Read the 30 most titillating books of all time as libraries get in on the Fifty Shades effect with month-long erotic literature festival

The Daily Mail - By Anna Berrill

Your local library is the kind of place you expect to find an ageing gent flicking through a Charles Dickens or hunting for a Henry James. 
But the explosion in popularity of erotic novels this year is set to give libraries a real boost when libraries up and down the country launch a month-long celebration of erotic literature.
From next Friday, the Between The Sheets festival will bring 30 of the top titillating titles to 33 libraries nationwide.

                                    Jilly Cooper's classic 80s erotic book

The first book in E L James' trilogy has sold 5.3 million copies

Canadian author Madeline Moore's novel Sarah's Education

Portia Da Costa's In Too Deep features on the top thirty list

Including Fifty Shades of Grey, Jilly Cooper's 80s hit Riders, and Portia Da Costa's best-seller In Too Deep, these erotic novels are sure to be heavily thumbed by the time the festival ends on 16 December.

Stellar Libraries' Amanda Halls says 'Libraries are responding to changing social trends in reading quicker than ever, but they also have a responsibility to spark new types of conversations and debate.Between The Sheets is an erotic fiction campaign designed to push the boundaries of library users and challenge their reading horizons.'
Andrew Bond, Senior Librarian at Luton Culture added 'There is a growing demand for erotic fiction titles, and it’s vital that libraries respond to this.'

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