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List of famous erotica books, listed alphabetically with jacket cover images of the books when available. Information for these popular erotica books is included as well, such as the author's name and the book's publication date. This list includes the best erotica novels, textbooks, and stories, so use it to find books you haven't already read and add them to your reading list.

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18th & Castro is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
18th & Castro Karin Kallmaker

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A full and true account of the... is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
A full and true account of the wonderful mission of Earl Lavender John Davidson

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A History of Barbed Wire is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
A History of Barbed Wire Jeff Mann

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A Night in a Moorish Harem is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
A Night in a Moorish Harem

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Ardennian Boy is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Ardennian Boy William Maltese, Wayne Gunn

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Belinda is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Belinda Anne Rice

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Best Gay Erotica 2007 is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Best Gay Erotica 2007 Richard Labonte

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Brass is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Brass Helen Walsh

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Bud, Not Buddy is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis

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Carrie's Story is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Carrie's Story Pam Rosenthal

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Close Contact is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Close Contact Sean Wolfe

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Delta of Venus is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin

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Dirty Words: Provocative Gay E... is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Dirty Words: Provocative Gay Erotica M. Christian

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Emmanuelle is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Emmanuelle

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Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woma... is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, Emmanuelle Arsan

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Equinox is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Equinox Mel Keegan, Samuel R. Delany

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Exhibition of Female Flagellan... is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Exhibition of Female Flagellants

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Experimental Lecture is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Experimental Lecture

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Fashionable Lectures is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Fashionable Lectures

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Guilty Pleasure is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Guilty Pleasure Lora Leigh

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Gynecocracy is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Gynecocracy

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The Image of the Beast is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Image of the Beast Philip José Farmer

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In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the... is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Radclyffe, Karin Kallmaker

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In Praise of the Stepmother is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
In Praise of the Stepmother Mario Vargas Llosa

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Infernala comedie is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Infernala comedie Emil Brumaru

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Josephine Mutzenbacher is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Josephine Mutzenbacher

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Juliette is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Juliette Marquis de Sade

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Justine is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Justine Marquis de Sade

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Kama Sutra is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Kama Sutra Vātsyāyana

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Lady Chatterley's Lover is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence

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Les Onze Mille Verges ou les A... is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Les Onze Mille Verges ou les Amours d'un hospodar Guillaume Apollinaire

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Macho Sluts is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Macho Sluts Patrick Califia

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Raped on the Railway is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Raped on the Railway

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Rapture is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Rapture Susan Minot

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Red Light is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Red Light J. D. Glass

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Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Lesbi... is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica

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Sadopaideia is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Sadopaideia

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Sex Tips from Rock Stars is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Sex Tips from Rock Stars

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Sexperiencias is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Sexperiencias Milena Ivanova

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Story of O is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
Story of O Pauline Réage

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The 120 Days of Sodom, or the ... is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The 120 Days of Sodom, or the School of Libertinism Marquis de Sade

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The Academy is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Academy Laura Antoniou

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The adventures of Lucky Pierre is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The adventures of Lucky Pierre Robert Coover

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The Amatory Experiences of a S... is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Amatory Experiences of a Surgeon James Campbell Reddie

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The Carnal Prayer Mat is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Carnal Prayer Mat Li Yu

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The Convent School, or Early E... is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant

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The Girls of Radcliff Hall is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Girls of Radcliff Hall Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners

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The Golden Age of Lesbian Erot... is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica: 1920-1940

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The Intimate Adventures of a L... is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl Belle de Jour

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The Lustful Turk is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Famous Erotica Books and Novels
The Lustful Turk