Anybody who read books during adolescence that they shouldn't have? I enjoyed "The Collector"...

helenS · 36-40, F

I was free to read whatever I wanted. "L'histoire d'O" was probably a borderline case.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

I read Delta of Venus and Fanny Hill at boarding school which had an immense impression on my young mind. There was a small collection of Victorian era erotica stashed under a floorboard in the older part of the school. One book that I remember, The Yellow Room, cannot be bought on Amazon today 😳

GovanDUNNY · M

I read all my Uncles Enid Blyton books famous five were better than the secret seven for me.the secret seven books were my mothers books

hunkalove · 61-69, M

I read James Bond when I was 12 and those hard-boiled 25-cent paperbacks that usually had a sex scene or two. Now I write them. I tried to check Ulysses out of the library when I was 13 but they wouldn't let me.

SW-User

I was really innocent.
I'd read sweet teen love stories, or even detective series like Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. 😂

RosaMarie · 41-45, F

I was in early high school when I read Jaquelin Carey. Lots of BSDM in those books. If you like Fantasy and erotica, check it out.

SW-User

I'm glad to say that I was a pretty innocent adolescent, lolz

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I don't know how to understand "shouldn't have". I read many books but can't tell if any of them had caused some irreversible damage on my psyche. 😅 Maybe they did. I read about witch hunts, rape, torture, romantic books, many books by male authors presenting the world through their eyes...it is possible it all didn't have the best impact on me.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Well, no one ever told me what to or not to read growing up.

CookieCrumbs · F

I read Sydney Sheldon novels at 13 years old. The scenes could be somewhat 😳 for any 13-yr old in many levels. Aside from nsfw scenes, there was the political manipulation, espionage, etc.

I was also that age when I started reading Robert Ludlum’s
Bourne series.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

I've always loved reading. At the age of 25 or so i read two books by the Marquis De Sade,'100 Days Of Sodom' and 'Justine'..they made me laugh but i was shocked at some of his imaginings.
Those books were illegal here in England,i think they may still be illegal.

CopperCicada · M

Shouldn't have is complicated because it presupposes not only values, but what is healthy for the teenager.

I am guessing you mean sexual content. That was the least damaging of the things I went through in my father's library.

spjennifer · 61-69, T

First time I saw a pic of naked boobs was reading National Geographic, they often had articles about African and South American tribes where the women were completely naked too 🤪

AirForce687 · 36-40, M

I definitely read Fifty Shades before I should have.

ButterRobot · 51-55, M

American Psycho… way too disturbing

Dino11 · M

A few Harrold Robbins books, considered very risque at the time.

chrisCA · M

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bijouxbroussard · F

I found Tropic of Cancer in Pop’s bookshelf when I was nine. He saw me reading it and shrugged. I also found Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place. I spent my teenage years imagining that everyone smoked cigarettes after sex and someone invariably asked, "Was it good for you ?”
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