major lesbian fiction
Explore the best major lesbian fiction books with our curated list of top novels. Discover iconic and must-read lesbian stories, romance, and LGBTQ+ literature for every reader.
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The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks
by Jen Sincero
Drawing on personal experience and hundreds of interviews with straight chicks who've slept with lesbians, straight chicks who've slept with straight chicks, lesbians who have slept with straight chicks, and straight chicks who've done both or neither, Sincero covers A to Z of the experience.
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
“Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”—The New York Times Book Review The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available. Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
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Wet
by Nicole Foster
Intense and vibrantly real lesbian erotica in the spirit ofSkin Deep, these quick and dirty true stories revel in hot lesbian sex. As they peek into the diary of a very busy (and very bad) girl, readers will be panting hungrily as women from around the world reveal their most intimate lesbian encounters. Nicole Fosteredited the best-selling books,Skin Deep, Awakening the Virgin, Body Check, andElectric. She undresses in front of her window in Los Angeles.
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Box Lunch
by Diana Cage
Written by a woman experienced on both ends of the oral sex equation, this nuts-and-bolts exploration of cunnilingus is written for both novices and pros, and demystifies the female anatomy with an eye towards making oral sex as satisfying for the giver as it is for the receiver. Explicit, detailed, and enormously entertaining, Cage guides women (and men) through the basics to more advanced topics such as anilingus, G spot stimulation, female ejaculation, and clit pumping.
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Whole Lesbian Sex Book
by Felice Newman
Offers a comprehensive guide to lesbian sex, discussing techniques, intimacy, health issues, sex toys, and more.
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One Degree of Separation
by Karin Kallmaker
Big city girl in a small town--Liddy Peel has culture shock. Marian Pardoo, Reference Librarian for the Iowa City Public Library, would be happy if the woman she's loved for years wasn't already married. Annoyed by the thoughtless out-of-town Liddy, she isn't prepared for the seething passion that erupts when Liddy careens into her meticulously controlled life. Liddy has run two thousand miles from a devastating love affair. Now the idea of spending the sweltering summer watching the corn grow is driving her mad. Finding herself lusting after Marian the Librarian seems like yet another cosmic jest at her hopeless love life. The only thing that keeps her sane is the coffee. In a town where everybody knows your name, the names of your exes, pets, and your third grade teacher, Marian is thankful that she and Liddy at least don't have an ex-girlfriend in common. One degree of separation is too close for comfort. A hilarious, erotic and insightful story of a close-knit community in America's Heartland from master storyteller Karin Kallmaker.
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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.