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Brainard wrote: "That was a later book - this is it —> Fear of Flying is a 1973 novel by Erica Jong. It became controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality…"Goodreads didn't have it so I will definitely add it.
Melki wrote: "I've learned a lot about the crime genre - first from my dad, who had me reading Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh in my early teens, and then from Goodreads, where I was ..."Hate to tell you but S.A. Cosby isn't an appropriate author for our list. He writes Disney G-Rated crime that is heavily censored for political correctness. I'll look into the other ones.
Compared to Donald Goines he's a kindergarten level writer trying to sneak and whisper his first curse word.
Brainard wrote: "Fear of flying by erica jong"All I found was Fear of Dying and thought that was it.
White Militant Fiction is a genre of literature that novelizes narratives built around the White Diaspora.
Developed in the early 20th century first as propaganda fiction that turned into the first Hollywood released film, White Militant Literature has since become extremely popular in pockets, and the genre has had to grow into multiple subgenres.
♦ Jean Raspail – The Camp Of The Saints
♦ Andre Brink – A Dry White Season
♦ Andrew McDonald – The Turner Diaries
♦ Richard Bachman – Rage
♦ Gerald James McManus – Dark Millennium
♦ Ellen Williams – Bedford, A World Vision
♦ Donald Woods – Cry Freedom
Black Militant Literature is a genre of literature that novelizes narratives built around the Black Diaspora.
Developed in the early 19th century first as non-fiction, Black Militant Literature has since become extremely popular, and the genre has had to grow into multiple subgenres.
♦ Sam Greenlee – The Spook Who Sat By The Door
♦ Melvin Van Peebles – A Bear For The FBI
♦ Melvin Van Peebles – Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song
♦ Gil Scott Heron – The Vulture
♦ Gil Scott Heron – The Nigger Factory
♦ Donald Goines – Crime Partners
♦ Donald Goines – Kenyatta’s Last Hit
♦ Donald Goines – Kenyatta’s Escape
♦ Donald Goines – Cry Revenge
♦ Donald Goines – Death List
♦ Eldridge Cleaver – Soul on Ice
♦ Alex Haley – The Autobiography Of Malcolm X (this is listed because there is debate its fiction)
Crime fiction is a genre of literature that novelizes crimes and criminals. Much of what makes this genre so stimulating is the mental battle that ensues between writer and reader. As the writer reveals clues and works through the crime's mystery, readers try to solve it for themselves before the criminal is revealed at the end of the story.
Developed in the early 19th century, crime fiction has since become extremely popular, and the genre has had to grow into multiple subgenres. Some of the more common subgenres are whodunit fiction (the most common form, readers are provided clues that eventually reveal the criminal), legal thriller (characters are usually lawyers and cops), and inverted detective (the criminal is revealed at the beginning and then the story works back to it). Noir, urban, grime, and speculative also can fall into this.
♦ Donald Goines
♦ Jim Thompson
♦ Charles Bukowski
♦ Ernest Tidyman
♦ Chester Himes
♦ Jackie Collins
♦ Elmore Leonard
♦ Iceberg Slim
♦ Robert Deane Pharr
♦ Alec Cizak
♦ AB Patterson
♦ Tia Ja’nae
♦ Rob Pierce
♦ Manny Torres
♦ Matt Phillips
♦ David Cramner
♦ Anthony Neal Smith
♦ Les Edgerton
The erotic fiction book genre is made up of books that present the sexual aspects of love front and center. The books in the erotic genre have subtle sexual innuendo up to explicit descriptions of sexual acts. They also contain taboo elements of sexual fantasy, homosexuality, sado-masochism, and fetishes. In lamens terms, there is a lot of fucking and sucking going on in the text.
♦ Erica Jong - Fear Of Dying
♦ Emannuelle Arsan – Emannuelle
♦ DH Lawrence – Lady Chatterley’s Lover
♦ Pauline Reage – The Story of O
♦ J - The Sensuous Woman
♦ M - The Sensuous Man
♦ Zane - Sex Chronicles: Shattering The Myth
♦ Zane - Sex Chronicles II: Gettin Buck Wild
♦ Zane - The Sisters Of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick
♦ Zane - Headbangers A APF Sexcapade
♦ Dr. Bertice Berry - Jim and Louella’s Homemade Heart Fix Remedy
Welcome Brainard! Can you give me the name of the author of Dead Dad Jokes please?
All members are welcome to suggest books to be added to the group's bookshelves. To qualify a book must:
1. Belong to any genre of fiction and poetry (this includes but isn't limited to Horror, Grime, Crime, Speculative, Erotica, and other fictions)
2. Be considered Adult, no Young Adult
3. Contain adult themes like:
Drug Usage and Drug Dealing (America’s lifeblood literally ARE DRUGS)
Alcoholism (Who doesn't know somebody too heavy on the sauce)
Violence of any kind (It happens from Prison to the Boardroom people!)
