Anybody who read books during adolescence that they shouldn't have?

I enjoyed "The Collector" by John Fowles, and "Lolita". "Tropic of Cancer" and "Capricorn" were so-so but too lonely and old mannish. Didn't like D.H. Lawrence but my girlfriend did. There's one I'd better not mention here. In my early adolescence I was obsessed by a novel about young, unrequited love which I can't for the life of me remember the title of; there were traces of Great Expectations but it was by a woman and slightly more risque. When I was a first-year student in London my landlady, not much older than myself, enjoyed discussing such things with me. It meant plenty of free drinks, useful for a student. She couldn't understand how such things could be available in Holy Ireland. The English blind spot about Northern Ireland !

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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 😳

alan20 · M

@SunshineGirl I think I remember the first two but don't remember if I actually read them. I will keep a look out for The Yellow Room. Sometimes it's strange what we identify with; there can be a vast chasm between fantasy and everyday reality.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@SunshineGirl Fanny Hill was made into a movie..it's funny and erotic too.
Also a tv series here in the UK.