When I was growing up, the best sellers that titillated my friends included anything by Harold Robbins, plus Mary McCarthy???s THE GROUP, Grace Metalious??? PEYTON PLACE, Jacqueline Susann???s VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Irving Wallace???s THE FAN CLUB and even Mario Puzo???s THE GODFATHER. The themes in those books were familiar and filled with rape and drugs and all kinds of abuse.