Erotica book series in reading order

by John Norman

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by Sylvia Day

Lora Leigh, born March 6, 1965, is an American author of erotic romance with New York Times bestseller status. Leigh began publishing in 2003 with the electronic publisher Ellora's Cave. The Breeds is the longest-running series, and Elite Ops, Nauti Boys, Bound Hearts, Wizard Twins and Men of Summer are among the others. The catalogue holds 115 books from 2003 to Play Hard (2025). Leigh won the 2009 RT Award for erotica and was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky.

Joey W. Hill writes erotic romance and paranormal erotica. Sixty-six books are catalogued between 2000 and 2025, across the Nature Of Desire, Knights Of The Board Room, Mistresses Of The Board Room, Arcane Shot, Daughters Of Arianne and Cantrips series, with Vampire Queen a recurring name. Dominance and submission, bondage, vampires, mermaids and angels fill the subject index. Make Her Dreams Come True (2000) opens the catalogue, followed by Holding the Cards (2002), Choice of Masters (2003), Natural Law (2004), Board Resolution (2005) and Ice Queen (2006). Naughty Dreams (2025) is the newest title, at a median of 374 pages.

Vanessa Vale is a USA Today bestselling romance author based in the American West, with more than one million copies sold. The catalogue counts 105 books from Claiming Catherine (2014) to Brazen (2026). Bridgewater Ménage, Bridgewater County, Steele Ranch, Wolf Ranch, Lenox Ranch Cowboys, Grade-A Beefcakes and Wild Mountain Men are among the series, and western romance, small town romance and erotica appear in the subject tags.

Jaci Burton is an Oklahoma-based romance author who came to writing after years in the business world. The subject tags list erotic romance, contemporary romance, small towns, baseball players and football players. The catalogue holds 110 books from Mesmerized (2003) to Designs on You (2024). Play by Play, Wild Riders, Demon Hunters, Kismet, Holloway, Boots and Bouquets and Kent Brothers are among the series.

Shayla Black writes erotic romance and romantic suspense, with sexual dominance and submission a recurring subject. Early historical titles appeared as Shelley Bradley, starting with The Lady and the Dragon (1998). The Wicked Lovers, Perfect Gentlemen, Masters of Menage, Doms of Her Life and Doomsday Brethren series follow. Ninety-two titles are catalogued, reaching Tempted by the Bosshole in 2024.

Lauren Dane writes romance across paranormal, erotic and fantasy strands, with witches, vampires and magic among the recorded subjects. The catalogue holds 87 books published between 2005 and 2024, opening with A Touch of Fae and Triad in 2005 and reaching Blood and Magic in 2024. Series include the Cascadia Wolves, the Witches Knot, the Brown Family, De La Vega Cats, Bound By Magick, Diablo Lake and Whiskey Sharp. All 87 books are credited to Dane alone.

Lisa Renee Jones writes paranormal and contemporary romance, with romantic suspense and erotica also marked in the subject tags. The catalogue holds 162 books, starting with Hidden Instincts and Secrets Exposed (both 2004), then Healer and Protector (2005). Lilah Has a Secret (2026) is the newest, and Good Girl is scheduled for 2027. Series include Inside Out, Scandalous Billionaires, Lilah Love, Dirty Money, Knights of White, Tall, Dark & Deadly, Zodius, Windwalkers, Texas Hotzone and the Secret Life of Amy Bensen. Corporations and corrupt practices also appear in the tags.

Beth Kery is an author of erotic and contemporary romance with 79 books in the catalogue, published between 2007 and 2019. Subtle Magic (2007) is the earliest title, and Swim Deep (2019) is the most recent. Kery's series include Because You Are Mine, Make Me, One Night of Passion, Home to Harbor Town, Subtle Lovers, Princes of the Underground and Glimmer and Glow. The catalogue lists Beth Kery's work as likely complete.

Zane writes erotic fiction centred on African American women and their relationships. The catalogue holds 29 books published between The Hot Box (1996) and Vengeance in 2015, among them Addicted (1998), The Sex Chronicles (2000) and the Chocolate Flava anthologies. Sisters, college life and sexual behaviour run through the subjects, and nothing later than 2015 is catalogued.