Rape (Even Maya Angelou discusses rape in graphic detail from her perspective in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings)
The ongoing threat of rape (Yes, it happens, especially in Prison Literature.)
Unwanted and unsolicited body contact of an openly sexual nature (Again, it happens.)
Child sexual abuse/pedophile characters (Yes, it happens, especially in every slave book that has EVER been written. What would Mandingo by Kyle Onslott be without it?)
Dubious sexual consent - threats, drugs, slavery and other situations where no consent can be given (Yes, it happens. What would a book like Memoirs of a Geisha be without it?)
Cursing (The word fuck is the only word in the English language that is a proper and common noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and conjunction.)
General Criminal Activity (if this disturbs you however do you read history or watch the news?)
Racism, Sexism, Segregationism, Discriminationism, LGBTQQAIophobia, Misogyny, Male Bashing, or any other social construct that hurts the Karens and Chads politically correct feelings. Life is FILLED with different experiences – READ THEM and learn something about the world.
4. Have not already been added to our bookshelf
Also, please avoid suggesting books that would be right up the alley for the censorship and politically correct crowd.
A NOTE ON ACCURACY:
⭐ Once a month, all recommended books are vetted by a moderator before being added to the bookshelf-database
⭐⭐ If you notice a book that shouldn't be on the bookshelf-database, please speak up and state the reasons
HASHTAG WARNING:
This group's bookshelf hashtags based on genre only. Please include when adding a book the appropriate hashtag. We do not use content warning tags on the bookshelf. We strongly encourage those with specific triggers to be a fucking adult, sit the book down, and keep it moving.
When recommending books you've read, if possible, please provide as many hashtags for our bookshelf-database as applicable.
WANT TO SEE THE BOOKS WE'VE EXCLUDED?
We compile a regular update of books that we've excluded/removed from our bookshelves and list the reason. The updates can be found by this self-censoring group HERE
3) What Qualifies as Adult Content?
An comfortable question no doubt for FUCKING ADULTS, but one we needed to answer in order to provide you with guidelines. Many of us feel that there is too much censorship from self-appointed politically correct people trying to police adults as if we were their children. Adulthood by definition is the state or condition of being fully grown or mature. As we are mature we tend to want to read about MATURE THEMES.
And as we are an anti-censorship focused group, we will exclude any works or authors that do not fall within our guidelines of freedom of speech and expression.
4) What Qualifies as Unacknowledged Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia etc?
We INCLUDE books with outdated stereotypes deemed sexist, racist, LGBTQQAIophobic, heterosexualphobic, transphobic and contain other adult views that are NOT acknowledged/condemned within the book. This means many older fiction will be included.
**Please don't be offended if your recommendation is declined based on these reasons. In return, you will not be judged by us. We're here to educate and be educated. As readers, we are all constantly learning and growing. Not everyone is at the same point in their journey. **
We DO NOT INCLUDE books that explore these themes. Our goal is to provide a space for free thinking adults to read new material on our bookshelf-database so that members can enjoy adult content without being scolded like a petulent child by self-appointed censorship police.
5) What Are HashTags and How Do I Use Them?
When explaining the genre of a book's plot or adult themed content, we request that you use hashtags tags. These hashtags allow for our members to see exactly what they're reading and if it falls in place with their taste.
To make a hashtag simply use the sharp sign # followed by the genre. Example: #Erotica #SpeculativeFiction #CrimeFiction. Use as many as the book's themes include.
This group's bookshelf only includes works that contain adult themes – we don’t care if the politically correct crowd find them disturbing. We are all FUCKING ADULTS, so act like it. Read it and if it isn’t your cup of tea BE A FUCKING ADULT and put it down. We will not put Content Warning tags on our shelves. We will, however, put genre tags so you at least will know where the work in question falls under. We’re not tricking anyone into reading anything, but we don’t want to force any genre on anyone by trickery. We will attempt to give a fully comprehensive genre list but we make no promises. We strongly encourage our members to be as specific as possible and to use GR’s genre tagging to find genres right for you.
6) How Do I View Which Books Are Already Included or Excluded?
Books that have been recommended and INCLUDED are located in the group bookshelf-database that will be featured.
Books that have been recommend and EXCLUDED are not added to the bookshelf database. Instead, we compile a list of books that were excluded along with the reasons why. There is one list located.
7) Why Does the Group Not Include Books With Other Forms of Non-Adult Themed Content?
