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hermetic

(8,671 posts)
48. Well, Outlander
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:04 PM
Mar 2018

has some pretty stirring scenes, but also a great deal of violence and gore.

It's looks like for really quality stuff you have to stick with the classics...
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Fanny Hill by John Cleland
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Ada by Vladimir Nabokov
Maidenhead by Tamara Faith Berger
Nine and a Half Weeks by Ingeborg Day
The Autobiography of a Flea by “Anonymous”
The Fermata by Nicholson Baker (this one sounds fun) ...a 1994 novel about a man who can stop time, and uses this ability to embark on a series of sexual adventures.

Aha, I found this...good old GoodReads has an Erotica Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/quality-erotica The only one I've ever heard of is 50 Shades which I personally have no interest in as I hear it's rather poorly written.

Have fun exploring!

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"The Hobbit" shenmue Mar 2018 #1
Cool hermetic Mar 2018 #5
Awwwww....I cried too and for the same reason. I figured it was just me....:) dameatball Mar 2018 #15
"The Fort" - Bernard Cornwell and "Mangrove Lightning" - Randy Wayne White dameatball Mar 2018 #2
Nice hermetic Mar 2018 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author dameatball Mar 2018 #12
Thought your reply was a spoiler? hermetic Mar 2018 #19
Yes, figured I should delete it. dameatball Mar 2018 #20
I absolutely loved "The Goldfinch." femmocrat Mar 2018 #3
I think hermetic Mar 2018 #7
Wow! thanks! femmocrat Mar 2018 #38
Me, too. I couldn't put it down. Ohiogal Mar 2018 #31
Steinbeck Grapes of wrath TEB Mar 2018 #4
I bet you see things differently in this read. TexasProgresive Mar 2018 #10
Pretty much hermetic Mar 2018 #21
Most definitely TEB Mar 2018 #27
A truly great story hermetic Mar 2018 #11
Grant by Ron Chernow redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #6
As in Ulysses S. hermetic Mar 2018 #13
I am only about 1/3 of the way through, it is great. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #16
Artemis by Andy Weir. Thyla Mar 2018 #8
Oh yeah hermetic Mar 2018 #14
That's the one. Thyla Mar 2018 #18
A Study in Scarlet Women iamateacher Mar 2018 #17
Sounds like fun hermetic Mar 2018 #22
Thanks, I will correct it. iamateacher Mar 2018 #23
I've gotta look for that one! PennyK Mar 2018 #44
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Freedomofspeech Mar 2018 #24
This sounds good hermetic Mar 2018 #25
"Difficult Women", short stories by Roxanne Gay. LisaM Mar 2018 #26
I like the sound of this hermetic Mar 2018 #28
Thanks. LisaM Mar 2018 #35
S'okay hermetic Mar 2018 #39
Heretics by Leonardo Padura alfredo Mar 2018 #29
This sounds really amazing hermetic Mar 2018 #30
Im taking my time reading it. Its my waiting room book. alfredo Mar 2018 #34
"Sulphur Springs" by William Kent Krueger Ohiogal Mar 2018 #32
Number 16 in the Cork O'Connor series hermetic Mar 2018 #40
This House of Sky, cilla4progress Mar 2018 #33
Ivan Doig is awesome. You are on to a good thing. I've read all his japple Mar 2018 #36
Doig's autobiography hermetic Mar 2018 #41
We are very glad our daughter found such a cilla4progress Mar 2018 #42
Thanks, hermetic, for the weekly thread. I finished reading The Front Porch Prophet by japple Mar 2018 #37
The Real Story of What Happens to America hermetic Mar 2018 #43
I read the Brooks book when it first came out. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #53
Matched backtoblue Mar 2018 #45
Certainly hermetic Mar 2018 #47
"The Pale Horseman" by Bernard Cornwell Number9Dream Mar 2018 #46
Well, Outlander hermetic Mar 2018 #48
Thanks, Hermetic Number9Dream Mar 2018 #49
"The Last Kingdom" getting old in mke Mar 2018 #50
Thanks for the info Number9Dream Mar 2018 #55
snow Blind by Ragnar Jonasson. A thriller set in the Northern edge of Iceland. MLAA Mar 2018 #51
Ooooh hermetic Mar 2018 #58
I live in hot Tucson, so must be why all the snow and ice appealed to me! MLAA Mar 2018 #63
I always liked Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar series The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 #52
Most assuredly hermetic Mar 2018 #59
Just finished "Ghosts of the Tsunami" PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #54
Lots of interesting things hermetic Mar 2018 #60
I just finished the first fiction books I have read in a while ashling Mar 2018 #56
Well hello, ashling hermetic Mar 2018 #61
Finally finished Goldfinch Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #57
I do agree to some extent hermetic Mar 2018 #62
I've given up on Sleeping Beauties PennyK Mar 2018 #64
You're not alone hermetic Mar 2018 #65
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