Maya Banks is an American bestselling novelist of erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance and Scottish historical romance. The catalogue lists 79 books between 2006 and 2021, from Seducing Simon (2006) to Wherever You Are (2021). Series include KGI (Kelly Group International), Breathless, the Surrender Trilogy, the McCabe Trilogy, Colters' Legacy and Anetakis Tycoons. Brothers, intelligence work and sexual dominance and submission are among the recorded subjects.

Cheyenne McCray, born in Miami, Arizona in 1965, writes paranormal romance, erotic romance, romantic suspense and urban fantasy. St. Martin's Press published a number of her novels, and she has self-published others as e-books and paperbacks; USA Today has covered her work and she has appeared in New York Times bestselling anthologies. Her series include the Seraphine Chronicles, Night Tracker, Dark Sorcery, King Creek Cowboys, Riding Tall and Lexi Steele. Eighty-nine titles run from Forbidden (2002) to Country Winds (2025).

Megan Hart, born March 27, 1971, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a New York Times bestselling American author of romance and erotic fiction, and writes thrillers as Mina Hardy. Hart earned a journalism degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1993, returned to fiction in 1998 and published a first book in 2002, and now lives in Dayton, Ohio. The catalogue lists 110 books from An Exaltation of Larks (2002) to Like a Mother (2024), the latter as Mina Hardy. Series include Order of Solace, Dan & Elle, Kate & Leah and Quarry Road.

Lexi Blake has 120 books in the catalogue, dated 2010 to 2026, and Masters and Mercenaries appears in several series names, including New Recruits, Reloaded, Topped and The Forgotten. The earliest entry, Away From Me (2010), is credited under the name Sophie Oak. Early titles include Siren in the City (2010), Small Town Siren (2010), Found in Bliss (2011) and Lost in Bliss (2011). Nights in Bliss, Colorado, Texas Sirens, Thieves, Butterfly Bayou, Outlaw, A Faery Story and Park Avenue Promise are further series. Subjects name erotic romance, romantic suspense and revenge, and Love and Let Spy (2026) is the newest.

Lorelei James is a romance author whose subjects cover erotic, contemporary and western romance, ranchers, cowgirls and Wyoming. The 66 catalogued books run from Dirty Deeds (2006) to Back in the Saddle (2024). Series include Rough Riders, Rough Riders Legacy, Blacktop Cowboys, Need You, Want You and Wild West Boys. Long Hard Ride (2007), Rode Hard, Put Up Wet (2007) and Cowgirl Up and Ride (2008) are among the early titles.

Nicole Edwards writes erotic romance, both straight and gay. Her 97 catalogued books open in 2012 with Conviction, Addicted, Kaleb, Seduction and Temptation, and reach Kylie in 2026. Long series organise the work: Club Destiny, Walkers Of Coyote Ridge, Brantley Walker: Off The Books, Sniper 1 Security, Dead Heat Ranch, Pier 70, Primal Instincts and Misplaced Halos among them. Edwards continues to publish.

Evangeline Anderson is a registered MRI technologist and Florida resident who turned privately written erotic fiction into a career in paranormal and science fiction erotica. The catalogue lists 205 Anderson books from Changing Worlds (2004) to Desired by the Beast (2026). Series include Brides of the Kindred, Kindred Tales, Alien Mate Index, Forbidden Omegaverse, Hidden Hollow, Born to Darkness, Nocturne Academy and Monstrum Kindred. Subjects include erotic and fantasy romance, vampires, gay fiction and science fiction.

Emma Holly (1961 to 2022) was an American writer of erotic romance, frequently with a BDSM focus. Holly wrote more than seventy books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America's 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance. The catalogue lists 50 titles from 1998 to 2020. Catching Midnight, Cooking up a Storm, Menage and Velvet Glove all date from 1998, followed by In the Flesh (2000), Beyond Innocence (2001), Beyond Seduction (2002) and Hunting Midnight (2003). The Love Slave (2020) is the newest. Series include Fitz Clare Chronicles/Midnight, Tales of the Djinn, Tale of the Demon World and Beyond Duet. Vampires and paranormal and historical romance appear in the subject tags.

