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The Best Erotic Fiction Writers 

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Updated May 27, 2020 11.3k votes 4.1k voters 260.6k views 74 items

List Rules Authors who write romance novels or who include erotica in their works

A detailed list of the best erotic fiction writers of all time. Fans of erotic romance fiction will enjoy this list of the most popular and well-liked erotic fiction writers. This list of writers in the erotic fiction genre is ordered from most popular to least popular, but the most-popular erotica writers can be changed according to the opinion of the viewer. You can also copy the items on this list to compile a list of your own favorite adult novel writers.

Who is the best erotic fiction writer? Chances are you will find your favorite erotic writer on this list. You can then look up some of the books written by the erotic romance writer and research further literature from them as well. Are you looking for new erotic writers for new reading material? With over 30 writers of erotic fiction listed, chances are you will find a new favorite adult romance book to read.

So browse the list, find your favorite erotic romance books, discover top new adult novelists and enjoy a new erotica fiction book by the fire with a hot cup of tea! Discover the stories of the best erotic fiction writers available and put your own favorite adult romance writer in first place!
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Sylvia Day is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Black Lace Quickies 7 , Bared to You , A Passion for Him
2
Anna Lores is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
prof_obvious added Anna Lores

Cursed to Love, One Night of Love, Ella’s Triple Pleasure, and The Horse List Trilogy.
3
Maya Banks is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Undone by Her Tender Touch , Sweet Surrender , For her pleasure
4
Chris Lange is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Maryjane added Chris Lange
The Lord of the Clans, Blade Heart, Hearts out of Time
5
Kresley Cole is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night , The Captain of All Pleasures , A Hunger Like No Other
6
Shayla Black is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Wicked Ties, Mine to Hold, Decadent
7
Lorelei James is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Running with the Devil , Rode Hard, One Night Rodeo
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Christine Feehan is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Dark Desire , Deadly Game , Dark Demon
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Tiffany Reisz is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
LuluChristiansen added Tiffany Reisz
10
Diana Gabaldon is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Highland- Saga. , Outlander , The Outlandish Companion
11
Anne Rice is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles , The Tale of the Body Thief , The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
12
Gena Showalter is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Gena Showalter The Darkest Seduction , Animal Instincts , The Darkest Night
13
Laurell K. Hamilton is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
PeppySt added Bite, Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse
14
Lynsay Sands is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
A Quick Bite , Bite Me If You Can , Vampires Are Forever
15
Anaïs Nin is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Delta of Venus, Incest: From a Journal of Love, Henry and June
16
Karen Marie Moning is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Karen Marie Moning Beyond the highland mist , Fever Moon , The immortal highlander
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Nora Roberts is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Irish Rebel (Special Edition, 1328) , Irish Thoroughbred
18
Jaci Burton is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Jaci Burton Passion in Paradise, Surviving Demon Island , Taking a Shot
19
E. L. James is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed
20
Megan Hart is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Sandraa added Megan Hart An Exaltation of Larks, Riverboat Bride, Lonesome Bride
21
Lori Foster is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Impetuous , In Too Deep (Blaze) , Scandalized!
22
Lauren Dane is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Taking Chase , Giving Chase , Witches Knot
23
Sylvain Reynard is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
Gabriel's Inferno, Gabriel's Rapture, Gabriel's Redemption
24
Kerrelyn Sparks is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire , Be Still My Vampire Heart , Vamps and the City
25
Jayne Ann Krentz is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Erotic Fiction Writers
A woman's touch , Light in shadow , The family way