Reddit mentions: The best womens literature books

I really like romantic comedies but it's so difficult to find good ones because they tend to get lost amongst the serious stuff on kindle. But recently I've stumbled on enough that Kindle's gotten better at recommending them to me, which is great.

I'd recommend the following:

• Wallbanger, a rom-com about two neighbours.
  
• The Island, a steamy drama about two a shipwrecked teacher & student.
  
• The Wishes, more of a general chick-lit comedy, but good none-the-less.
  
• Can You Keep a Secret?, a rom-com about a girl who tells her life story to a stranger when their plane appears to be crashing.
  
• Anything by Nicholas Sparks.
  
• Anything by Marian Keyes, I'm a particular fan of Sushi For Beginners.
  
• Twenty Eight and a Half Wishes. I really rooted for the main character (who predicts her own death).
  
• Eversea, oh my god sooo trashy. It's one of those "small town girl falls in love with famous guy" books but I got way sucked in!
  
• Baby & Bump, sappy new single mother + new love type of book but still a good read
  
  
  The good thing about the Kindle Store is that you can download and read the first few chapters before committing to buying the rest.

Sure, I made this post earlier: it has a link to anal 101, a book to open up her mind, plus some extras (also, coconut oil!!!!)
Wow, this is a terrible advice. Usuallyporn is about what pleases a man, not a women!
The best way to learn about pleasing her is reading. Most of the time the ways to please a women need to be understood and not watched (a lot of the fun bits are inside so you can't really see how to stimulate them).
You can learn about cupping, how to make her squirt (there is controversy about what comes out but in the end it is one of the most potent orgasms), the fact that you are small makes it ideal for anal, get toys to help you out (combine penetration with clitoral stimulation and you are golden) and explore other kinks (pegging usually gives the man a lot of insight about how it feels to be penetrated and it improves how they end up doing it).
Edit: regarding your endurance you can get a flesh light or a tenga egg to massage your glans until you learn how to prolong stimuli, practice edging and deny yourself cumming, it will be har in the beginning and it might lead you to cum without you even touching yourself but in the end you will have a huge improvement.

Edit2: I am going to try to put some info together:
http://www.sexpertslounge.com/2011/08/08/sex-for-noobs-anal-101/
http://www.reocities.com/WestHollywood/chelsea/3313/edging.htm
http://www.ziporn.mobi//?vid=7710
http://m.askmen.com/dating/love_tip_150/184_love_tip.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007235YZ4/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=sr_1_1&s=digital-text&qid=1327609592&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1564785890
I'll ad some stuff later, these are not my faves but they are mind opening


Edit: I hope you understood that the anal play is supposed to happen in your butt for increased pleasure, if you need some sex positive blog references let me know

Quite welcome! Nora Roberts is I think technically considered romance (suspense thriller? romantic thriller?), but they're not the bodice ripping Harlequin type -- they're what we used to read before "paranormal ass-kicking female lead urban fantasy romances" were a thing. Similar authors are Sandra Brown and Catherine Coulter; if you google any of the three and "FBI" or "police officer" you can find books by them with a mystery bent. Sorry I can't recommend a specific book but they're kind of popcorn reading and it's been a while. But maybe these will lead your group to an appreciation for mysteries in general that you can nurture. Especially since a lot of cozies have romances!

Just to add to that last edit from yesterday, I'm thinking of picking up Twenties Girl by Kinsella -- it looks pretty adorable and the reviews are great.

Also, the one I read by Evanovich was One for the Money. I thought it was pretty decent -- kind of like Grafton but breezier. I should really finish that series one of these days to see if it gets deeper.

I've never been big on romances either (I'm a fellow mystery and fantasy buff) but my sister would occasionally leave them lying around and you know how it is!

Sure thing! These are some of my favourite female fantasy authors, and the books I'd recommend starting with:

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Priestess Of The White by Trudi Canavan

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (She has a series of trilogies with different heroines set in chronological order in the same world. The first trilogy may be my least favourite, but it is the first and it's still pretty good so...)

Spindle's End and Deerskin by Robin McKinley (Can't decide which one to recommend first!)

Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts (Actually written by a man and a woman, but one of my favourite trilogies ever.)

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel (Not certain this is fantasy but it's incredibly interesting to imagine!)

If you like YA stuff there are several female authors I'd recommend in that category as well, but it may not be your cup of tea.

Hi, My name is Kristen. I'd love this because sometimes, I work really double shifts at work, with a 2 or 3 hour break in between, so I don't have time to go home but have nothing to do while waiting. I rarely know when these doubles will be thrown on me, and it'd be nice if I could have a book ready to read. I like normal books, but they get damaged and torn, so I don't often carry them with me.

If I got this, I'd love "Size 12 Is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot I remember it being a funny mystery book, and I could use a few laughs.

Regardless of if I win, I just want to say thank you for doing this contest. It's really thoughtful of you.

So Steam should be arbiters of what is a good game or not? Would people be happy if Amazon stop people publishing shitty barely disguised fan fiction 'asset flips'?

These developers have paid to have their game listed. I think that's perfectly fair to sell them if the consumer knows what they are getting. And if the consumer doesn't have to wade through the shit to see good games. I'm not sure what more you want Steam to do other than give people the ability to return games that are terrible and reduce the likelihood they'll try them in the first place. One person's shitty asset flip is another person's DoTA. One person's low-effort engine reuse is another person's Garry's Mod.

I just finished Northworld Trilogy by David Drake. It was ok. An interesting premise, but confusing and inconsistent at times. But the kindle version is free, so that's always nice!

And I'm about to start How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns

Thanks! How could I have ever allowed my devotion to the greatest piece of written literature published on the web for free since this book's Amazon reviews?

He rolls his eyes and kisses his cheek. As Sam opens it up he'd see this book title. As he opened up he'd learn what the book is about. Terin smiles as he opens it.

"I hope you love it babe."

Sample.
The Course of Empire (Course of Empire Series Book 1) by Eric Flint
1632 (Ring of Fire Series) by Eric Flint
Northworld Trilogy by David Drake
Starliner by David Drake
Star Soldiers by Adre Norton
Oath of Swords (War God Book 1) by David Weber
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington Book 1) by David Weber
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington Book 2) by David Weber
The Star Agency (The Star Agency Chronicles Book 1) by R.E. Weber
The Last Praetorian (The Redemption Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Smith
Hard Duty: Merkiaari Wars Book 1 by Mark E. Cooper
The Synchronicity War Part 1 by Dietmar Wehr
Dark Space by Jasper T. Scott
The Tank Lords by David Drake
Redliners by David Drake
A Desert Called Peace (Carrera Series Book 1) by Tom Kratman
Gunship by John Davis
With the Lightnings (Lt. Leary Book 1) by David Drake
Tales of Honor #1 by Matt Hawkins and Jung-Geun Yoon
The Fringe Worlds: (The Human Chronicles Saga Book #1) by T.R. Harris
Freehold (Freehold Series Book 1) by Michael Z. Williamson
The Last Roman (The Praetorian Series Book 1) by Edward Crichton
The Sea Hag by David Drake
Forbidden The Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1) by Valmore Daniels
FCBD 2015: Tales of Honor by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic
The Philosophical Strangler (Joe's World Book 1) by Eric Flint
The Creatures of Man by Howard L. Myers
In the Heart of Darkness (Belisarius Saga Book 2) by Eric Flint
Northworld Trilogy by David Drake
Starliner by David Drake

I, a woman, cannot believe so many women fell for this shit.

What's it about? A 22-year-old college student who has never had a boyfriend (understandable), intercourse (understandable), or an EMAIL ADDRESS (WTF??? This is modern-day America and she supposedly made it through college having never sent an email in her life!), meets a billionaire/philanthropist/concert pianist/helicopter pilot/self-made corporate CEO who's 26 (WTF???). Together, he tries to be her dom, despite the fact that he doesn't listen to her, doesn't take into account what will actually pleasure her (he tells her, doesn't ask her), and just beats her to assuage his own demons.

And they supposedly fall in love. I couldn't make it past book 2, where NOTHING HAPPENS.

It's one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. If people want to read erotic romance, give Maya Banks, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, or Lorelei James a shot instead. Much better writing and much better character development. This book was so poorly written it was laughably bad.

And women everywhere bought it. I'm embarrassed for my kind...