John Norman is the pen name of John Frederick Lange Jr., born in 1931, an American writer and philosophy professor. The Gor novels are the main work: science fantasy set on the imaginary world of Gor, with Tarl Cabot recurring, running from Tarnsman of Gor (1967) to Treasure of Gor (2024) and filling most of a 53-book catalogue. The Telnarian Histories form a second series, and The Cognitivity Paradox (1970) is a work of philosophy. Slavery, adventure and erotica recur as subjects, in books with a median length of 488 pages.

Sylvia Day

58 books• 17 series

Sylvia Day is a Japanese American writer, born in 1973, who also publishes as S.J. Day and Livia Dare and has been a number one bestseller in 29 countries. The catalogue holds 59 books from Bad Boys Ahoy! (1997) to Illusive (2026), with Indelible scheduled for 2027. Series include Crossfire, Renegade Angels, Georgian, Dream Guardians, Shadow Stalkers and Jax & Gia. Subjects include erotica, historical and Regency romance, London, angels and dreams.

Lawrence Block

262 books• 22 series

Lawrence Block, born June 24, 1938, is an American writer of crime, mystery and suspense fiction whose career spans more than half a century. Block is best known for two long-running series set in New York: Matthew Scudder, a recovering alcoholic private investigator, and Bernie Rhodenbarr, a gentleman burglar. The Mystery Writers of America named Block a Grand Master in 1994. The catalogue begins in 1958 with Carla and A Fire At Night and reaches Writing Drunk, Writing Sober in 2025. John Keller, Evan Tanner, Kit Tolliver and Ehrengraf for the Defense are further series, and books written as Jill Emerson form another.

Willow Winters is a romance author with USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller credits. The catalogue lists 119 Winters titles, from Bought (2016) to Signed in Blood (2026), with Promised to Ruin due in 2027. Subject tags include dark romance, mafia romance, contemporary romance, erotica, second chance and enemies to lovers. Series include Merciless, Sins and Secret, Valetti Crime Family, This Love Hurts, To Be Claimed and Irresistible Attraction, alongside a line of short stories and novellas. Winters continues to publish.

Kate Pearce is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance writer, born in England into a large family of girls. After a history degree and a spell in the British Civil Service, Pearce moved to California and then Hawaii. Pearce is known for unconventional heroes and for turning romance clichés on their head, and also self-publishes science fiction erotic romance and historical romance. The catalogue lists 87 books from Eden's Pleasure (2005) to The Mad Marchams (2026). Series include House Of Pleasure, Sinners Club, Tudor Vampire Chronicles, Morgan Ranch, Millers of Morgan Valley, Turner Brothers and Three Cowboys. Erotica, vampires and Great Britain appear in the subject tags.

Cherise Sinclair writes erotic contemporary romance built on dominance and submission between partners. Sinclair's 40 catalogued books open with Club Shadowlands (2009) and reach The Living Edge (2026). Masters of the Shadowlands, Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, Wild Hunt Legacy, Sons of the Survivalist and Chains are the named series, with standalone novels alongside them. Sinclair remains in active publication.

Opal Carew is a Canadian novelist of erotic romance, with 116 catalogued books published between 2004 and 2020. Carew also writes erotica as Ruby Carew and sweet romance as Amber Carew, and the earliest catalogued titles, including Virgin Spy (2004) and Virgin Wanted (2005), carry the Amber Carew name. Twelve series are recorded, among them Office Slave, His To Claim, Riding Steele, Mastered By, Penthouse Pleasures, Red Hot Fantasies, Tempting The Boss and Dirty Talk. Triangles, group relationships, dominance and submission and resort settings fill the subject index. The books run to a median of 256 pages, and nothing new has been catalogued since Stroke of Luck (2020).