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Wild Wanton

Title: Wild Wanton (Bedside Books BB 818)
Author: Kermit Welles
Artist: Victor Olson
Year: 1959

“Boy-crazy and shameless…the twisted, young temptress used every trick in her feminine pack of wiles to satisfy her…FORBIDDEN PASSIONS!”

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA

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The Come On

Title: The Come On (Midwood 33-701)
Author: Vin Fields
Artist: Unknown (Paul Rader?)
Year: 1966

“She was the Bait…The Extra Added Attraction”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

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The Lowest Sins

Title: The Lowest Sins (MIDWOOD No. F125)
Author: Joe Castro
Artist: Paul Rader
Year: 1961

“In the arms of a man she was a temptress, a complete woman…desired and loved. and In the arms of a woman she was a temptress, a complete woman…desired and loved”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA, Lesbians and Lesbiana

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Garden of Lust

Title: Garden of Lust (Leisure LB 630)
Author: J. X. Williams
Artist: Unknown (likely Robert Bonfils)
Year: 1964

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

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Yesterday’s Love

Title: Yesterday’s Love and Eleven Other Stories (Avon 260)
Author: James T. Farrell
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1950

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA, Hot-Blooded Classics

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The Dungaree Jungle

Title: The Dungaree Jungle (All Star AS 88)
Author: Riley Benton
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1966

“Two people shared his secret–one a woman who denied it–the other a man who knew him as no woman ever had…”

Categories: Gay Male

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The Eager Ones

Title: The Eager Ones (Beacon Signal B329)
Author: John Burton Thompson
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1960

“A novel of three who recklessly defied conventional morality to get what they wanted”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

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Wanton Rendezvous

Title: Wanton Rendezvous (Sundown Reader SR616)
Author: Dean Hudson (pseudonym of Evan Hunter / Ed McBain)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1966

“The super-sleuths had run through the whole lot of vacationers, looking for that one birthmark that would positively identify the missing heiress.”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA, Mystery and Thrillers

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Desire Me

Title: Desire Me (SIGNET 1359)
Author: Leonhard Frank; Cyrus Brooks (translator)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1957

“Two men claimed her for their wife. A daring novel of a strange triangle.”

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA

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The Price of Salt

Title: The Price of Salt (MacFadden 75-234)
Author: Claire Morgan (pseudonym of Patricia Highsmith)
Artist: Photo
Year: 1969

“Their love was explosive, tender–and different. And the Price Was High.”

Categories: Lesbians and Lesbiana, Mystery and Thrillers

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