Core Reading for Lesbians
Discover essential lesbian literature with our curated list of core reading for lesbians. Explore groundbreaking novels, memoirs, and feminist works that celebrate LGBTQ+ voices and stories.
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The Well of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall
Originally published in 1928, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness is the timeless story of a lesbian couple's struggle to be accepted by "polite" society. …
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Chloe Plus Olivia
by Lillian Faderman
This landmark work is the most complete compilation of its kind, offering an enlightened view of a diverse and long-neglected genre. Arranged in thematic sections …
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The Ladies
by Doris Grumbach
"Grumbach is acutely sensitive to the quiet hum of everyday living and the small acquired habits that bond lovers over long periods. It is especially …
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Gertrude Stein
Stein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.
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Nightwood
by Djuna Barnes
Nightwood, Djuna Barnes' strange and sinuous tour de force, "belongs to that small class of books that somehow reflect a time or an epoch" (Times …
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Patience and Sarah
by Isabel Miller
Early in the 19th century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fell in love with one another. And with nothing and no one …
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Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
Ruth Ann Boatwright, a South Carolina bastard, tells her life with her family and the emotional and physical violence she experiences.
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The Girls in 3-B
by Valerie Taylor
Three small-town girls move to the big city in this reissue of a classic 1950s pulp.
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Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe : [a novel]
by Fannie Flagg
Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, …
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