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5 Erotic Romance Novels Better Than Fifty Shades of Grey

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While you’re waiting for the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey to come out, here are a few highly recommended erotic titles to keep you entertained.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day – This is book one of a trilogy that focuses on the complicated relationship between Eva and Gideon who were both abused and are looking to find true love.

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice (under pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure) retells the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty with an erotic twist.

Sweet Addiction by Maya Banks – The story of two lovers who seem to be living the ultimate love story, but end up separating and then meeting years later.

Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet – A memoir translated from French detailing Catherine’s vigorous sex life.

House of Holes by Nicholson Baker.  A story about the exploits of an adult resort that specializes in sexual fantasies.

USA Today Picks This Fall’s Coolest Books

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USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg and Bob Minzesheimer share their picks for 30 of the coolest titles for fall.

September Releases:

  1. Never Go Back by Lee Child
  2. W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
  3. Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
  4. Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
  5. Wilson by A. Scott Berg
  6. Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan
  7. Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt
  8. Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
  9. Local Souls by Allan Gurganus
  10. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  11. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
  12. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

October Releases:

  1. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
  2. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
  3. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
  4. Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House by Robert Dallek
  5. The House of Hades: Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
  6. Solo: A James Bond Novel by William Boyd
  7. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
  8. Identical by Scott Turow
  9. We Are Water by Wally Lamb
  10. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
  11. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  12. The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
  13. The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy

November Releases:

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
  2. Double Down: Game Change 2012 by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
  3. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
  4. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
  5. The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin

10 Favorite Biographies and Memoirs for Book Clubs

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book clubTen favorite biographies and memoir suggestions for your book club to read and discuss:

  1. Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
  2. Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
  3. Born to Run: a hidden tribe, super athletes, and the greatest race the world has ever seen by Christopher McDougall
  4. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
  5. Tiny Beautiful Things: advice on love and life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
  6. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
  7. Kitchen Confidential: adventures in the culinary underbellyby Anthony Bourdain
  8. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: the lost legacy of Highclere Castleby Countess Fiona Carnarvon
  9. Where Men Win Glory : the odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
  10. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

Summer Left Behind- Top 20 Books Left Behind in Hotel Rooms

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summerIt’s the last day of summer, your vacation’s  just a memory.  But did you leave something behind in your hotel room?

Travelodge has released its list of the top 20 books left behind in their rooms.

  1. Fifty Shades Freed by EL James
  2. Bared to You by Sylvia Day
  3. The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst
  4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  5. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
  6. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
  7. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
  8. My Time by Bradley Wiggins
  9. Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
  10. Fifty Shades Darker by EL James
  11. Cheryl: My Story by Cheryl COle
  12. The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probast
  13. Camp David by David Walliams
  14. The Midwife by Jennifer Worth
  15. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
  16. The Marriage Mistake by Jennifer Probst
  17. The Racketeer by John Grisham
  18. The Carrier by Sophie Hannah
  19. Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
  20. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

A total of 22,648 books were left behind – 1,209 were Fifty Shades Freed!  No surprise that many of the top 20 are sizzling romance novels!

Books we’re looking forward to in September

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LibraryReads.org is a new online endeavor designed to let librarians spread the word about  books they’re most excited about.

One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. So click through to read more about what upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy…

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Help for the Haunted by John Searles

The Returned by Jason Mott

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Margot by Jillian Cantor

Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

A House in the Sky  by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett