To make matters worse, the growing popularity of what are known as “smut books,” written for a younger age demographic , is ...

One night, unable to sleep and in bed in the spare room of the apartment she shared with her partner, she picked up Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by New York Times best ... out the smut-book boom ...

The limited focus on sex scenes at the book club is a keyhole into why smut or steamy romance novels have exploded in ...