Firstly, many authors and readers are tired of a select minority policing content. We’re ALL FUCKING ADULTS. If you want to be spoonfed and censored on what you should read based on the preconceived notions of the politically correct crowd there are plenty of groups on GoodReads for that. We are simply tired of seeing the same dead censorship horse being beat and stifling great books. It’s one thing if it deals with a part of history that maybe wasn’t savory, like history; ignoring and censoring it won’t erase it happening then OR now.
Secondly, there are many ways that authors can do better. Creating a list of books that include most adult themes would be a monumental task and would likely result in an unorganized list. As the group grows, we do hope to identify and celebrate the great books that uncompromisingly told a story without a fear of being shamed for its content, whether or not all members like the subject matter.
And while we don’t include books that do not feature adult content, we do flag some of the more lighter adult themed books on our bookshelf database. All shelf tags that start with "a" list genre tags for the book. Please note, our adult themed list are the most common and are not an exhaustive list. If you have specific triggers, be a fucking ADULT and put the book down if it doesn’t mesh with your taste. This is why we specifically list the genres so you know what you’re getting into.
8) Where Can I Find Adult Themed Books That Are Not Censored OR Have Trigger Warnings?
We recommend using goodreads review search. Do not use any keywords like "warning" as this usually brings up members that provide laundry lists of content warnings in their reviews which we steadfastly do not agree with. Find fiction you like with the genre you prefer and READ IT then review.
9) What Should I Do If I Don't Think a Specific Book Belongs on the Group Bookshelf?
First, please ensure you have read our full group mission, submission guidelines and this FAQ
If you still feel the book does not meet our submission guidelines, please share your detailed concerns in our recommendation thread.
We value your opinion and will thoroughly research reviews & other sources. We have no qualms about removing books when new information comes to light.
10) Why is This Group Public, Wouldn't Private Be Better?
To ensure that our group and it's bookshelf-database is accessible and eventually appears in Google search results, the group must be set to public. The moderators will be vigilant with trolls and bots. Please keep mind that your comments will be visible to all non-members.
PRO TIP: There is a Goodreads setting where you can ensure your all of your comments in any public group are NOT added to your Goodreads feed.
>Go to Account Settings
>Select Feeds
>Ensure that 'Comment on a book or discussion' is unchecked
NOTE: This will not turn off your comments on other's book reviews, that is a different setting
11) Does This Group Read Books Together?
As a very new group, we do not have enough active members to facilitate regular group reads. In the future, when the group has hopefully grown, we will survey members to see if this is something they'd like us to do together. In the meantime, you're welcome to join other groups that don't censor and don't discriminate books, authors, or discussion based on content. Note, they are public groups that you can easily join.
Indie Crime Fiction- Writers and Readers of Independent Crime Fiction
Literary Fiction By People Of Color - Celebrating good uncensored fiction across the board by all persons of color.
12) What is 'Pending'?
These are books that are recommended by a member, but there is insufficient information available for moderators to perform our validation. These books are add to our Pending List. Active members are invited to read, validate content and cast the deciding vote on whether the book should be added to the group's bookshelf-database
Reasons books are added to the Pending List:
1) Outlier Reviews - A very low number of GR reviews contradict a much higher number of reviews in regards to content
2) Insufficient Reviews: Books with less than 5 written reviews on GR
13) Can I Recommend an Entire Series?
Our group does not discriminate against series as most of our favorite authors suggested write in the same universe. We encourage you to note if it is a series; this helps further the bookshelf list and allows authors and readers a chance to present and explore the universe of those books.
The Series Guidelines
Members may recommend the series of books. A moderator will validate both editions to confirm they meet the adult themed content guidelines.
∆ If all editions meet our guidelines, both will be added to the bookshelf
∆ If either edition doesn't meet our guidelines, a notation will be added
∆ If a member reports that specific later edition does not contain adult themes and went social justice warrior politically correct brewhaha, we will remove the series
14) Does The Group Exclude Any Authors?
Yes, this group will exclude authors who:
1) Are social justice warrior politically correct self-representative pro-censorship mouthpieces.
2) Have been found guilty/admitted to acts of being politically correct and pro-censorship.
Full details on the Author Rules and the list of pending/excluded authors is available here.
15) The Group Description Says “Adult” does that mean you don't allow YA?
In general, this group is focused on books for adults with adult characters. However, we acknowledge that some YA is more adult in its content and tone. Members are welcome to suggest YA books without SV that they feel are more adult focused in their theme and style that are closely mirrored to characters that are at least sixteen years old.
Moderators will decide on a case by case basis. They will not approve the more "typical" YA that spends the majority of the narrative focused on an MC's coming of age, special skills, personality, fashion, romantic relationships, friendship issues. Moderators will approve YA that is more mature in its outlook and focuses on the issues of the world in which it is set.
