38 Best Lesbian Books
Goal: Find the best Lesbian books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best lesbian books" and study the top 6+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
38 Best Lesbian Books
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Annie on My Mind
by Nancy Garden
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
Stone Butch Blues
A Novel
by Leslie Feinberg
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Also recommended by:
Hillary Clinton, Emma Watson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shonda Rhimes
Everything Leads to You
by Nina LaCour
Of Fire and Stars
by Audrey Coulthurst
Rubyfruit Jungle
A Novel
by Rita Mae Brown
The Gilda Stories
by Jewelle Gomez
The Gravity Between Us
by Kristen Zimmer
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
by Emily M. Danforth
The Price of Salt
by Patricia Highsmith
Tipping the Velvet
A Novel
by Sarah Waters
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Also recommended by:
Ash
by Malinda Lo
Ask, Tell
by E.J. Noyes
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
A Novel
by Fannie Flagg
Girls of Paper and Fire
Girls of Paper and Fire, Book 1
by Natasha Ngan
Her Body and Other Parties
Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
Jam on the Vine
A Novel
by LaShonda Barnett
Jericho
by Ann McMan
Juliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera
Keeping You a Secret
by Julie Anne Peters
Lena
Poems
by Cassie Pruyn
Loving Her
A Novel
by Ann Allen Shockley
People in Trouble
by Sarah Schulman
Reservations of the Heart
by T.B. Markinson
Sing You Home
A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
The Gifts of the Body
by Rebecca Brown
The Girls in 3-B
by Valerie Taylor
The Night Off
by Meghan O'Brien
The Sea of Light
by Jenifer Levin
The Summer of Jordi Perez
by Amy Spalding
The Well of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall
Under the Udala Trees
by Chinelo Okparanta
Women
by Chloe Caldwell
Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson
Zami
A New Spelling of My Name
by Audre Lorde
Sources
- 1
45 Best Lesbian Books & Lesbian Novels You Have To Read!
onceuponajrny.com
- 2
50 Lesbian Books - The Best of Lesbian Fiction - Our Taste For Life
ourtasteforlife.com
- 3
The Ultimate Lesbian Books List; 75 Lesbian Stories to Read ASAP - EveryQueer
everyqueer.com
- 4
Bi and Lesbian Literary Fiction: 16 Novels to Keep You Thinking
bookriot.com
- 5
Best lesbian books
pennbookcenter.com
- 6
12 Books By (And About) Lesbians And Bisexual Women To Read This Pride Month
buzzfeednews.com
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