Sexual Cultures Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Sexual Cultures books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Private Affairs (By: Phillip Brian Harper)
Buy on Amazon1999
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Buy on Amazon1999
In Your Face (By: Mandy Merck)
Buy on Amazon2000
Tropics of Desire (By: José Quiroga)
Buy on Amazon2000
Murdering Masculinities (By: Greg Forter)
Buy on Amazon2000
Our Monica, Ourselves (By: Lauren Berlant,Lisa A. Duggan)
Buy on Amazon2001
Black Gay Man (By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
Buy on Amazon2001
Passing (By: )
Buy on Amazon2001
The Explanation For Everything (By: Paul Morrison)
Buy on Amazon2002
Queer Globalizations (By: Martin F. Manalansan IV,Arnaldo Cruz-Malave)
Buy on Amazon2002
Queer Latinidad (By: Juana María Rodríguez)
Buy on Amazon2003
Love the Sin (By: Janet R. Jakobsen)
Buy on Amazon2003
Boricua Pop (By: Frances Negrón-Muntaner,Frances n-Muntaner)
Buy on Amazon2004
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch (By: Dwight A. McBride)
Buy on Amazon2005
In a Queer Time and Place (By: J. Jack Halberstam)
Buy on Amazon2005
God Hates Fags (By: Michael Cobb)
Buy on Amazon2006
Once You Go Black (By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
Buy on Amazon2007
The Latino Body (By: Lazaro Lima)
Buy on Amazon2007
Arranging Grief (By: Dana Luciano)
Buy on Amazon2007
Cruising Utopia (By: José Esteban Muñoz)
Buy on Amazon2009
Another Country (By: )
Buy on Amazon2010
Extravagant Abjection (By: Darieck Scott)
Buy on Amazon2010
Relocations (By: Karen Tongson)
Buy on Amazon2011
Single (By: Michael Cobb)
Buy on Amazon2012
Beyond the Nation (By: Martin Ponce)
Buy on Amazon2012
Brown Boys and Rice Queens (By: Eng-Beng Lim)
Buy on Amazon2013
Transforming Citizenships (By: Isaac West)
Buy on Amazon2013
Investigating Young People's Sexual Cultures (By: Clarissa Smith,Feona Attwood)
Buy on Amazon2014
The Delectable Negro (By: E. Patrick Johnson,Vincent Woodard,Justin A. Joyce,Dwight A. McBride)
Buy on Amazon2014
Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings (By: Juana María Rodríguez)
Buy on Amazon2014
Sensational Flesh (By: Amber Jamilla Musser)
Buy on Amazon2014
The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America (By: Rachel C.Lee)
Buy on Amazon2014
Not Gay (By: Jane Ward)
Buy on Amazon2015
Embodied Avatars (By: Uri McMillan)
Buy on Amazon2015
A Taste for Brown Bodies (By: Hiram Pérez)
Buy on Amazon2015
Wedlocked (By: Katherine Franke)
Buy on Amazon2015
A Body, Undone (By: Christina Crosby)
Buy on Amazon2016
The Color of Kink (By: Ariane Cruz)
Buy on Amazon2016
Archives of Flesh (By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
Buy on Amazon2016
Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left (By: Malik Gaines)
Buy on Amazon2017
The Life and Death of Latisha King (By: )
Buy on Amazon2018
Queer Nuns (By: Melissa M. Wilcox)
Buy on Amazon2018
After the Party (By: )
Buy on Amazon2018
Sensual Excess (By: Amber Jamilla Musser)
Buy on Amazon2018
Afro-Fabulations (By: )
Buy on Amazon2018
Queer Times, Black Futures (By: )
Buy on Amazon2019
Queer Faith (By: )
Buy on Amazon2019
Archiving an Epidemic (By: Robb Hernández)
Buy on Amazon2019
Frottage (By: Keguro Macharia)
Buy on Amazon2019
The Sex Obsession (By: Janet R. Jakobsen)
Buy on Amazon2020
Becoming Human (By: Zakiyyah Iman Jackson)
Buy on Amazon2020
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality (By: Jane Ward)
Buy on Amazon2020
Keeping It Unreal (By: Darieck Scott)
Buy on Amazon2022
Sexuality Beyond Consent (By: )
Buy on Amazon2023
Queer Childhoods (By: Mary Zaborskis)
Buy on Amazon2024
Bottoms Up (By: Xiomara Verenice Cervantes-Gomez)
Buy on Amazon2024
Deviant Matter (By: Kyla Wazana Tompkins)
Buy on Amazon2024
Extravagant Camp (By: Chris A. Eng)
Buy on Amazon2025
Queer Lasting (By: Sarah Ensor)
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Sexual Cultures series is publication order: 1. Private Affairs (By: Phillip Brian Harper) (1999), 2. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1999), 3. In Your Face (By: Mandy Merck) (2000), 4. Tropics of Desire (By: José Quiroga) (2000), 5. Murdering Masculinities (By: Greg Forter) (2000), and 54 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Sexual Cultures series by Samuel R. Delany contains 59 books. The series began in 1999 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Sexual Cultures series is written by Samuel R. Delany. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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