Anaïs Nin touches nearly every method of being aroused: smell, sight, touch. Her wild stories are made plausible by her sensitivity to the psychological origins of desire. There is always something delicate in her erotica no matter how perverse. Ingrid Pitt whispers seductive secrets in your ear. Hold her close.

Narrator Käthe Mazur takes her time, softly. Her forthrightness, rather than dulling the story, lets every word shine. She’s possibly my favorite reader. This is the classic tale of surrender that inspired my most memorable birthday party.

All BAE editions have a breadth of genres and tastes, but this one has a collection of reader favorites and is an excellent place to sample what erotica can be.

Perverse fairy tales. Sexually compulsive haunts. The baroque savage.

Elizabeth Jasicki makes this so classy! Languid, posh, and living it. The stories depict an elitist clique of dom/sub enthusiasts. You’d never get in, but you can get this virtual version.

Phone sex is transformed into a most revealing picture of a man and a woman baring their souls as they part their lips. I’ll never forget the first phone call I had with Nicholson. It was de riguer to ask: What are you wearing?

A fantasy kingdom where man-on-man sex feeds magic. Written as a serial, it’s chock-a-block with adventure, court intrigue, and lots and lots of sex. Pace yourselves.

Aaron Travis writes the kind of sex scenes that will literally make you sweat. So. Much. Tension. He’s not writing to make you feel safe. These are all stories between men, and yet women tell me it’s their favorite collection as well. Travis is simply universal.

Radclyffe has built an empire depicting women who are rivals, opposites, enemies getting it on and falling in L-O-V-E — in no particular order. The sex is always hot-hot-hot, and the women are the kind of smart babes who run the world.

Rachel, the doyenne of Erotic Writers Salons, put this collection together in the most deliciously selfish manner: What turned her on. “Dirty and sweet” were her key words, her audience agreed.

If all you know of Walter Mosley is Easy Rawlins, you’re missing a master eroticist. In this surprising and provocative novel, the best-selling author pushes boundaries of the political, psychological, and, yes, existential through sex and intrigue. Percy O’Hara’s cool narration is spot on and will leave you breathless.

Molly Weatherfield is not messing around. An updated Story of O that throws you in chains from the opening line. If you want it rough, historically accurate, and begging for more, Carrie’s your girl.