If you’re looking for something with a lot of sex…

BDSM/BDSM Romance

• Laura Antoniou - I’ve only read the Marketplace books, but the characterization is fantastic.
• Annabel Joseph - I love her historicals.
• Tiffany Reisz
• Tymber Dalton

Erotic Romance

• Maya Banks
• Jenny Lyn

Spanko/DD

• Anastasia Vitsky
• Renee Rose
• Lisabet Sarai – She’s not especially known for spanko-specific stuff, but this collection is good enough to single out.

“Dark” Erotica

• Kitty Thomas
• William Vitelli

Short Stories and Anthologies

• Alison Tyler
• Rachel Kramer Bussel

Memoirs

• Daisy Danger
• Georgina Spelvin
• Melissa Febos

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

• Jacqueline Carey
• Shon Richards
• A. Violet End - The fairy tales.
• Anne Rice

Literary

• Anaïs Nin
• Senta Holland
• Harper Eliot
• Gibson Grand

Pulp/Neo-pulp

• Jackson Short – check ebay
• Shon Richards
• Anderson Prunty

If you’re looking for non-fiction on sexuality:

• Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic by Esther Perel
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
• S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College by Heather Corinna
• Fetish – Fashion, Sex & Power by Valerie Steele
• Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey

Other books & writers I love:

• An Intimate History of Humanity – this book is like a magical anti-depressant for me. I recommend it to everyone.
• Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism by Eva Illouz (or, really anything by Eva Illouz.
• Richard Yates
• Angela Carter
• Dorothy Allison