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• Antigone

  a New Translation

  Sophocles

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  "Readers who actually enjoyed being assigned The Odyssey junior year should branch out from Homer to Aeschylus & Sophocles. Tragic & deeply felt."

• Asking for It

  Pace, Lilah

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  "One of my favorite taboo romances I really hesitate to recommend is Asking For It. It talks a lot about dubious/non-consensual sex and dives into why the characters enjoy certain kinks and how they safely explore them together."

• The Atrocity Exhibition

  Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009

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  "Ballard tackles the fetishization of technology and the death drive in a collection of disturbing and hilarious vignettes. Joy Division named a song after the book. For fans of Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, Breakfast of Champions by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birthday Girl

  Douglas, Penelope, 1977-

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  "When contemporary romance starts to bore me, I dig into taboo romance, stuff that would make some people clutch their pearls. Penelope Douglas is a good choice for that. I've read a few of her books and really enjoyed Birthday Girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boys of My Youth

  Beard, Jo Ann

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  "Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth & Festival Days are for fans of Annie Dillard's patient prose & eye for the sublime."

• Bride

  Hazelwood, Ali,

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  "Bride by Ali Hazelwood is a great introduction to the monster romance genre- a romance between a vampire and a werewolf as part of an alliance. It's pretty low stakes, pretty short spicy scenes that can be skipped and is written like the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Company of Wolves

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  "The Company of Wolves is Neil Jordan only on his second ever directorial role and already at his absolute finest, with phenomenal practical effects. Likewise it's also feminist (if maybe a little "second-wavey") folk-horror at its finest,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Court of the Vampire Queen

  Robert, Katee,

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  "I'd classify [other books I have] mentioned as "spicy romance." They focus on the relationship and include explicit details of sex scenes. The next ones I'll mention lean more toward erotic romance and the plot relies heavily on explicit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Credence

  Douglas, Penelope, 1977-

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  "When contemporary romance starts to bore me, I dig into taboo romance, stuff that would make some people clutch their pearls. Penelope Douglas is a good choice for that. I've read a few of her books and really enjoyed Birthday Girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deathless

  Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-

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  "My love and awe of Cat Valente runs so deep, I can barely form coherent sentences about her work. For our purposes right now, though, I'll recommend Deathless. Russian fairy tales set during the Russian Revolution - unsurprisingly, it is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eyes on Me

  Cate, Sara,

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  "Praise and Eyes on Me by Sara Cate, the first two books in the Salacious Players' Club, were recent reads that I flew through. Again, a bit taboo with great relationship building and steamy scenes."

• Festival Days

  Beard, Jo Ann,

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  "Jo Ann Beard's The Boys of My Youth & Festival Days are for fans of Annie Dillard's patient prose & eye for the sublime."

• Fiasco

  Lem, Stanislaw

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  "Readers of both science fiction & lit fic will love digging into Stanisław Lem, who avoids the flashiest tropes of SF in favor of a more philosophical approach. Solaris is the best known, but don't skip over deeper cuts The Invincible,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For the Whole World to See

  Death (Punk rock group)

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  "Death were a protopunk band out of Detroit made up of three brothers. They never released an album when they were active, in parts due to anti-Black racism, and that the label was put off their name being Death. They recorded 7 songs of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• His Master's Voice

  Lem, Stanisław,

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  "Readers of both science fiction & lit fic will love digging into Stanisław Lem, who avoids the flashiest tropes of SF in favor of a more philosophical approach. Solaris is the best known, but don't skip over deeper cuts The Invincible,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invincible

  Lem, Stanisław,

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  "Readers of both science fiction & lit fic will love digging into Stanisław Lem, who avoids the flashiest tropes of SF in favor of a more philosophical approach. Solaris is the best known, but don't skip over deeper cuts The Invincible,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ice Planet Barbarians

  Dixon, Ruby, 1976-

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  Ice Planet Barbarians is a super bingeable series which "golden retriever boyfriend" energy. These big blue men just want to please their women which leads to some extra-spicy time. It's low world-building and easy to read with pretty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kibogo

  Mukasonga, Scholastique,

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  "Kibogo's story is reserved for the evening's end, when women sit around a fire drinking honeyed brew, when just a few are able to stave off sleep. With heads nodding, drifting into the mist of a dream, one faithful storyteller will weave…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Like Real People Do

  Massey, E. L.,

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  "Like Real People Do is a spice free hockey romance. A star player takes out a disabled figure skater for lunch and their relationships grows from there. It tackles the topics of being disabled, coming out stories including forced outing,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mandy

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  "Mandy is a haunting and beautiful film with a delightfully unhinged Nicholas Cage performance. It often gets classified as horror, but to me, it reads as sword & sorcery but set in the Pacific Northwest in the 1980's. A surreal revenge…Read moreRead more of this annotation