want

What do you want when no one is watching?

Who do you fantasise about when the lights are off?

When you think about sex, what do you really want?

When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet so many of us don't talk about it at all.

In this ground-breaking book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous sexual fantasies of hundreds of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous fantasy). The fantasies are extraordinary: they are full of desire, fear, intimacy, shame, satisfaction and, ultimately, liberation. From fantasising about someone off-limits to conjuring a scene with multiple partners, from sex that is gentle and tender to passionate and playful, from women who have never had sex to women who have had more sex than they can remember, these letters provide a window into the most secret part of our minds.

Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally themselves.

Gillian Anderson is an award-winning film, television and theatre actor. Among other honours, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Evening Standard Theatre Award. In addition to her acting work, Gillian is also globally recognised as a respected activist and charity campaigner, previously co-authored the Sunday Times bestseller We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere with Jennifer Nadel, and last year founded the wellness drinks brand G-Spot which encourages women to embrace their unique power. In 2016 Anderson was appointed an honorary OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama. She lives in London with her three children.

Press

Guardian: 'We're not as open about sex as we imagine': Gillian Anderson on pleasure, powerful women, and collecting secret fantasies

New York Times: Gillian Anderson Wants Women to Put Pleasure First

Cosmopolitian: Gillian Anderson's 'Want' is the Horny Manifesto Your TBR List Will Thank You For

Vogue: Gillian Anderson Urges Women to Get in Touch With Their Sexual Fantasies

NPR: Gillian Anderson collects other women's sexual fantasies

Esquire: Gillian Anderson Can Tell You What Women Want

BBC: Gillian Anderson: I was surprised by shame of sharing sexual fantasies

CNN: 'Raw, honest, open, brave': actor Gillian Anderson on her new book exploring female sexuality

NYT Modern Love: Gillian Anderson Wants to Hear Your Sexiest Fantasies

Guardian: Gillian Anderson on why she is collecting sexual fantasies: 'Women enjoy as rich an erotic life as men'

Harper's Bazaar: Gillian Anderson launches new project exploring women's sexual fantasies

Evening Standard: Gillian Anderson on wanting to encourage women to let go of'shame' around pleasure

Cosmopolitan: Gillian Anderson wants you to tell her your sexual fantasies