My weeks of reading hornily: steamy book sales have doubled and I soon found out why

The takeaway is that the stigma around what used to be called books that women like has gone. The steamier the sex, the better the book does.

Leah Koch from Ripped Bodice explains that in erotica, character development happens from sexual situations, differentiating it from romance. Sales have surged significantly in both the US and the UK.

Read at www.theguardian.com