A to Z Challenge: Bookish Thoughts: X

X Is for X-Rated

However, there isn't much reading involved in hard-core pornography.  So let's talk about Playboy magazine. The long-running joke is: I only read Playboy for the articles.  Well, I don't know about the articles, but a lot of quality writing has been published in Playboy as shot stories or excerpts of novels.  Anyway, recommended books by authors who had their writing published in the infamous magazine: