Erotic Fiction

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Why You Read Smut (And What It’s Actually Telling You) | Second Banana

July 26, 2026

BookTok made erotic fiction mainstream. The psychology of why we read it — and what our fantasies reveal about desire, safety, and what we actually want — is more interesting than anyone’s giving it credit for. Here’s the research.