X: The Erotic Treasury [Hardcover]

Susie Bright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2008

If there's only room for one book on your bedside table, this should be it.

The reigning mistress of erotica, Susie Bright, has expertly chosen 40 of the hottest stories ever written: breathtaking new stories as well as the most sought-after stories from The Best American Erotica series. Designed in a "gotta-touch-it" slipcase with a cloth-covered book, the package cultivates the quality and taboo satisfaction of the stories themselves. Luminaries like Carol Queen and Robert Olen Butler contribute to the stories about all kinds of lovers: heartbreakers, foxes, maniacs, romanticists, hell-raisers, and utter bandits. This delicious collection is certain to satisfy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

TIME OUT NEW YORK
...it's a beautiful hardcover book featuring some of the most outstanding authors of erotica ever. Brainy and horny at once.

JOSEYVOGELS.COM
For the chronic masturbator with impeccable taste...The design of this absolutely beautiful cloth hard-covered collection contained in a slipcover box marked simply with the cut-out letter X is enough to turn you on.

About the Author

Susie Bright is a respected author, activist, performer, lecturer, audio show host, sex guru, teacher, and mom. She founded the first women's erotica book series, Herotica, and edited The Best American Erotica series from 1993 to 2008. She resides in Santa Cruz, California

Product Details

• Hardcover: 367 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1st ed edition (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811864022
• ISBN-13: 978-0811864022
• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy book earns its place on your nightstand or coffee table January 30, 2009

By A. Whitney VINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

Last night I attended a reading at Books Inc. for this book. It was a real treat to hear four of the authors read their stories out loud. I could feel the energy in the air as the sexual tension built with each reading. :)
I enjoyed this book immensely. Not only is it a gorgeous, luxurious book that would make a beautiful Valentine's, birthday or Christmas gift, but the content inside is rich, too. The stories feature a range of sexual situations from lesbian shoe worship, hot anonymous alley hook-ups, sex with a murderer on the run, to ritual spanking and circus love. While some of these scenarios may not be my particular fantasy, all are well-written, compelling and hot.

This would make a superb gift for both the erotica newbie and the person with a shelf full of sexy paperbacks who might enjoy a special treat.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous sexy book with great stories November 14, 2008

By KB

Format:Hardcover

Worth the price just for the feel of it -- gorgeously made, with its own classy deep red slipcover, definitely a keeper for the shelves. And just when you think there's nothing new and interesting happening in erotica, here's a great collection of 40 stories by the best authors around. Some funny, some hardcore, some softer, but all of them written in great style. I think I'll read this to my lover, one exquisite story at a time!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Runs the gamut of sexual preferences and turn-ons September 15, 2009

By Joan Price

Format:Hardcover

This anthology is unusual for several reasons:

1. It's a beautiful gift book, its cover decorated in a deep, shiny, rich, red pattern that looks almost like brocade, inserted into a fancy, equally decorative, cardboard holder with an "X" cut out.

2. The stories are really well-written. Most erotica just plops the reader into a sex scene, but most of these stories actually have plot development and character nuance.

3. This anthology runs the gamut of sexual preferences and turn-ons. Whether or not a particular story or sex act turns you on personally, it's a rich collection of what rings people's chimes.

Joan Price
Author Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty