I was kidding about a book called Debbie Does Dallas, but erotic books and movies are interesting to every man and most women. Most just won't admit it. Funny story here:
I was in the pest control business for about 20 years in Mobile and Baldwin counties and, well it's difficult to have secrets from the PC operator. In order to lay down a residual pesticide in homes without contaminating anything, I had to dig my way to the back of cabinets, closets, drawers and under beds and behind things. You'd be amazed at the things you run across in places like that. There was a time a lady was following me around as I worked (you know how some people are happy to have someone to chat with) and just as I went into the closet, she remembered something hidden there and asked me to wait while she cleaned some of the junk from the closet floor before I went into it. She pulled a blanket from atop her shoes, hoping the blanket would stay wrapped around her secret. As she turned, the blanket opened and out fell several porno tapes and a toy. It embarrassed her so bad she started crying. I told her it was no big deal because almost every house had more such items than she had. I told her I had a few of my own. She got over her embarrassment but looked at me kind of funny. I realized later that she didn't know I meant I had a few porno tapes, not the toy. Then I was embarrassed, realizing what she must be thinking.
Seriously, however, I like the old classics. Not that modern writers are any less talented, but I like the way writers used words, descriptions and phrases in some of the classics. Zane Gray's plots may not have been great, but his ability to make the reader actually see the scenery was excellent, in my humble opinion. If I ever write a fiction novel I hope his influence will show. To a lesser extent, Louie Lamoure is very talented, although his more recent works are not as good as his early ones. You may detect I like Old West type books. Pidder likes those romance novels that are set in colonial days. But then she likes everything. She consumes about one novel per week, and she's never had a course in speed reading.