Examples of books we exclude: Swamp Man, Forever, Coffee Will Make You Black
OUR MISSION: To build a reliable bookshelf-database of Crime Fiction, Indie Fiction, Science Fiction, Erotica, and all other books that MENTION and REVEL in cursing, sex, criminal activities of all kinds, violence, dubious sexual consent, and other adult themes that go with the theme of the book we're reading without ZERO warnings. The term "trigger" is a bad word in this group.
After all, we're fucking ADULTS.
What about other ways authors and readers can do better?
We acknowledge that there are many other areas where readers and authors can do better. The first is to resist this social justice warrior polticial correctness bullshit. If you read something that deeply disturbs your soul, just PUT IT DOWN. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean somebody else won't, and that the author who wrote it should be shamed into insolvency in their writing career because it didn't sit well with YOU. In most fiction we read over the age of 18 sex, drugs, violence, depression, madness, and other tropes are commonly used plot devices relegating human experiences we ALL see, know, and hear daily that some authors and readers shouldn't be shocked at. We're adults - NO TRIGGER WARNINGS. Other authors and readers are simply tired of this continuous censorship attack on books.
Our group will:
• Include books with outdated views and stereotypes of gender, race, sexuality and ability IF they ARE acknowledged/embraced within the book even if we do not personally like or agree with them. As a result, you will see as many older fiction titles of our bookshelf from the good old days before this politically correct censorship crap.
• Will NOT Provide content warning tags on our bookshelf for other common forms of disturbing content. You're an ADULT, act like it. Again, if the book ain't your cup of tea, PUT IT DOWN and go on with your life.
BOOKSHELF SUBMISSIONS:
All members are welcome to suggest books to be added to the group's bookshelves. To qualify a book must:
1. Belong to any of the FICTION genres (this includes POETRY, CRIME FICTION, SPECULATIVE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, and others).
2. Be considered Adult, no Young Adult
3. Contain Adult Themes
Drug Usage and Drug Dealing (America’s lifeblood literally ARE DRUGS)
Violence of any kind (It happens from Prison to the Boardroom people!)
Rape (Even Maya Angelou discusses rape in graphic detail from her perspective in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings)
The ongoing threat of rape (Yes, it happens, especially in Prison Literature.)
Unwanted and unsolicited body contact of an openly sexual nature (Again, it happens.)
Child sexual abuse/pedophile characters (Yes, it happens, especially in every slave book that has EVER been written. What would Mandingo by Kyle Onslott be without it?)
Dubious sexual consent - threats, drugs, slavery and other situations where no consent can be given (Yes, it happens. What would a book like Memoirs of a Geisha be without it?)
Cursing (The word fuck is the only word in the English language that is a proper and common noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and conjunction.)
General Criminal Activity (if this disturbs you however do you read history or watch the news?)
Racism, Sexism, Segregationism, Discriminationism, LGBTQQAIophobia, Misogyny, Male Bashing, or any other social construct that hurts the Karens and Chads politically correct feelings. Life is FILLED with different experiences – READ THEM and learn something about the world.
4. Have not already been added to our bookshelf
Also, please avoid suggesting books where sexism, racism, homophobia or transphobia are included and NOT acknowledged/condemned
A NOTE ON ACCURACY:
⭐ All books will be vetted by a moderator before being added to the bookshelves
⭐⭐ If you notice a book that shouldn't be on the shelves, please speak up and state the reasons
CONTENT WARNING:
This group's bookshelf only includes works that contain adult themes – we don’t care if the politically correct crowd find them disturbing. We are all FUCKING ADULTS, so act like it. Read it and if it isn’t your cup of tea BE A FUCKING ADULT and put it down. We will not put Content Warning tags on our shelves. We will, however, put genre tags so you at least will know where the work in question falls under. We’re not tricking anyone into reading anything, but we don’t want to force any genre on anyone by trickery. We will attempt to give a fully comprehensive genre list but we make no promises. We strongly encourage our members to be as specific as possible and to use GR’s genre tagging to find genres right for you.
WANT TO SEE THE BOOKS WE'VE EXCLUDED?
We keep a list of books that we've excluded/removed from our bookshelves and the reason for the exclusion. The list is HERE
1) What Types of Books Should I Recommend & How?
Suggest books that you've recently read and believe meet our group recommendation guidelines listed above. Include details of why you think it fits.
You have two options for participating:
1) Join our monthly chat where we share everything we've recently read, both suitable and unsuitable for the group. The latest chat can be found HERE
2) Post your recommendations anytime on our general recommendation thread.
Once a month, the moderators research and validate all member's recommendations and post an update. Once a month, all of the books that meet our group guidelines are added to the bookshelf-database. We are thankful for all recommendations, whether they end up meeting our guidelines or not 🤗
