🌈 Sex Positivity

Untrue

by Wednesday Martin • 2018

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

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🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

Untrue 85%

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

by Wednesday Martin 2018

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2k+ ratings

🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

Is It Ever Just Sex?

by Darian Leader • 2023

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

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📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality 😈 Guilt And Desire 🚻 Heteronormativity

Is It Ever Just Sex? 85%

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

by Darian Leader 2023

3.37

479 ratings

📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality 😈 Guilt And Desire 🚻 Heteronormativity

The Manipulated Man

by Esther Vilar • 1971

Women trade sex for lifelong security; men mistake their chains for love. The 1971 polemic.

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🔄 Gender Roles 💋 Sexual Politics ⚔️ Anti-Feminism ♂️ Men's Rights ⚡ Power Dynamics

The Manipulated Man 85%

Women trade sex for lifelong security; men mistake their chains for love. The 1971 polemic.

by Esther Vilar 1971

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2k+ ratings

🔄 Gender Roles 💋 Sexual Politics ⚔️ Anti-Feminism ♂️ Men's Rights ⚡ Power Dynamics

Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos

by Joanot Martorell • 2012

A knight saves Byzantium to win a princess. The real battle begins without armor.

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🏰 Chivalric Romance 📜 Medieval Literature 💕 Courtly Love 💔 Tragic Romance 👩‍⚖️ Female Agency

Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos Summary

Tirant lo Blanc. Episodis Amorosos 85%

A knight saves Byzantium to win a princess. The real battle begins without armor.

by Joanot Martorell 2012

2.46

2k+ ratings

🏰 Chivalric Romance 📜 Medieval Literature 💕 Courtly Love 💔 Tragic Romance 👩‍⚖️ Female Agency

Coach

by Alexa Riley • 2015

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

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⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Coach 85%

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

by Alexa Riley 2015

3.47

15k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Husbandry

by Stephen Fried • 2007

Why trusting with money is riskier than trusting with feelings, and other marital dispatches.

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124

💒 Marriage Stories 🤣 Relationship Humor 👨 Male Perspective 💍 Long-Term Relationships 💬 Couples Communication

Husbandry 85%

Why trusting with money is riskier than trusting with feelings, and other marital dispatches.

by Stephen Fried 2007

2.83

124 ratings

💒 Marriage Stories 🤣 Relationship Humor 👨 Male Perspective 💍 Long-Term Relationships 💬 Couples Communication

Designer Relationships

by Mark A. Michaels • 2015

Stop inheriting your relationship model. Design one that actually fits.

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🔓 Ethical Nonmonogamy ✏️ Relationship Design 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🧘 Managing Jealousy 🌶️ Sexual Exploration

Designer Relationships 85%

Stop inheriting your relationship model. Design one that actually fits.

by Mark A. Michaels 2015

3.68

854 ratings

🔓 Ethical Nonmonogamy ✏️ Relationship Design 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🧘 Managing Jealousy 🌶️ Sexual Exploration

The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene • 1951

A jealous novelist in postwar London hires a detective to learn why his lover walked away.

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🕯️ Catholic Novel 💔 Literary Love Triangle 🔥 Obsessive Jealousy 💋 Adulterous Affair ✨ Spiritual Awakening

The End of the Affair 85%

A jealous novelist in postwar London hires a detective to learn why his lover walked away.

by Graham Greene 1951

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🕯️ Catholic Novel 💔 Literary Love Triangle 🔥 Obsessive Jealousy 💋 Adulterous Affair ✨ Spiritual Awakening

Love Relations

by Otto F. Kernberg • 1998

Aggression is built into love from infancy. Mature love means holding both forces at once.

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195

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧱 Object Relations 💕 Psychology Of Love 🔥 Erotic Desire 🪞 Narcissism And Love

Love Relations 85%

Aggression is built into love from infancy. Mature love means holding both forces at once.

by Otto F. Kernberg 1998

4.02

195 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧱 Object Relations 💕 Psychology Of Love 🔥 Erotic Desire 🪞 Narcissism And Love

Boy Parts

by Eliza Clark • 2020

She photographs men at their most vulnerable. A gallery show sends her control spiraling.

