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Summer Of Smut

A stimulating guide to the horny books all over best-seller lists and our TikTok feeds. Read responsibly.

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How I Fell For Monster Sex Books

Monster smut is the big new thing in publishing. It’s not just about the extra-long tongues.

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    The Summer of Smut Has Only Just BegunAt Park Slope’s romance bookstore the Ripped Bodice, smut readers gathered to get freaky.
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    Read Every Single Smut Book We Featured This WeekThe 81 smut books we’ve written about this week, featuring monster love interests, classic tropes, and more. Enjoy!
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    Everything You Need to Enhance Your Smut-Reading ExperienceThe best candles, bathrobes, blankets, and more to help set the mood.
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    She Makes Emily Henry Sound HotJulia Whelan has recorded hundreds of audiobooks and has “zero problem narrating all levels of spice.”
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    How to Write a Good Sex SceneAuthor Yulin Kuang explains how she gives readers of her novel How to End a Love Story “that pulse-pounding, dry-mouth, flushed feeling.”
  6. relationships
    Sometimes Smut Is Too GoodReading a “spicy” book can be a fun escape — that is, if your relationship is strong enough to survive it.
  7. summer of smut
    Come Match Our FreakHere’s your chance to celebrate smut with your favorite horny publication at the Cut’s Freak Week pop-up.
  8. culture
    The Voice Actors Getting Queer Women WetThe audio-erotica industry is doubling down on its WLW offerings. Even Shane from ‘The L Word’ is in on the effort.
  9. books
    How I Fell For Monster Sex BooksMonster smut is the big new thing in publishing. It’s not just about the extra-long tongues.
  10. culture
    There’s Smut for EveryoneIf a steamy enemies-to-lovers romantasy plot isn’t for you, perhaps you might like a book about banging an alien?
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    The Best Smutty Love Interests Are … Sentient Objects?Welcome to the world of sentient-object smut. Can you tell which of these books are actually real?