sultry novel; suggestive story
A novel or story that deliberately stirs sexual or sensational feelings; often used in literary or critical contexts.
The writer became famous overnight with a sultry novel.
Suggestive stories are often published in this magazine.
官能小説 focuses more explicitly on erotic content, while 扇情小説 emphasizes the sensational or titillating aspect without necessarily being explicit.
Compound of 扇情 (sensational, titillating) and 小説 (novel, story). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.