erotic fiction suggestions please

[pingdriver]

just had dc2 to add to a 2 year old. DH and I are looking forward to resuming our sex life although aware this could be challenging with two young children. To help us along our way I would like to read some erotic literature. I am aware that we are going to have limited time to wind each other up so to speak and want to get myself in the mood. Guess we have a pretty normal sex life so not looking for anything too tame, but nothing over the top either.
Grateful for suggestions please.................................

[DevoutlyInsane]

I recommend anything by Tobsha Learner.... (intelligently written erotic short stories with twists and unexpected elements - some utterly bizarre but extremely original)

also, an absolute hoot of a book, called 'The Fucking of Queen Amalia' (I kid you not).

[SkaterGrrrrl]

78 posts! You dirty slappers!

Haven't read thread but suggest Nancy Friday - all of it.

[InspiredbyLife]

The Gentlemen's Club - by Emmanuelle de Maupassant

Spicy Victorian erotica, with strong female lead getting one over on her persistent suitor: nice romantic element and happy (if slightly unconventional) ending.

I've left a book review also.

[HootHootTootToot]

Oops, thanks for the correction, I meant 'Delta' not 'Death' . I guess I was too busy being outraged

[NigellasDealer]

oh and if everyone is into Fifty Shades of shite, why not just go for the 'Story of O'?

[NigellasDealer]

I think somebody has already suggested
'Fanny Hill - memoirs of a lady of pleasure' by John Cleland but i will suggest it again!
hilarious!

[BOFtastic]

I think it's Delta Of Venus, not 'Death'.

[HootHootTootToot]

Someone mentioned Anais Nin 'Death of Venus' I wouldn't ever recommend it as it contains explicit descriptions of children being raped and gang raped. It's a revolting book and I would question the judgement of anyone that found it 'erotic'

Just because it was written by a woman and was written a long while ago doesn't make it ok.

[Ericaequites]

Pat Califia does some excellent lesbian and gender fluid erotica. He used to be a she, so sees things from both sides.

[sheriffofnottingham]

//www.sparksandcasey.com they do audio books that are roughly shag length so you have your hands free!!

[Tinyminx]

www.ustarnovels.co.uk/gifts-for-couples/

Interestingly, there were 69 posts on this thread. I'm sorry to spoil that. Oh sweet irony.

On her you can get a personalised erotic book. It will take account of you and DH physical looks, what you wear, what perfume....when I read ours I'd forgotten and when they mentioned my boyfriend's brand of cologne I was so shocked!!
It describes you and he in sexy clinches....it really is horny. They print quickly and they make a great gift

[SaltyGoodness]

To the posters upthread who recommended Remittance Girl's Beautiful Losers:

Thank you

£3.99 on Amazon was a bit more than I wanted to pay (why must my filth be cheap? Often wondered why am v tight about paying for smutty reads ) but worth it. Well written, really liked it. Will read more of her stuff, it just seems less saccharine than the Sylvia Day type books.

[FiveOwls]

sallydavies, why did you send me a DM recommending those sites you mention above? I've given no indication, here or anywhere else, that I'd be interested in such things. Is it connected to the fact that you were the one who resurrected this thread from December?

[sazgirl]

best of womens erotica edtted by Marcy Sheiner
Amazon..www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Womens-Erotica-Marcy-Sheiner/dp/1573442119?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[MrsBennetsEldest]

Try anything by Poppet or Sylvia Day.

[Innogen]

Women on top, rather.

[Innogen]

Nancy Friday! Not fiction. But seriously hot stuff.

Used to steal my mums copy of Girls on Top as a teenager.

[sallydavies]

just to add...try solotouch.com and cliterati.com , puts me in the mood for when DH comes home or sometimes just for some "me time " !!

[happierwithgin]

Forget 50 Shades....poorly written imo. Try anything by Sylvia Day. If you are looking for something a bit more specific just type in erotic fiction on Amazon, most tastes are catered for.

[ScrimshawTheSecond]

Oh, I'd also highly recommend Remittance Girl's new novel, Beautiful Losers. I'm half way through and it's a wonderful erotic read - a woman joining a gay couple. Very character led, very focussed on the sex, very well written.

[ScrimshawTheSecond]

Gird yourself for disappointment, hermione! I'm one of the lesser known BL writers. :)

[hermioneweasley]

Ooo, I wonder who scrimshaw is?

[TheElfOnThePanopticon]

Remittance Girl has a beautifully-written erotica blog, and I like Monmouth for very short but well-written bdsm stories.

[ScrimshawTheSecond]

Ooh, I got here by vanity googling - I write/wrote for Black Lace too, Alurkatsoftplay! - and am thrilled to hear of people looking for good erotica. Maybe I can help ...

I wanted to suggest that anthologies are a great way to find new authors, get a taste of lots of different writers at once. As well as Black Lace, the Mammoth books are good for a kind of more literary slanted erotica. There's also Harlequin Spice - more romantic, as you'd expect. In fact there are loads of epubs - Ellora's Cave, and lots of wee small indie ones. Cleis Press do a lot of interesting anthos with a very inclusive attitude to sexuality.

For the classics there are Georges Bataille (pretty out-there. Very ... European), Henry Miller (I never really considered this erotica), yes, Nin (Delta of Venus and Little Birds), Venus in Furs, The Story of O.

I am trying very hard to be informative and not push only my favourites and my publishers - inevitably it's hard! There is a tonne out there, and I expect there will shortly be a tonne more since FSOG.

:) If anyone needs any more specific pointers, though, (ahem) happy to help.