Works by
Tristan Taormino
(Writer)
[1971 - ]

Best Lesbian Erotica 1996 (1996) Edited with Heather Lewis

Ritual Sex (1996) with David Aaron Clark
A volume of literary explorations of the many intersections of sex and religion. From personal memoirs of ecstatic revelation, to fictional quests to reconcile sex and spirit, to historical overviews of religion's obsession with regulating the libido, Ritual Sex delves into forbidden areas with gusto, providing an unprecedented look at private life. Includes work by Terence Sellers, Genesis P-Orridge, Pat Califia and many other s.

A Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution (1997) Edited with Karen Green
In the last decade, there has been an explosion in the production of zines.On the forefront of this cut-and-paste revolution have been those zines made specifically by and for young women. The words and images that have come to define many young women's lives have long been overlooked and under appreciated. A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World exists because these voices have refused to be silenced.

Best Lesbian Erotica 1997  (1997) Edited with Jewelle Gomez

Pucker Up a Hands on Guide for Ecstatic Sex (2001)

The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women (1997, 2006) Illustrated by Fish
The best-selling self-help book on anal sex for women now completely updated and expanded. The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women offers comprehensive information on all aspects of anal eroticism and health:

Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion (2002)
Tristan Taormino has dished out sex advice to Howard Stern, Dick Clark, and the Playboy Advisor. Now the best-selling author of The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women collects 70 hand-picked reports on everything from lap dancing to group masturbation to lesbian pornography. In these essays, Taormino combines explicit passions with an outspoken sexual candor that shocks and amuses readers. Taormino, an award-winning adult film star, is the author of "Pucker Up," a column that appears weekly in The Village Voice.

Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 (2002) with Cheryl Clarke, ed. -- Winner, 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica)

Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 (2003) with Michelle Tea -- Finalist 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 (2005) with Felice Newman -- Finalist 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

Best Lesbian Erotica 2006 (2005) with Eileen Myles -- Finalist 2005 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

Hot Lesbian Erotica (2005)
To everything, there is a season. When the mercury rises, so does the promise of a summer fling, a wild night in a tropical paradise, or at least a sexy glimpse of smooth, tanned legs from under a beach umbrella. Scorch your fingers with Hot Lesbian Erotica, tales of dyke desire brought together by acclaimed editor Tristan Taormino

Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 (2007) with Emma Donoghue -- Finalist 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica (Lesbian)

Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica (2007 release)
A sexy new collection for women who crave erotic restraint.
Tristan Taormino presents a cornucopia of lesbian kink — tantalizing tales rich in variety and saucy details of girls put in their place — and held there firmly. In Skian McGuire’s “Phoebe’s Undercover Bon Voyage,” a group of well-equipped tops indulge a friend’s cop fetish before she — a real cop — goes undercover. In Elaine Miller’s “Fee Fie Foe Femme,” a girly-girl reaps a sweet punishment for refusing to mess up her raspberry pink lipstick. Whether readers dream of surrendering to a lover or of taking control, Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica offers plenty of erotic inspiration.