Asterisk (*) denotes the main pick for the episode. Year is the original publishing date. Ratings (and number of votes) are taken from Goodreads. See the Vaginal Fantasy Hangout Episode Guide
2024 [ ]
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2023 [ ]
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2022 [ ]
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2021 [ ]
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Year
Rating
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2020 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
Dec
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Talia Hibbert
2019
3.86 (42,045)
Nov
Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands, #1)
Elizabeth Vaughan
2005
3.98 (16,870)
Oct
Vengeance Born (The Light Blade, #1)
Kylie Griffin
2012
3.68 (2,055)
Sep
Burn For Me (Phoenix Fire, #1)
Eden, Cynthia
2014
3.92 (3,223)
Aug
Two Rogues Make a Right (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #3)
Sebastian, Cat
2020
4.05 (1,447)
Jul*
The Blacksmith Queen (The Scarred Earth Saga, #1)
Aiken, G.A.
2019
4.14 (4,603)
Jul
Spinning Silver
Novik, Naomi
2018
4.24 (68,141)
Jun
Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
Mihalik, Jessie
2019
3.95 (5,879)
May
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
2019
3.90 (18,066)
Apr
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
Barker, Emily Croy
2013
3.54 (12,197)
Mar
Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)
Nalini Singh
2009
4.12 (73,749)
Feb
Swordheart
Kingfisher, T.
2018
4.32 (2,399)
Jan*
The Starless Sea
Morgenstern, Erin
2015
3.86 (73,956)
Jan
Atlantis Rising (Warriors of Poseidon, #1)
Day, Alyssa
2007
3.93
(7,610)
2019 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
Dec
Weird & Wonderful Holiday Romance Anthology
Anthology
2019
4.27 (84)
Nov
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar,
Max Gladstone [1]
2019
3.96 (26,723)
Oct*
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Tamsyn Muir
2019
4.34 (2,212)
Oct
Of Ash and Spirit (Of Ash and Spirit Trilogy #1)
D.G. Swank
2018
4.33 (963)
Sep
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits, #1)
Olivia Waite
2019
4.26 (729)
Aug
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
Tahir, Sabaa
2015
4.30 (148,571)
Jul
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Penelope, L.
2018
3.73 (1,312)
Jun*
Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, #1)
Jordan L. Hawk
2012
4.11 (6,477)
Jun
Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1)
Cat Sebastian
2018
3.98 (1,456)
May*
How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou, #1)
Harper, Molly
2018
3.92 (3,901)
May
In the Vanishers’ Palace
Aliette de Bodard
2018
3.93 (897)
Apr*
The Raven Prince (Princes Trilogy, #1)
Elizabeth Hoyt
2006
3.98 (17,978)
Apr
The Princess Affair
Nell Stark
2013
3.90 (1,438)
Mar*
Wintersong (Wintersong, #1)
S. Jae-Jones
2017
3.57 (4,739)
Mar
Treasure of the Abyss (The Kraken, #1)
Tiffany Roberts
2017
4.01 (1,820)
Feb
Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1)
Kelley Armstrong
2001
4.05 (83,735)
Jan
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1)
Becky Chambers
2014
4.17 (45,329)
2018 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
Dec
Wickedly Dangerous (Baba Yaga, #1)
Deborah Blake
2014
3.72 (2,598)
Nov
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
Rin Chupeco
2017
3.68 (9,626)
Oct
To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo
2018
4.00 (22,714)
Sep
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Seanan McGuire
2016
3.86 (38,364)
Aug
The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister, #1)
Courtney Milan
2012
3.82 (17,969)
Jul
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
David Weber
1992
4.12 (36,121)
Jun
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
2011
4.29 (78,616)
May*
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Tomi Adeyemi
2018
4.31 (22.162)
May
Justice Calling (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, #1)
Annie Bellet
2014
3.62 (9,088)
Apr
Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)
Laura Thalassa
2018
4.09 (7.758)
68*¹
Karen Memory
Elizabeth Bear
2015
3.74 (3,256)
68¹
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #1)
Molly Harper
2011
3.99 (15,553)
68*¹
Air Awakens (Air Awakens, #1)
Elise Kova
2015
4.01 (12,891)
68¹
The Mad Scientist's Daughter
Cassandra Rose Clarke
2013
3.79 (2,439)
67*
Binti (Binti, #1)
Nnedi Okorafor
2015
4.02 (13,703)
67
Home (Binti, #2)
Nnedi Okorafor
2017
4.23 (4,255)
67
The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
Nnedi Okorafor
2018
4.34 (719)
67
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
Robin LaFevers
2012
3.92 (78,675)
¹Hangout 68 in February 2018 was cancelled for health reasons. Both Air Awakens and Karen Memory were covered in hangout #68 on March 20, 2018.