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🔥 Transgressive Fiction 🧠 Psychological Horror 👩‍🎤 Female Antihero 😈 Darkly Comic 📷 Artist Protagonist

Boy Parts 85%

She photographs men at their most vulnerable. A gallery show sends her control spiraling.

by Eliza Clark 2020

3.71

85k+ ratings

🔥 Transgressive Fiction 🧠 Psychological Horror 👩‍🎤 Female Antihero 😈 Darkly Comic 📷 Artist Protagonist

That Mad Ache

by Françoise Sagan • 1965

A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.

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🧠 Psychological Novel 💔 Love Triangle 💎 Kept Woman 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Passion Vs Security

That Mad Ache 85%

A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.

by Françoise Sagan 1965

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Novel 💔 Love Triangle 💎 Kept Woman 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Passion Vs Security

Othello

by William Shakespeare • 1603

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

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🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Othello 85%

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

by William Shakespeare 1603

3.89

440k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

by Katherine Angel • 2021

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

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🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire 🫂 Sexual Vulnerability 🌓 Sexual Ambivalence

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again 85%

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

by Katherine Angel 2021

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire 🫂 Sexual Vulnerability 🌓 Sexual Ambivalence

When Men Behave Badly

by David M. Buss • 2021

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

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🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression 🚨 Intimate Partner Violence 🖤 Dark Personality Traits

When Men Behave Badly 85%

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

by David M. Buss 2021

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1k+ ratings

🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression 🚨 Intimate Partner Violence 🖤 Dark Personality Traits

If You Dare

by Shantel Tessier • 2019

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

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9k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

If You Dare 85%

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

by Shantel Tessier 2019

4.36

9k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

More Than Two

by Franklin Veaux • 2014

Polyamory fails with rules, not jealousy. The guide to multiple relationships built on boundaries.

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🫂 Polyamory 🛤️ Relational Autonomy 💚 Jealousy Management 🤝 Consent Based Intimacy 🏴 Relationship Anarchy

More Than Two 85%

Polyamory fails with rules, not jealousy. The guide to multiple relationships built on boundaries.

by Franklin Veaux 2014

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5k+ ratings

🫂 Polyamory 🛤️ Relational Autonomy 💚 Jealousy Management 🤝 Consent Based Intimacy 🏴 Relationship Anarchy

The Girl in the Mirror

by Rose Carlyle • 2020

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

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🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

The Girl in the Mirror 84%

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

by Rose Carlyle 2020

3.79

45k+ ratings

🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera • 1984

A Czech surgeon's womanizing and his wife's jealousy meet the 1968 Soviet invasion.

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🧠 Existential Novel 👁️ Jealousy And Obsession 🔺 Literary Love Triangle 🐶 Canine Companion 🥀 Wistful Romance

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Summary

The Unbearable Lightness of Being 84%

A Czech surgeon's womanizing and his wife's jealousy meet the 1968 Soviet invasion.

by Milan Kundera 1984

4.10

552k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Novel 👁️ Jealousy And Obsession 🔺 Literary Love Triangle 🐶 Canine Companion 🥀 Wistful Romance

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

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🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 84%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Seduction Theory

by Emily Adrian • 2025

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

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12k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

Seduction Theory 84%

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

by Emily Adrian 2025

3.11

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

Andromaque

by Jean Racine • 1667

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

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10k+

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🔪 Jealous Revenge

Andromaque 84%

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

by Jean Racine 1667

3.70

10k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🔪 Jealous Revenge

A Return to Modesty

by Wendy Shalit • 1998

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

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🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

A Return to Modesty 84%

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

by Wendy Shalit 1998

3.79

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

Dom Casmurro

by Machado de Assis • 1899

A reclusive lawyer writes his life story, building a case against his wife that only he believes.

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🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Realism ❓ Ambiguous Adultery 👀 Jealous Husband 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia

Dom Casmurro 84%

A reclusive lawyer writes his life story, building a case against his wife that only he believes.

by Machado de Assis 1899

4.33

39k+ ratings

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Psychological Realism ❓ Ambiguous Adultery 👀 Jealous Husband 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia

Anatomy of Love

by Helen Fisher • 1992

Your brain runs three separate love systems, and they aren't designed to work in your favor.