(Think I'm just being bitter? The Amazon reviews spell it out much better than I just did.)

EDIT: Fixed the link

For what it's worth, read the first line of the second review of the #2 romance book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bossman-Vi-Keeland-ebook/dp/B01IMFDR9A/ref=zg_bs_158566011_2

And then this one, which is #3: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Benefits-Billionaire-Royal-Romance-ebook/dp/B01HVG9M3Q/ref=zg_bs_158566011_3

And then the 4th review of this, which is the #6 bestseller: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Stroke-Romantic-Comedy-Brothers-ebook/dp/B01I91G7S0/ref=zg_bs_158566011_6

ARCs are the industry norm, they're used by all the top-selling authors, and Amazon accepts them as long as they're honest.

In 8th grade, my Venezuelan friend had to read "Ifigenia", which is a really, really long letter which is actually a story. I had to read it, and I personally didn't like it any, but you may find it to be interesting.

I have been reading La casa de los espíritus and have loved every second of it.

Jana DeLeon’s Miss Fortune Mysteries series would a good summer read. They are very lighthearted books and get even more so as the series goes on. Fun characters.

First book is apparently free on Kindle right now.

• immensely popular - 125 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 52 languages.
  
  
• easy language - ’It's easy reading’ - New Zealand Herald
  
  
• interesting plot - ’troubling and intriguing’ - The Daily Telegraph
  
  
• simple plot - ’As a reading experience... is... puny of plot’ - Huffington Post
  
  
• set in the ‘real world’ - ’Yes.’
  
  
• long enough - 514 pages
  
  
• written recently - published in 2011
  
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0345803485/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1558674923&sr=8-7

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I'm going to give you the same book recommendation I gave OP. Your body is your body, unless you work out for 2 hours a day (which is always an option), your stomach may always be slightly curved. I had huge body image issues, particularly about my non-flat stomach, and read a book that really helped me work past a lot of that: Bet Me by Jennifer Cruisie. It's chic-lit, so if you aren't into that, cool, but it's a short, enjoyable read, with a "pleasantly plump" lead female character. Quite healing, in my opinion.

Clearly Viking Unchained was written to appeal to teenage boys. They would love reading about a time-traveling viking falling in love with a single mom.

EDIT: It's sarcasm, people. Seriously.

The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice in reality) is amazing.

http://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Sleeping-Beauty-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B003QP4DU4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377385323&sr=8-3&keywords=erotic+tale+of+sleeping+beauty

The stories can be pretty great though. Like that one with the time-travelling Viking Navy SEAL.

Fun summer reading!
Free until the 5th!
https://www.amazon.com/Alignment-love-story-Dangerosa-Jones-ebook/dp/B01HR0S6QK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474578533&sr=8-2

100 Ton Press just released two new books.

First: Alignment: a love story is the story of Elliott Foley, who has a farm to run, with people who depend on her. One day she backs into an old friend, and finds that it's okay for her to depend on someone, too. Only one problem — all he seems to want is her friendship. Does she want it to be more? Why couldn't it be more?

It's a romance for and about actual grown-ups, and not a Harlequin piece.

$3.99 for Kindle / $12.00 paperback from Amazon.

Second: Most people are stupid. This is self-help for the 21st century. The premise is simple: Most people are stupid. We know this, but don't take advantage of that knowledge (such a surprise!). This is a short-but-astringent guide to understanding and applying this simple rule.

$0.99 for Kindle / $8.00 paperback from Amazon.

If she's into contemporary romance, Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie is still one of my all time favorites!

The Stephanie Plum series from Janet Evanovich fits those criteria. I'm not the biggest fan, but I know lots of people love 'em. Starts with One for the Money.

