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Kerry Greenwood
Not content with his own devotion to one god alone, the newly-renamed Akhnaten plans to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land. His horrified court soon…
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Vladimir Nabokov
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he’ll do anything to possess. Is he in love or…
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Michel Houellebecq
Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go…
Anais Nin
A collection of erotic short stories which capture a moment of pure desire, in its complexity and paradoxical simplicity.
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Tony Park
Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. All he really wants is to re-open his parents’ five-star hotel on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique, but instead…
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Georges Bataille
A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a…
Jacqueline Carey
National bestselling author Carey opens a new trilogy set in the same extraordinary world as her extended New York Times bestseller, Kushiel’s Avatar.
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Paullina Simons
A magnificent epic of love, war and Russia from the international bestselling author of TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE
Nicholson Baker
Having turned phone sex into the subject of an astonishing national bestseller in Vox, Baker now outdoes himself with an outrageously arousing, acrobatically stylish X-rated sci-fi fantasy that leaves Vox…
Baker’s x-rated literary masterpiece - revamped into a stunning new package.
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Dorothy Porter
The Monkey’s Mask is a totally unique experience. It’s poetry. It’s a crime thriller. It’s where high art meets low life, passion meets betrayal, and poetry faces profanity on the…
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Charlotte Roche
Now a major film, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and due for general release in 2014, this is the story of Helen Memel, an 18-year-old with a very frank…
Tobsha Learner
A collection of stories focusing on the spontaneous erotic experiences of a small group of middle-class acquaintances, from the heterosexual to the bisexual, and from the exhibitionistic to the sadomasochistic.
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John Cleland
‘Fanny Hill’ scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a year after publication on charges of ‘corrupting the King’s subjects’…
Sappho
The poetry book of the year, If Not, Winter irresistibly combines the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson in what is…
Krissy Kneen
A solitary young woman called Lilly pursues online adventure among the anonymous torsos of Chatroulette, and finds a soul mate. Leda’s first love brings tenderness, heartbreak and a powerful sexual…
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Conjuring up a cascade of sexual encounters, this book evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning.
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Marguerite Duras
Back in print in paperback, an exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl ( Boston Herald ). This edition includes…
