The Femme Mystique
By: Lesléa Newman
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A fascinating and insightful look at the world of femme identity within the lesbian community. Writ…
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1. The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Volume 1 (The Girl from the Other Side, #1)
By: Nagabe , Adrienne Beck , Lys Blakeslee
4.22
Format: 177 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time... In a land far away, there were two kingdoms: the Outside, where twisted beas… read more
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2. The Well of Loneliness
By: Radclyffe Hall
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disgu… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
3. Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones
By: Torrey Peters
4.12
Format: None pages,
In the future, everyone will be trans. So says Lexi. She's a charismatic trans woman furious with t… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
4. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison
5.00
Format: 398 pages, ebook
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more
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5. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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- feminism
- gender
- queer
- lgbt
6. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
By: Robin Sloan
3.50
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and… read more
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7. The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader
By: Joan Nestle
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
Gay & Lesbian Studies, Homosexuality, Women's Studies read more
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8. Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
By: Rae Spoon , Ivan E. Coyote , Joan Nestle , S. Bear Bergman , Nairne Holtz , Anne Fleming , Jewelle L. Gómez , Jeanne Cordova , Sinclair Sexsmith , Victoria A. Brownworth , Zoe Whittall , None , None , Amber Dawn , Anna Camilleri , None , Chandra Mayor , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha , Michael V. Smith , Zena Sharman , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Melissa Sky , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None
4.20
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Lambda Literary Award finalist American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book In the summer of 2… read more
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9. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
By: Alison Bechdel
4.08
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?"-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Mom, how come you never go outside?" "I told you, I'm a vampire."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
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10. マイ・ブロークン・マリコ [Mai burōkun Mariko]
By: Waka Hirako
4.07
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
あたしは骨になったマリコと、最初で最後の旅に出た。 柄の悪いOLのシイノは親友の死を知り、ある行動を決意した。女同士の魂の結びつきを描く鮮烈なロマンシスストーリー! read more
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- lgbt
"Even as ashes, you were sparkling, and impossible to hold, and dancing in the wind, and then, unable to defy gravity."-Waka Hirako, マイ・ブロークン・マリコ [Mai burōkun Mariko]
"Even my mama told me that I picked the wrong person to be born to. Would have been so nice… I wanted to be born to Shii-Chan. I wanted to be Shii-Chan’s baby."-Waka Hirako, マイ・ブロークン・マリコ [Mai burōkun Mariko]
"I still have so much more I want to tell you… even though I’m still here…! Do you feel nothing for leaving me here like this…!? You can’t feel shit anymore when you’re dead!"-Waka Hirako, マイ・ブロークン・マリコ [Mai burōkun Mariko]
11. Fluids
By: May Leitz
3.43
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
A woman, desperate for companionship. Another woman desperate for acceptance. Love and obsession qu… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
12. The Fiancée Farce
By: Alexandria Bellefleur
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a s… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
13. Bloom
By: Delilah S. Dawson
3.90
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
14. 気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.1 (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, #1)
By: Sumiko Arai
4.61
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
私が推している彼は、男じゃなかった。 CDショップで働いているミステリアスな「おにーさん」が気になってしょうがない女子高生・あや。しかし「おにーさん」の正体は、話したこともない、クラスメイトの… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"C'est parce que j'aime ce qui est cool... Voilà pourquoi je m'habille de cette façon."-Sumiko Arai, 気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.1 (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, #1)
15. The Color Purple
By: Alice Walker
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and … read more
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- feminism
- queer
- lgbt
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
"Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors."-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
"I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is."-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
"Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved."-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
16. Of Wulf and Wynd, Part 1: The Vows of Marriage (The Kingdoms of Gyldren #2)
By: Lexa Luthor
4.53
Format: 475 pages, ebook
Princess Tharon and Princess Roswynd were best of friends as kids; now they are enemies and forced … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
17. An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Las Leonas, #2)
By: Adriana Herrera
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
An Entertainment Weekly "Best Romance Novels of Spring 2023" Pick! One last summer. For Manu… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
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18. 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]
By: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
4.74
Format: 2050 pages, Webnovel
为你，所向披靡！ C天R地小妖精攻×仙风道骨收破烂受 啊那个收破烂的天界公务员，跟鬼界第一大佬有一腿！ "Heaven Official’s Blessing" Eight … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I pray to never rest in peace."-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]
"I, DO NOT WORSHIP GODS. I, AM GOD!"-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]
"Obviously, the kind that belongs to him."-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]
"I am forever your most devoted believer."-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]
19. The Pairing
By: Casey McQuiston
3.90
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing
20. Thirsty Sword Lesbians
By: April Kit Walsh
4.42
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Love, swords, and adventure. Thirsty Sword Lesbians battle the Lady of Chains when her enforcers… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
21. The Femme Mystique
By: Lesléa Newman
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A fascinating and insightful look at the world of femme identity within the lesbian community. Writ… read more
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- lesbian
- gay
- lgbt
- feminism
- gender
- gender studies
- nonfiction
- essays
- gender and sexuality
- queer