Roger sips at his coffee. Steam flows out of the cheap cup into the cold air. By Roger’s reckoning, the cup of joe seems to be the only warm thing for kilometers. Trying to wrap his mind around that fact, he thinks about where he is. He’s standing before a cold building, on a cold world, moving through the cold of space. He shivers, pushing the thought aside. Before taking another sip of coffee he scans the world around him: snow, more snow, ice, and more snow. He shivers again.
The rifle hanging down to his hip jingles slightly as he puts the last hot sip of coffee to his lips; it’s the last thing that he ever does. The round that goes through his chest bursts his heart; Roger is dead before he hits the cold ground. Hot brown coffee mixes with deep red blood, melting the snow around the body.
Luck had nothing to do with the shot. The sniper had taken great care to place the bullet where it needed to go. Also, if luck had been working in the sniper’s favor, the next guard would not have rounded the corner about the time Roger’s body hit the ground.
The guard has enough time to draw up his rifle before the wall next to him is splattered with his own brain matter. No sound is heard from the shot; the only clue that would have helped someone find the shooter would be the gray silencer sticking out from atop a snowdrift more than a few kilometers away.
Ejecting the spent casing onto the ground, Riley stands up from the snow. The rifle collapses and hooks in two places on the mercenary's belt to keep it from making any noise. Being quiet and not getting caught is the name of the game. Before moving on to the building, the sniper bends back down to pick up the bullet casings, making sure that no one will know where the shots had come from. The white-gloved hand reaches down and places the shells in a pouch.
Riley is clad in white, blending in with the snow, completing the requirements for the stealthy operation. The only thing not white is the helmet’s dark visor that reflects the world around it. The armor is made for this environment; not only does it blend in, but it comes with life support that can keep a person warm in much colder weather than what it is right now. However the suit is not perfect; it puts the heavy in ‘heavy’ armor.
The snow makes soft crunching sounds as the infiltrator sinks in it. In the deepest drifts the snow covers the armor plating on the calves. It makes getting to the outpost more than a bit of a pain. But at long last the mercenary makes it.
From a holster, Riley brings to bare a stainless steel handgun. The merc’s grasp is firm on the black plastic grip, making the pistol more an extension of the arm than a separate thing. They hardly make guns like this one anymore. A cylinder holds only six rounds of .357 caliber ammo. The weapon is one of the few things in this day and age that is fully mechanical. The pistol may not have a lot of advantages over a more modern design, but Riley has reasons to like it.
As the merc moves closer to the building, the pistol never wavers from the bodies lying motionless on the ground; if they weren't dead, they would be.


Above is a sample from my first book Riley: Riley: Bad Things For The Right Reasons; that I published this week!

This is like an ultra-sexy kdrama in novel form...and they're in San Francisco...and they're not korean -_-. Same feel, though, and very similar humor. For those who don't want to click URL it's called Wallbanger by Alice Clayton.

Then there's always Viking Unchained, the romance novel about a time-travelling viking..

First off, seven? Wow. I can barely manage 2 at a time!

1. Rumors (from the Luxe series) and The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
   
   
2. I think you'd like this, not my style but it seems to be pretty popular, (and Amazon recommended it to me based on some of the books in your wishlist)
   
   
3. Once upon a time there was an ugly barnacle. And he was so ugly that everyone died. The end.

The Heather Wells Mysteries by Meg Cabothttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Size-12-Not-Fat-ebook/dp/B000FCKM10/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319988373&sr=1-7 . Also there are the Echo Falls Mysteries by Peter Abrahams http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behind-Curtain-Echo-Falls-Mystery/dp/140633071X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319988339&sr=1-1 despite the fact that the protaganist is a 13 year old girl I think they can be enjoyed by adults.

An American Best Seller

If you're interested in this type of discussion (regarding upper-class black neighborhoods and whatnot), I would recommend Gloria Naylor's works, particularly Linden Hills.

Crappy romance, eh? Have you read the time-traveling viking navy seal romance novels?

They are totally a real thing. My ex used to read them, they are hilarious.

This beautiful pillow cover is the cheapest physical thing on my list & This kindle book is the cheapest non-physical item at 99 cents

Yes, the first paragraph of each section should not be indented. Look at the interior for The Girl on the Train here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/1594633665/
The first line is flush, and the rest of the paragraphs of each section are indented. This is Chicago Manual of Style, just picked a best seller as it was quick to find.

220k is quite long. I'm currently editing a sci-fi book to go to publishers to get it down from 140k as that's a bit too long. (I edit for pubs and a lit agency).

If it's e-book only it's not as big of a deal, though you may have a difficult time sustaining readers for a book that long. Having said that, it seems you're pubbing independently, so you have the choice of what you would like to do. If this came across my desk for work, I would likely suggest either tightening severely (150k max) or splitting into more than one book.

