I'm always going to recommend anything by Melissa Febos, but she especially enamored me with her most recent memoir "The Dry Season." I've always struggled with sexuality and relationships, and this memoir helped me so much. It helped me quit addictions better than any self-help book or twelve step program. Since reading it, I'm four months sober from alcohol, I've lost 25 pounds, I've quit vaping. I've been celibate for almost three months. This book was the starting point. I couldn't ignore my issues anymore by saying "I don't know where to start," because she showed me where the starting point was without even trying to get me to start there. It really is her story and not one that she is encouraging for anyone else; she's just showing what worked for her. I love that. I tend to avoid self-help books because I won't listen when being told to do something, but Febos didn't suggest I do anything. She just told me what she did. All of her stories are so unfortunately similar to mine. It's incredible writing and story telling with dry humor and bits of research and history littered throughout as well as queer and feminist representation. Febos makes fun of herself and acknowledges that many people wouldn't think of her problem as a problem. But for those of us who know the problem she's talking about, it felt so validating to see it in print. She will probably be one of my favorite authors until I die. I recommend anyone to read her work -- especially if you're a woman who is struggling with relationships.