Paranormal, which involves sex with beings like vampires and werewolves, is fading after having been the rage two years ago “romantica” (post-“Fifty Shades” bodice rippers that appeal to women) is still at its peak but may be on the decline. “Highlander,” which includes the popular Outlander series by the novelist Diana Gabaldon, and is rooted in English and Scottish history, is on the upswing. Lynn Harris, the best-selling African-American author who wrote about successful black men with tortured sexual identities. There is gay erotica, such as the novels by E. Many romance authors sneak raw sex into their books without calling them “erotica” to avoid limiting the market for their titles. There is no definition of the genre, but rather several loose “subgenres.” One could argue that erotica is either a subgenre of “romance” or a separate category.
Then came the “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenomenon, which spawned copycat e-books and audio versions and created a hunger for more. The series of best-selling novels by Zane, the queen of black erotica, sold strong in audio form. In 2005, Audible, the largest digital consumer distributor of audiobooks, created a partnership with the romance novel publisher Harlequin. Early listeners tended to be men, who had mastered the new technology of downloading, Michele Cobb, the executive director of the Audio Publishers Association, told me in an email. The books range from fantasy romance with rose petals on the bed to raunchier fare with lots of rough sex.Įrotic books on audio started appearing about 15 years ago. The explosion of sex-infused books (much of it self-published) and the popularity of MP3 downloads have combined to produce a vast universe of fictional aural sex. Long-haul truck drivers - who buy audiobook CDs at travel centers on the road - are just some of the enthusiastic listeners. Audio recordings of erotic fiction are a booming business. He was pulling my leg, but only slightly. “Who in the world listens to smut novels?” I asked. “You should have written a smut novel,” he told me. As I was about to leave, I jokingly asked the audiobook studio director if he could make the book a runaway audio best seller. It helped that the audio technician at DuArt, a film and recording studio in Midtown Manhattan, could hear like a bat and caught every stomach gurgle. Last month I finished recording an audio version of my new book in four days - a full day ahead of schedule - and I was feeling pretty good about it.
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