10. Sex

Sex is a coffee table book written by Madonna with photographs by Steven Meisel Studio. This extremely controversial book featured strong adult content and soft-core pornographic photographs depicting simulations of sexual acts. Madonna wrote the book as a character named Mistress Dita, inspired by 1930s film actress Dita Parlo.

The book is banned in some places, and today it is no longer printed. During its first release, the book was printed in 1.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. It sold 150,000 in the U.S. on its release date. The book was printed in English, Japanese, France, and Italian. In Japan, the book was banned a week after it was released. Today the book is highly valuable and many unopened editions are worth about $250, compared to its original price of $49.50.