In 2011, a British television producer published the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. It became a phenomenon, selling 100 million copies and taking erotica mainstream. 

However, women aren’t only reading erotica in large numbers; they’re also writing it. Thanks to Amazon’s Kindle Store, which allowed writers to upload directly to the marketplace, women were able to publish books independently, bypassing traditional gatekeepers (agents, editors). Readers were hungry for books like Fifty Shades, but traditional publishers were slow to respond. Self-published authors filled the void, flooding the market with $1.99 books about innocent women and bad-boy billionaires falling in love…and having steamy sex. Readers devoured them. The authors became a force, challenging conventional feminist ideas and upending the publishing industry. 

Naughty Books follows three writers: Kelli Maine, Kirsten Proby, and CJ Roberts, as they navigate what unexpected success means for their lives, both professionally and personally.

On the surface, this movie is about self-published romance novels, but at its core, it’s about women challenging the status quo and stepping forward to tell the world they aren’t ashamed of their sexuality. In a world where #MeToo dominates the headlines and predatory behavior is pervasive, Naughty Books celebrates women reclaiming their sexuality on their own terms.