2017 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
Dec Hiatus
First Grave on the Right
Darynda Jones
2011
4.07 (60,317)
Nov HIatus
Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1)
Ilona Andrews
2014
4.34 (25,883)
66*
The Quick
Lauren Owen
2014
3.24 (7,401)
66
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1)
Kim Harrison
2004
4.04 (99,255)
65*
A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)
Amanda Bouchet
2016
4.12 (11,246)
65
Bitter Spirits (Roaring Twenties, #1)
Jenn Bennett
2014
3.78 (2,105)
64*
The Last Hour of Gann
Smith, R. Lee
2013
4.11 (3,572)
64
The Sumage Solution (San Andreas Shifters, #1)
G.L. Carriger (Gail Carriger
2017
3.97 (1,112)
63*
At Any Price (Gaming the System, #1)
Brenna Aubrey
2013
3.91 (14,640)
63
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
Jasper Fforde
2003
3.91 (97,615)
62*
The Ghost Bride
Yangsze Choo
2013
3.73
(13,569)
62
The Valiant (The Valiant #1)
Lesley Livingston
2017
3.88
(2,485)
61*
Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark, #17; The Dacians, #2)
Kresley Cole
2017
3.89 (2,878)
61
Palimpsest
Catherynne M. Valente
2009
3.66 (3,854)
60*
The Falconer (The Falconer, #1)
Elizabeth May
2013
3.75 (8,994)
60
Written in Red (The Others, #1)
Anne Bishop
2013
4.29 (32,969)
Mar Hiatus
Pets in Space (Zion Warriors 0.5)
S.E. Smith, et.al.
2016
3.97
(325)
Feb Hiatus
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
Genevieve Cogman
2015
3.73
(15,255)
Jan HIatus
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)
Deanna Raybourn
2016
3.93
(7,040)
58*
The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1)
Indu Sundaresan
2003
4.03
(10,586)
58
A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #1)
Amanda Bouchet
2016
4.17
(8,026)
2016 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
57*
The Flame and the Arrow (Annika Brisby, #1)
Emigh Cannaday
2010
3.72
(1,089)
57
Firelight (Darkest London, #1)
Kristen Callihan
2012
3.79
(10,620)
56*
Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator, #1)
Alexis Hall
2013
3.79
(1,000)
56
Broken Dolls (Broken Dolls, #1)
Tyrolin Puxty
2015
3.76
(409)
55*
Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)
Tessa Dare
2014
3.91
(17,173)
55
The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)
Courtney Milan
2013
3.94
(6,187)
54*
In the Black (Tales from the Edge, #1)
Sheryl Nantus
2014
3.3
(257)
54
Dark Witch (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, #1)
Nora Roberts
2013
3.9
(42,523)
53*
Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Symphony of Ages, #1)
Elizabeth Haydon
1999
3.95
(16,798)
53
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Sarah J. Maas
2015
4.29
(173,264)
52*
Flesh (Flesh #1)
Kylie Scott
2012
3.64
(4,783)
52
Here There Be Monsters (Iron Seas, #0.5)
Meljean Brook
2011
4.18
(1,599)
51*
Silver on the Road (The Devil's West, #1)
Laura Anne Gilman
2015
3.84
(1,556)
51
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1)
Ilona Andrews
2013
4.2
(20,202)
50*
The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
K.J. Charles
2013
4.12
(6,224)
50
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
Mary Robinette Kowal
2010
3.49
(10,954)
49*
The Pillars of the World (Tir Alainn, #1)
Anne Bishop
2001
3.88
(6,706)
48*
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (The Dowser #1)
Meghan Ciana Doidge
2013
3.77
(5,439)
47*
Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1)
Grace Draven
2015
4.12
(15,514)
2015 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
Dec Hiatus
No pick
Nov Hiatus
The Veil
Chloe Neill
2015
3.70 (4,049)
46*
Silver Lining
Maggie Osborne
2000
4.08
(3,948)
46
The Outsider
Penelope Williamson
1997
3.97
(1,310)
45*
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1)
