From Havana to Dublin: lesbian fiction that tears it up
Explore top lesbian fiction from Havana to Dublin with these tear-jerking reads. Discover passionate stories, intense emotions, and unforgettable characters in this curated list of Dublin and Havana-set novels.
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Abeng
by Michelle Cliff
A lyrical coming-of-age story and a provocative retelling of the colonial history of Jamaica Originally published in 1984, this critically acclaimed novel is the story …
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Memory Mambo
by Achy Obejas
A twenty-four-year-old Cuban lesbian seeks a place for herself in her adopted American home while learning to cope with her dysfunctional family and overwhelming memories …
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Shy Girl
by Elizabeth Stark
San Francisco's edgy lesbian culture is the backdrop for this exploration of identity and secret lives. Alta Corral is a butch girl who is hung …
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Hood
by Emma Donoghue
A romance between two lesbians in Ireland, from its beginning in school to its dissolution in death. Repeatedly they break up, come together, break up …
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
by Audre Lorde
Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers “Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in …
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Does Your Mama Know?
by Lisa C. Moore
A collection of 49 stories, poems, essays and interviews about coming out as a black lesbian.
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Working Parts
by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
A novel on illiteracy set in San Francisco. The protagonist is Lori a 28-year-old lesbian who repairs bikes. A male co-worker acquires some money for …
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Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson
The most beguilingly seductive novel to date from the author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. Winterson chronicles the consuming affair between the narrator, …
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Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons
by Marilyn Hacker
This critically acclaimed sonnet sequence is the passionately intense story of a love affair between two women, from the electricity of their first acquaintance to …
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The blockbuster debut novel from "a preternaturally gifted" writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against …
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Cereus Blooms at Night
by Shani Mootoo
Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history …