1. The Story of The Eye by Georges Bataille
"When I was 17, I had a very interesting but pitifully frigid boyfriend. As a teenager, I was feeling a particular surge in my own sexuality which was only stifled by my then-boyfriend's ‘academic rejection’ of the pleasures of sex. Ironically, he told me that I should read this book and that I would love it. He was right; it made me realise that my sexuality was my own and it was there to be explored and enjoyed. Bataille…