{"id":1525,"date":"2025-08-08T10:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:43:14","slug":"spicy-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/spicy-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Spicy Books deserves a space on our shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the words spicy, books and women are in the same sentence, it sends the patriarchy and its puritanical beliefs into a panic. In this panic, headlines like \u201c<em>Spicy books are ruining literature<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>Women\u00b4s standards become too high because of spicy books<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Women are reading porn<\/em>\u201d are pushed onto women readers in an attempt to shame them back into the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5-450x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A stack of romance books\" class=\"wp-image-1531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B0B86A9C-62B9-4EEB-B6DC-32AC92A0DCD5.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Society often shames women for doing something they love when it falls outside the tiny box it wants them to stay in. You know the tiny box where women aren\u00b4t allowed to have bodies let alone show a part of it. Where they aren\u00b4t allowed to talk or think about sex, but are expected to be the best bed partner ever. Where they should be a prize to be gawked at but not heard. The box where women should be all body and no brain, because they are easier to control that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>People offer countless reasons why women should be shamed for reading spicy books\u2014supposedly to protect their delicate feminine sensibilities, of course. Let\u2019s break those down and debunk them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are women who read spice okay?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E6860-479x600.jpg\" alt=\"a woman with her back to us browsing book shelves\" class=\"wp-image-1534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E6860-479x600.jpg 479w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E6860-319x400.jpg 319w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E6860-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_E6860.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Women readers are constantly met with concern, as if enjoying a spicy book means something must be wrong\u2014&#8217;Are you okay?&#8217; they ask. The easy answer to that is probably no, because let&#8217;s face it, in today\u00b4s society who actually is okay? But women are not less okay because they read. This question is pretty much calling women who enjoy spicy books mentally unwell. Given the existing stigma around women and sexuality, this question only reinforces harmful beliefs and adds to the shame placed on women who read books that depict sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spicy books are ruining literature (but only when women write and read it)!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C-450x600.jpeg\" alt=\"3 books on a bed\" class=\"wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4CDC4B03-1F91-40B2-8A16-67087C99AA9C.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Never have I heard anyone say that George R. R. Martin is ruining literature with his book series <em>A Song of Ice and Fire<\/em> even though it has spicy scenes. Not only does the series have more spicy scenes than the average spicy book written by women, the majority of those scenes depict violent sex, incest, paedophilia and rape. Yet, Martins spicy book series isn\u00b4t ruining literature. It is depicting themes true to the time it was inspired by. As far as I recall, ice zombies and dragons didn\u00b4t exist in medieval time, but perhaps my history books have it wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that an army of dead people and a mother of dragons is more believable than a man who thinks consent is sexy and wants the woman he is intimate with to orgasm at least once. If <em>A Song of Ice and Fire\u00b4s<\/em> violent depictions of sex are true to the time its set in, how come a romance novel set in our day and age that depicts two consenting adults being intimate and both enjoying it isn\u00b4t true to its time? Because society doesn\u00b4t place any importance on a woman\u00b4s consent or pleasure. That is simply unimaginable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The people using this argument seem to have missed that humans have been reading and writing spicy books for as long as stories have existed. No matter the genre, certain truths remain constant. Even the most fictional stories are rooted in elements of our real world. One of the biggest elements is love. Platonic, romantic or otherwise. Love is in everything we consume. From <em>Marvel<\/em> to <em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>; <em>Lord of the Ring<\/em>s to <em>Bridgerton<\/em>. From <em>Transformers <\/em>to <em>The Notebook<\/em>; <em>The Odyssey<\/em> to <em>Pretty Woman<\/em>. Love is all around. How that love is depicted, from no spice to five red hot peppers, doesn\u00b4t decide its worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women\u00b4s standards are too high!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a woman looking towards the camera holding 3 books\" class=\"wp-image-1532\" style=\"width:544px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC00317-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u00b4s standards are not high enough! Whatever lies below hell, that\u00b4s where the bar is. Society loves to tell women they are too much and that their standards are too high.  Whereas most women will be shocked when a man does the bare minimum because it\u00b4s so rare. In real life that is. In spicy books, it\u00b4s a whole different story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Consent is not only the bare minimum, but also a key word in spicy books. Words like worship, goddess and love are prevalent in spicy scenes. In books men will voluntarily crawl over a bed of nails to get to the woman they love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In real life, there is a huge emotional and physical deficit when it comes to romantic relationships. And no, I\u00b4m not talking about the \u201cmale loneliness epidemic\u201d. I am talking about the deficit that has existed for centuries. Women\u00b4s pleasure hasn\u00b4t been secondary to the man\u00b4s, it has been non &#8211; existent. Women\u00b4s consent, whether within a marriage, relationship or with a stranger, has not been important to our society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike most real-life men, book men make sure their partner feels safe and protected. They always make sure their woman is satisfied, which includes aftercare. To want a partner who not only makes you feel safe and makes sure you consent to whatever is happening in or out of the bedroom, but who prioritises your pleasure just as much as his own is not asking for too much. If anything, spicy books encourage women to know their worth and choose partners who treat them as such. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spicy books are porn!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3-450x600.jpeg\" alt=\"3 books on a bed\" class=\"wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6865284C-A65B-4BF6-9A6D-CBFBAE81F5D3.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only is this, by the definition of porn, incorrect, it\u00b4s also wildly inaccurate. Spicy books, which more often than not, includes less than 5% of spice, is comparable with a movie that includes on-screen intimacy. The only book genre that could possibly be compared to porn is erotica. Even then, it\u00b4s not even comparable. Porn uses real-life people, and can depict violent sex that leads to dangerous situations, especially for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Erotica and spicy books in turn depicts fictional characters who are consenting adults exploring their sexuality and deepening their relationship. Intimate scenes in spicy books often act as a plot point where the story comes to a climax (pun not intended). Spicy scenes in books aren\u00b4t just there for the readers pleasure, but to deepen the relationship between the main character and the love interest. That is in and of itself incomparable with an industry that puts real-life people at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spicy books are incredibly important!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a selection of Emily Henry books\" class=\"wp-image-1537\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bookinfluencers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIRX4629-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, but most certainly not least, spice in books is extremely important. It shows women examples  of healthy relationships. It also gives them a safe space to explore their own sensuality. This is especially true for women, like me, who have experienced sexual assault or other bad interactions in relation to sex. Through books, people can explore the world of sex from the safety and comfort of their own home. Without having to interact with a partner or physically engage in sex of any variety, intimate scenes depicted in books are a gateway to learn, think about and experience sexual intimacy. Thanks to trigger warnings and blurbs, women can also adhere to their own limits as well as learn the importance of their own consent and pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you ever question if you are bad or feel like you should be ashamed for enjoying spicy books, just remember that any time you pick one up and flick through those pages, you\u00b4re defying the patriarchy and that inherently makes you good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Lily on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bookswlily\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lilythebibliophile?_t=ZN-8uLdEFKC2w2&amp;_r=1&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadUwyLGSzph9vV2-YukQdc5jcNTm2WVvIhDcAlKbVk9YHMRmrxHEDeP7Twvjg_aem_IocDxgaQEpd7rbtk_0rEww\">TikTok<\/a> at @lilythebibliophile. Lily is just an ordinary girl who loves to read about extraordinary things. She is a book lover whose heart beats a little harder for romance and fantasy books and any mention of banter, a good trope or dragons in a book sweeps her off her feet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the words spicy, books and women are in the same sentence, it sends the patriarchy and its puritanical beliefs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[34,37,25,18,23,24,19,83,22],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","tag-book-community","tag-bookinfluencers","tag-bookstagram","tag-booktok","tag-influencers","tag-instagram","tag-publishing","tag-romance-books","tag-tiktok"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Spicy Books deserves a space on our shelves - Bookinfluencers.com Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"why do spicy books have such a negative reputation, and should they deserve a space on our shelves? 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