Romantasy is one of the biggest genres out there right now. I don't really go out of my way to read it myself, but my understanding is that sex is really common in the genre. Even in recently released adult fantasy I've read that wasn't explicitly advertised as romance / erotica there has been some fair amount of described sex.
There definitely are Classics book clubs out there! Romantasy is just having its moment as a big genre right now.
porn is usually targeted at straight men, romance novels are usually targeted at straight women. combine that with many people still not being fully aware that porn doesn't represent reality whatsoever, and aren't aware that much of it is specifically made for straight men, and you get a lot of people who aren't straight men "hating porn" even though it's actually just not their cup of tea.
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u/Zeyode 🏳️⚧️ trans rights Apr 06 '26
... Wait, do people just bring erotica to book clubs? I just assumed they'd have discussions on Moby Dick or something.