Haven't read the english version, but you should really really read (and get her) this one: House of the Fortunate Buddhas

Summary

Spanish edition

I'm, like, 99% sure you could've found both of those links yourself.

That's actually a romance series.

I'm currently reading Rapture by John Shirley however my book fell apart at the pool and is now in like four different pieces :( Haven't quite figured out how to glue it back together yet. Thanks for the contest You ALL still have Zoidberg!

? Am i smart already?

Topic on school shooting has become a hot debate in the wake of the Florida school shooting. I wrote a best seller inspiring and heart wrenching story Full Circle that covers bullying, school shootings, terrorism and a host of similar topics.
Catch the book at:

E-book ($2.99) - https://www.amazon.com/Full-Circle-Regina-Timothy-ebook/dp/B078M7KFDG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514292317&sr=1-1&keywords=full+circle+regina+timothy

Paperback ($14.75) - https://www.amazon.com/Full-Circle-Regina-Timothy/dp/1981839437/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1514292317&sr=1-1

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37706656-full-circle

Yes! http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345803485

Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor?

Here's a student review that may help you remember.

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch this, read this, and buy this to help forget about that.

Toni Kief. It’s her Mildred Series. It was a fun and lazy read. I’ll never look at an old woman at a slot machine the same way or a buffet.

> I wasn't quite ready and asked him to stop (which he did, immediately), even though the very next night I realized I wanted him to do it and asked him to.

Yes. Both mixed feelings and token resistance to sex are normal parts of human courtship that feminists are twisting around in order to poison heterosexual relations and wage war on men and boys.

I heard you talking on the radio show one time about how offering a little resistance and making a male lover overcome it can, sometimes, be a turn-on for you. I admire your candor. Form what I´ve seen and heard, it is my impression that there are A LOT of women who feel the same way you do.

In fact, I´d say there are 50 Shades of Women who do.

I think what you want to read is Ann Rice's "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty".

Or would that be dwarf cockslapping....... which is completely different.

Fifty Shades of Grey. My wife has been reading it (it's a trilogy). As a result, we've had sex seven out of the last eight nights -- we've been married 19 years and while our sex life hasn't ever been terrible, her horniness level is peaking because of these books.

It's been derisively categorized as Mommy Porn by some, but whatever, she seems to be enjoying it and I have benefited. Too bad she's on the last book in the trilogy already.

http://www.amazon.ca/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485

http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485

Chronicals of Ixia book one.

It's a Trilogy.

https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485

This bot excist?

Mhmm. Give me the prices!

Anne Rice's version of Sleeping Beauty takes the story to whole new level.

I'll just put this here.

Pun intended?

Or the series about the time traveling viking who becomes a navy seal.

Fifty Shades Trilogy:

Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Freed

I left a monkey in a room with a typewriter.

This!

Nipple Clams

http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3RRWQCDK55LYO&coliid=I25L3T9YL0YVMR

enough said...

She wants a man who will acknowledge their status as oppressor?

This might be just for her!

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Other than Christopher Moore's "A Dirty Job" which has been mentioned, another book you may be interested in is Dying for a Living by Kory Shrum

I concur that this series is one million times better than 50 Shades. Rice wrote these while in a depression after losing a child if I recall correctly and there is a lot of raw emotion in these books. They are clever and dark.

I need it tomorrow, so the internet might not work. If all else fails, we'll just make G&Ts in glasses for the gathering. The book is The Girl On the Train, it's pretty good, in the same vain, but not as good as, Gone Girl.

I don't have very many books on my book list! AHHHH This must be fixed! Tomorrow though! The cheapest on I have on there honestly is 50 Shades I know. I know. I am bad. But it is $0.22 used!

Yet women have no problem with it.

1. http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377697606&sr=8-1&keywords=fifty+shades+of+grey
   
   
2. I based the template on join forces, which doesn't mention "in turn order".
   
   
3. Originally it was going to count only the continents you visited in the last eighty days (because, you know, the book by Jules Verne), but that made it very crappy.
   
   
4. You can also enchant rule 100.1 which literally makes all other rules stop applying.