Seanan McGuire
2009
3.74
(22,506)
45
Darkfever (Fever, #1)
Karen Marie Moning
2006
4.14
(122,036)
44*
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
2015
4.13
(71,813)
44
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
Patricia Briggs
2006
4.18
(134,176)
43*
The Spymaster's Lady (Spymasters, #1)
Joanna Bourne
2008
4.04
(5,277)
43
Storm Winds (Wind Dancer, #2)
Iris Johansen
1991
4.07
(2,311)
42*
Eternal Craving (Gods of the Night, #2)
Nina Bangs
2009
4.02
(1,733)
42
Taken by the T-Rex (Dinosaur Erotica)
Christie Sims , Alara Branwen
2013
2.31
(303)
41*
Driven (Northern Waste, #1)
Eve Kenin
2007
3.57
(1,281)
41
Dead of Winter (The Arcana Chronicles, #3)
Kresley Cole
2015
4.34
(11,217)
40*
The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need #1)
Stephen R. Donaldson
2003
3.9
(11,146)
40
Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, #1)
Melanie Rawn
2005
3.94
(13,326)
39*
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Rachel Bach
2013
3.97
(9,248)
39
DarkShip Thieves (Darkship #1)
Sarah A. Hoyt
2010
3.57
(1,494)
38*
Story of O
Pauline Réage
1954
3.34
(13,848)
38
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
Sylvia Day
2012
4.19
(381,688)
37*
A Spear of Summer Grass (A Spear of Summer Grass #1)
Deanna Raybourn
2013
3.82
(3,545)
37
The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin
2011
3.41
(28,251)
2014 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
36*
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (Kitty Norville #2.5 - Il est né)
Charlaine Harris
2008
3.72
(9,839)
36
A SEAL Wolf Christmas (Heart of the Wolf, #12)
Terry Spear
2013
3.02
(711)
35*
Mind Games (The Disillusionists Trilogy, #1)
Carolyn Crane
2010
3.5
(7,720)
35
Karma Girl (Bigtime, #1)
Jennifer Estep
2007
3.68
(2,882)
34*
Wicked as They Come (Blud, #1)
Delilah S. Dawson
2012
3.67
(3,824)
34
Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk, #1)
Bec McMaster
2012
3.88
(8,076)
33*
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
Ilona Andrews
2007
4.07
(73,625)
33
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
Deborah Harkness
2011
3.99
(246,131)
32*
He, She and It
Marge Piercy
1993
3.98
(4,074)
32
The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1)
Tanith Lee
1999
4.03
(3,029)
32
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Marissa Meyer
2012
4.15
(439,485)
31*
Greywalker (Greywalker, #1)
Kat Richardson
2006
3.44
(11,657)
31
Death's Daughter (Calliope Reaper-Jones, #1)
Amber Benson
2009
3.23
(2,992)
30*
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Guy Gavriel Kay
2005
4.27
(15,307)
30
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Ariana Franklin
2007
3.95
(28,934)
29*
Hunter's Claim (The Alliance, #1)
S.E. Smith
2014
3.83
(4,020)
29
Collision: Part 1 of the Colliding Worlds Trilogy
Berinn Rae
2012
3.26
(152)
28*
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Juliet Marillier
2002
4.28
(42,565)
28
Deerskin
Robin McKinley
2005
3.88
(17,517)
27*
The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, #2)
Gena Showalter
2008
4.26
(45,076)
27
Goddess of Spring (Goddess Summoning, #2)
P.C. Cast
2004
4.22
(7,603)
26*
A Girl's Guide to Vampires (Dark Ones, #1)
Katie MacAlister
2003
3.71
(11,069)
26
Undead and Unwed (Undead, #1)
MaryJanice Davidson
2004
3.81
(47,481)
25*
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
N.K. Jemisin
2010
3.8
(31,569)
25
Archangel (Samaria, #1)
Sharon Shinn
1997
4.04
(8,646)
24*
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Laurell K. Hamilton
2004
4.02
(113,947)
24
Waking Up Dead (Callie Taylor, #1)
Margo Bond Collins
2013
3.85
(705)
2013 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
23*
