Barbara Keesling

  • 14

    Catalog books

  • 13

    Works

  • 1994 to 2008

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Barbara Keesling writes directly about sexual health, pleasure, and relationships across a steady body of practical books. Her titles—from guides on sexual healing and pleasure to advice on intimacy for people with health issues—focus on improving connection, communication, and physical well-being within partnerships.

Keesling blends frank guidance with therapeutic perspective, offering exercises, explanations, and real‑world approaches designed to help readers increase satisfaction and restore closeness. Whether addressing common relationship struggles or medical barriers to intimacy, her work is aimed at accessible, actionable change.

Best Place To Start

Men in Bed

Hudson Street Press • 2008 • standard commitment

It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Practical guides to sexual health and pleasure • Books blending relationship advice with medical insight • Accessible, nonjudgmental tone

Genres and themes: Sexual health • Relationship advice • Intimacy and pleasure • Practical self-help

Who this author is best for: Readers looking for clear, experience-based guidance on improving sexual well-being and intimacy will find actionable, empathetic advice here.

Start with a concise title like Sexual Healing or Men in Bed to sample Keesling’s practical style, then explore other books for deeper medical or relationship detail.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Men in Bed

    Hudson Street Press • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 256 pages.

  2. Rx Sex: Making Love Is the Best Medicine (Positively Sexual)

    Hunter House • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 256 pages.

  3. Sexual Pleasure

    Piatkus Books • 1997 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  4. Sexual Healing: How Good Loving Is Good for You-And Your Relationship by

    Pgw • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 235 pages.

  5. Sexual Healing

    Turner Publishing Company • 2006 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2006.

  6. All Night Long: How to Make Love to a Man over 50

    Harpercollins • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 257 pages.

  7. Discover Your Sensual Potential: A Woman's Guide to Guaranteed Satisfaction

    Harpercollins • 1999 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 156 pages.

  8. Getting Close: A Lover's Guide to Embracing Fantasy and Heightening Sexual Connection

    Harpercollins • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 220 pages.

  9. How to Talk Sexy to the One You Love and Other Secrets for Improving Communicati: And Drive Each Other Wild in Bed

    Harpercollins • 1997 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1997 • 176 pages.

  10. Talk Sexy to the One You Love: (And Drive Each Other Wild in Bed)

    Harpercollins • 1996 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 168 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Rx Sex: Making Love Is the Best Medicine (Positively Sexual) gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Men in Bed leans later in the catalog.
  • Sexual Pleasure is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Men in Bed.

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