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Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America

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One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of the Year

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

A 2025 finalist for the Lambda Literary Lammy Award in LGBTQ+ nonfiction

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year


From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America—the first major account in three decades.

Our era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ+ themes,...