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Tudor Court, #2)
Philippa Gregory
2001
4.04
(395,766)
23
Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles, #2)
Kresley Cole
2013
4.39
(17,720)
22*
Dark Currents (Agent of Hel, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
2012
3.8
(6,592)
22
Autumn Bones (Agent of Hel, #2)
Jacqueline Carey
2013
3.84
(4,025)
21*
Warrior (The Blades of the Rose, #1)
Zoe Archer
2010
3.38
(2,275)
21
The Native Star (Veneficas Americana, #1)
M.K. Hobson
2010
3.56
(3,348)
20*
Assassins in Love (Assassins Guild, #1)
Kris DeLake
(Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
2012
3.0
(597)
20
Born of the Night (The League, #1)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
1996
4.21
(21,710)
19*
Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters
1998
4.0
(44,451)
19
Swordspoint (Riverside, #1)
Ellen Kushner
1987
3.79
(7,246)
18*
The Fire Lord's Lover (The Elven Lords, #1)
Kathryne Kennedy
2010
3.49
(3,295)
18
Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul, #1)
C.L. Wilson
2007
4.03
(12,926)
17*
Shadow's Claim (The Dacians, #1)
Kresley Cole
2012
4.28
(19,576)
17
Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1)
Kresley Cole
2012
4.15
(31,285)
16*
Ghost Planet
Sharon Lynn Fisher
2012
3.61
(1,428)
16
Song of Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus, #1)
Sara Creasy
2010
3.62
(2,476)
15*
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Laini Taylor
2011
4.04
(223,290)
15
Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, #1)
Larissa Ione
2008
4.07
(42,556)
14*
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
J.D. Robb
2004
4.13
(124,560)
14
Glory in Death (In Death, #2)
J.D. Robb
1995
4.25
(39,248)
13 *
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Diana Gabaldon
2005
4.2
(565,025)
13
In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy, #1)
Maya Banks
2011
4.05
(21,837)
2012 [ ]
#
Title (Series)
Author
Year
Rating
12*
Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid, #1)
Richelle Mead
2007
3.94
(46,667)
12
Dragon Actually (Dragon Kin, #1)
G.A. Aiken
2008
3.97
(19,922)
11*
My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1)
Diana Rowland
2011
3.92
(9,928)
11
Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)
Lia Habel
2011
3.84
(9,557)
10*
Poison Study (Study, #1)
Maria V. Snyder
2007
4.16
(106,267)
10
Master of Crows
Grace Draven
2009
3.95
(9,091)
9*
Cthulhurotica
Carrie Cuinn
2011
3.31
(629)
9
Eternal Pleasure (Gods of the Night, #1)
Nina Bangs
2008
3.82
(2,899)
8 *
Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1)
Rachel Caine
2003
3.72
(16,417)
8
Master of None (Gavyn Donatti, #1)
Sonya Bateman
2010
3.48
(793)
8
Oracle's Moon (Elder Races, #4)
Thea Harrison
2012
4.23
(10,288)
7*
Desperate Duchesses (Desperate Duchesses, #1)
Eloisa James
2007
3.66
(7,233)
7
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)
Sarah MacLean
2010
4.08
(28.907)
6*
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
2003
4.05
(56,232)
6
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1)
Anne Bishop
1998
4.13
(27,603)
5*
Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
Megan Sybil Baker
(Linnea Sinclair)
2005
3.62
(3,179)
5
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Ann Aguirre
2008
3.75
(11,409)
4*
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
Meljean Brook
2010
3.87
(13,420)
4
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
Gail Carriger
2009
3.91
(76,701)
3 *
Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)
Nalini Singh
2006
4.12
(46,985)
2*
Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia, #1)
Deanna Raybourn
2007
3.92
(15,415)
1 *
Grave Witch (Alex Craft, #1)
Kalayna Price
2010
3.97
(23,178)