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2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Biological Anthropology 💑 Pair Bonding 💔 Infidelity ⚧ Gender Differences

Anatomy of Love 84%

Your brain runs three separate love systems, and they aren't designed to work in your favor.

by Helen Fisher 1992

3.88

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Biological Anthropology 💑 Pair Bonding 💔 Infidelity ⚧ Gender Differences

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

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✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat 84%

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023

3.41

76k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

Training to Love It 2

by Kenny Wright • 2015

A husband watches his wife with other men and discovers jealousy is his deepest desire.

4.56

164

🔥 Hotwife Dynamic 🔓 Open Marriage 👀 Voyeur Husband 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

Training to Love It 2 84%

A husband watches his wife with other men and discovers jealousy is his deepest desire.

by Kenny Wright 2015

4.56

164 ratings

🔥 Hotwife Dynamic 🔓 Open Marriage 👀 Voyeur Husband 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire

by Daniel Bergner • 2013

The machines don't lie: women's desire is far more indiscriminate than we admit.

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2k+

🎯 Female Desire 🔬 Sex Research ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 💔 Monogamy And Desire ⚖️ Sexual Double Standards

What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire Summary

What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire 84%

The machines don't lie: women's desire is far more indiscriminate than we admit.

by Daniel Bergner 2013

3.60

2k+ ratings

🎯 Female Desire 🔬 Sex Research ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 💔 Monogamy And Desire ⚖️ Sexual Double Standards

Cutthroat

by Octavia Grant • 2025

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

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14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

Cutthroat 84%

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

by Octavia Grant 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

The Jealousy Workbook

by Kathy Labriola • 2013

A jealousy workbook built for open relationships: exercises that name the fear, then shrink it.

3.99

314

🔓 Open Relationships 💞 Polyamory 🧩 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Workbooks 🔗 Attachment Work

The Jealousy Workbook 84%

A jealousy workbook built for open relationships: exercises that name the fear, then shrink it.

by Kathy Labriola 2013

3.99

314 ratings

🔓 Open Relationships 💞 Polyamory 🧩 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Workbooks 🔗 Attachment Work

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 84%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Midnight Mass

by Sierra Simone • 2015

Jealousy and guilt are undoing a former priest's marriage. His wife has asked him to leave.

3.67

35k+

🖤 Marriage In Crisis 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Jealous Hero ✝️ Catholic Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Healing

Midnight Mass 84%

Jealousy and guilt are undoing a former priest's marriage. His wife has asked him to leave.

by Sierra Simone 2015

3.67

35k+ ratings

🖤 Marriage In Crisis 💔 Second Chance Love 🔥 Jealous Hero ✝️ Catholic Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Healing

A View from the Bridge

by Arthur Miller • 1977

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

3.71

19k+

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy 🤫 Code Of Silence ⚔️ Honor And Shame

A View from the Bridge 84%

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

by Arthur Miller 1977

3.71

19k+ ratings

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy 🤫 Code Of Silence ⚔️ Honor And Shame

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo • 2019

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

3.71

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🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Three Women 84%

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

by Lisa Taddeo 2019

3.71

174k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

New Boy

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

3.49

10k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

New Boy 84%

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

by Tracy Chevalier 2017

3.49

10k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

Want

by Gillian Anderson • 2024

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

3.37

23k+

🔥 Female Desire 🤫 Sexual Fantasies 🧠 Psychology Of Sexuality 🗣️ Sexual Shame ⛓️ Kink And Fetish

Want 84%

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

by Gillian Anderson 2024

3.37

23k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 🤫 Sexual Fantasies 🧠 Psychology Of Sexuality 🗣️ Sexual Shame ⛓️ Kink And Fetish

The Prom Queen

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

3.71

6k+

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Prom Queen 84%

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.71

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

La Mort du roi Tsongor

by Laurent Gaudé • 2002

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

3.93

4k+

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

La Mort du roi Tsongor 84%

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

by Laurent Gaudé 2002

3.93

4k+ ratings

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

Undone

by John Colapinto • 2015

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

3.39

356

🕵️ Imposter 🤐 Silent Witness 📺 Tabloid Scandal 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👁️ Gaslighting

Undone 84%

A fake paternity claim entraps a writer, and only his locked-in wife can expose the con.

by John Colapinto 2015

3.39

356 ratings

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816

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Ho Tactics 84%

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3.92

816 ratings

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3.37

849

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La Rivale 84%

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3.37

849 ratings

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3.69

2k+

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The Makeover 84%

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

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3.69

2k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏚️ Modern Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love ⚔️ Inheritance Conflict

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