Fifty Shades is an adult erotic BDSM romance franchise created by British writer E. L. James. It originated as a fanfic for the young-adult teen romance novel series Twilight by American author Stephenie Meyer. That story was turned into a full-length novel titled Fifty Shades of Grey. It has produced a novel series with an original novel trilogy and two follow-up novels, as well as a film trilogy.
Anastasia Steele, a young college graduate, meets Christian Grey, a young business mogul, and becomes his submissive partner. The series explores the development of their relationship.
Main article: Master of the Universe (Twilight) |
The Fifty Shades novel trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed) was originally written as a fan fiction work in the Twilight fictional universe. It was originally called Master of the Universe and written as Snowdragons Icequeen.[1][2][3]
Main article: Fifty Shades (novel series) |
Title | Release | Notes | |
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Fifty Shades of Grey | 2011 | [4] | |
Fifty Shades Darker | 2012 | [5] | |
Fifty Shades Freed | 2012 | [6] | |
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian | 2015 | [7] | |
Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian | 2017 | [8] | |
Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian | 2021 |
The original trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, have been published as an omnibus edition called the "Fifty Shades Trilogy".[9]
Main article: Fifty Shades (film series) |
Title | Release | Notes | |
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Fifty Shades of Grey | 2015 | [10] | |
Fifty Shades Darker | 2017 | [11] | |
Fifty Shades Freed | 2018 | [12] |