Kerner, Ian.
Sex Detox: Recharge Desire. Revitalize Intimacy. Rejuvenate Your Love Life.
Pierce, Cindy & Edie Thys Morgan.
Finding the Doorbell: Sexual Satisfaction for the Long Haul.
In the first of these books offering perspectives on having meaningful and satisfying sexual relationships, sex therapist Kerner (She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman) avers that many Americans are bloated from a steady diet of sexual junk food and need to detoxify their systems to find sexual pleasure again. His program calls on readers to examine their intimate lives in the context of early family relationships and then pursue healthy ways of satisfying inner hungers. Kerner spends equal time on guidelines for singles and couples alike. The measures he recommends are not an easy fix and involve participants' complete honesty and vulnerability as well as a willingness to abstain from sex for 30 days.
Comedian Pierce and journalist Morgan's book, while also designed to help couples have more, frequent, mutually fulfilling sex that promotes a deeper connection, takes a different approach. Besides offering a number of ways to improve general communication, it provides nitty-gritty details on such topics as pleasing both women and men, getting through sex "droughts," and dealing with fantasies and the temptation to stray.
Sex Detox, as it's written primarily for the reader who has OD'd on sex and recognizes a need for change, serves a somewhat limited readership and is recommended for larger libraries. Doorbell is for all libraries owing to its easy format.