Good books for beginners

[Nameless_Rose]

Can anyone suggest some good background reading (both fiction and non-fiction) for a beginning submissive? I've found a few books on amazon.com, but I can't decide which one to buy. I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

 

[CutieMouse]

The New Bottoming Book is a really good, quick overview (and the first book I ever read). The New Topping Book is also worth a read, IMO.

I wasn't overly impressed with Consensual Sadomasochism, but a lot of people like it.

The Loving Dominant is one I recommend to both "sides"; John Warren really knows his stuff.

If you need a basic basic BASIC book, I'd recommend When Somone You Love is Kinky.

 

[Marquis]

There really are a ton of books on this subject. I'd really to like read as many of them as possible, which is a challenging prospect at times.

My favorite non-fiction is definitely Different Loving, but I recently got a hold of Screw The Roses, Send Me The Thorns and it seems pretty well done.

 

[ecstaticsub]

When I told my sister that I would be meeting a man I met on the internet she gave me The Kinky Girl's Guide to Dating by Luna Grey. I found it had great safety info.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

Looking for BDSM reading material? Most of these are in my personal library:

From Mystic Rose Books - http://www.mysticrose.com
Screw The Roses, Give Me the Thorns by Miller & Devon,
To Love, To Obey, To Serve by viola Johnson
and if you like erotic fiction -
The Marketplace Series by Laura Antoniou

Depending on your orientation and inclination I recommend the following (in no particular order except as they occur to me):
Also at Greenery Press - http://www.greenerypress.com
Miss Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual by Christina Abernathy
The New Topping Book and The New Bottoming Book Easton & Hardy
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Easton & Liszt
When Someone You Love Is Kinky by Easton & Liszt
Partners in Power by Jack Rinella
The Loving Dominant by John Warren
Safe, Sane, Consentual and Fun by John Warren

At Daedelus Publishing - http://www.daedaluspublishing.com/ :
SlaveCraft by a grateful slave with Guy Baldwin
The Ties That Bind by Guy Baldwin
The Master's Manual by Jack Rinella
The Compleat Slave by Jack Rinella
Leatherfolk edited by Mark Thompson
Leathersex by Joseph Bean

From Uncle Abdul - http://www.uncleabdul.com/UAweb22.htm
JUICE--Electricity for Pleasure and Pain by Uncle Abdul

From Cleis Press - http://www.cleispress.com/authors.php
Public Sex by Pat Califia
Sensous Magic by Patrick Califia
Speaking Sex to Power by Patrick Califia

Also from Gloria Brame - http://www.gloriabrame.com (her website links to http://www.amazon.com for the book)
Different Loving by Gloria Brame, William Brame and Jon Jacobs

I could go on, but I think that's enough BDSM/kinky reading to keep any pervert busy and happy for quite a while! *evil grin* If you lived nearby, I'd even think about letting you borrow some of mine...

Yours In Kink,
- Geoff

 

[Ebonyfire]

I used to give out SM 101 as gifts to new male subs. I like that book.