Books like My Life in Porn by Bobby Blake

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, first appearing as a novella in 1890 and expanded into a full novel in 1891.

Charismatic writer Henry Chinaski, an unrepentant alcoholic, reflects on a life of low-paying jobs, excess, and vices as his poetic career finally takes off, revealing the edge of survival and ambition.

Henry Miller’s debut novel follows a lyrical, autobiographical monologue in which he recounts his early 1930s Parisian life, exploring sex, human behavior and bohemian culture with frankness and poetic intensity.

This book takes an unflinching and intimate look at porn -- its hard-core and racist content, its unchecked profits, and how it distorts our identities. Astonishingly, the average age of first viewing porn is now 11.5 years for boys, and with the advent of the Internet, it's no surprise that young people are consuming more porn than ever. And, as Gail Dines shows, today's porn is strikingly different from yesterday's Playboy. As porn culture has become absorbed into pop culture, a new wave of entrepreneurs are creating porn that is even more hard-core, violent, sexist, and racist. Proving that porn desensitizes and actually limits our sexual freedom, Dines argues its omnipresence is a public health concern we can no longer ignore. - Publisher.

From Library Journal: Writer, editor, health educator, and author of the S/M cult classic Mr. Benson, Preston here collects 30 years' worth of essays and lectures on a wide variety of topics with one common theme: sex. The work offered here runs the gamut from the essential and enlightening to the downright silly, with "A Modest Proposal for the Support of the Pornographic Arts" definitely falling into the later category. Preston's sex-positive stand on safer-sex education as the only truly effective AIDS-prevention strategy will certainly not win him any conservative converts, but AIDS activists will be shouting their assent. As the title suggests, Preston celebrates a time when homosexuality was defined in more purely sexual terms, which gives some of the work an oddly nostalgic quality. Despite some contradictions that weaken a few of the more conceptual arguments, Preston's book is a bridge from the sexually liberated 1970s to the more cautious 1990s, and Preston has walked much of that way as a standard-bearer to the cause for equal rights. Recommended for special collections and larger libraries where the topic will be of interest. - Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., Ore. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Biography of Blue Blake, a gay porn star who became an award‑winning director and producer, chronicling his life and career in the adult film industry.

The life of Andrew Okun, later known as Al Parker, whose 1967 encounter with Colt Studios set him on a path to become the most celebrated gay pornographic film star of all time.

Tom Sizemore recounts his rise and fall in Hollywood, detailing his Detroit roots, co‑star relationships, twin‑boy fatherhood, and battle with methamphetamine addiction.

In Erica Jong’s erotic tale, Isadora Wing’s craving to soar free propels a journey of self‑discovery and liberation, illuminating the complexities of womanhood.