Have you tried Outlander? Takes a bit to get to the sexy bits, and they aren’t always graphic, but they’re definitely there.
After receiving my first rejection letter from an agent, I am loathe to recommend my own novels, but I used to believe they were in that area, too. 
Do you like steampunk? The Iron Duke, by Meljean Brook, is well-written steampunk with significant erotica elements. It’s not the kind of romance I like (overbearing male must possess a feisty woman who must resist him) but the book is pretty interesting.
Also–I haven’t read them, but Anne Rice’s Sleeping Beauty trilogy seems to come up a lot, in my life, and it’s supposed to be pretty explicit. Would read it if it wasn’t so damned expensive for Kindle.
I have errr… porn fanfic of that one. 
Temeraire has also been the subject of some rather… ah, candid artwork. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
Explicit and very female dominating… Personally I got 10 pages before deciding to castrate the Prince.
That reminds me…La Rice has a new Vampire Chronicles book out. The reviews are hilarious, but not kind.
I shall not be reading it. I learned my lesson with Blood Canticle. (Yes, I read all of them up to that point. Apparently I hated myself back then.)
I heard… the errr fangirl spazz on my Facebook was deafening. I forget where I left off, somewhere after that horrible boook about the poet Blake… yeah
I got some books for Christmas that I’m giving a try. Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon (best know for The Yiddish Policeman’s Union) is a good read - immersive, great characters, and very good writing. From a Russian friend I got two books by Mikhail Bulgakov: The Life of Monsieur de Moliere and Heart of a Dog. Bulgakov himself is actually an interesting guy; he was one of the few writers who refused to leave the Soviet Union, and basically the only reason he lived as long as he did without getting murdered was because Stalin liked attending his plays.
Plus, the plot of Heart of a Dog revolves around a dog who gets a human criminal’s pituitary glands and testes implanted by Soviet scientists, then becomes a bureaucrat in charge of ridding Moscow of cats. So . . . interesting stuff. 
Also on the nightstand: The last book of the Artemis Fowl series (kid’s book? I can’t hear yoooou!) and Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut. I’ve been reading Galapagos on and off for a while now, and it’s although it’s not gripping me as much as some of his others (mainly I’m thinking of Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-5, which is a damn high bar) it’s got that “voice” which I love.
I’m thinking of exploring some Stephen King next - for whatever reason, somehow I’ve avoided reading his books in the past. The Shining, maybe? There was a poll on here a while back about his books, so I’ll give that a look . . .
Bulgakov, Artemis Fowl & Vonnegut YAY!
Galapagos was one of the first Vonnegut books I read; purchased new when it came out in paperback. (Yes that dates me, I was in college)
You might also like the novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, a very interesting look at hermaphroditism, the American immigrant experience, and the history of Detroit, of all things.
The Stand is very good, but is also very big… epic, even. If you’ve never read any of King’s stuff before, you might want to start with his short stories and see how you like 'em. Night Shift is one of my favorite collections.
Adding both of these to my audiobook pile; I listen to them every day. Thanks for the recommendation, LawMonkey and Politzania!
I had to look it up on Amazon: with rare exceptions, I’m not into historical novels. Thanks, though!
Not particularly.
That’s exactly the stuff I don’t have much patience for, either!
I’ve read them. Hell, I own them. 
(And Exit to Eden!)
Hmm, maybe I just need to read some more Anne Rice?
In another thread one Doper or another (can’t remember who) opined that “there’s so much sex, I’m sore.” I don’t feel that way–I wish there was more–but, yeah. Sexy book. Complex characters. And there are seven sequels, all around a thousand pages long.
Just finished Joe Abercrombie’s Half a King – great, though I was slightly disappointed with the ending. But we’ll see what he’s got in store for the sequel.
Now I’m starting Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom – the latest in his Saxon Stories historical fiction. I have a special affection for Cornwell – his Sharpe books got me into the genre, as well as into the habit of reading voraciously (of which I’ve never let go), as a teenager in the 90s.
I was excited to see that her next book, coming out this spring, will be about the brother (Teddy) from Life After Life.
Ummm I read Lego Mixels: Let’s Mix to a boy on my bus today, does that count?
Someone ought to have told the author that no matter HOW cold the Frosticon Max’s breath is, it will NOT turn lava into snow. :rolleyes:
The BBC is making a TV series out of the Saxon Stories.
I discovered Cornwell when I picked up the Sharpe books after watching the show.
Me too!
Ooo, I didn’t know that! The RAF bomber guy?
Yep, in a …
a bunch of her lives, he dies in the war. I remember when I read it that in the lives where he survives the war, there wasn’t anything in the plot that I could see as the pivot between him dying or not … maybe this will clear that up? At any rate, what I’ve seen so far: *A God in Ruins, Her new novel tells the story of Ursula Todd’s beloved younger brother Teddy–would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband, and father–as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is facing the difficulties of living in a future he never expected to have. The stunning companion to Life After Life, A God in Ruins explores the loss of innocence, the fraught transition from the war to peace time, and the pain of being misunderstood, especially as we age. *