Outstanding Lesbian Fantasy & Science Fiction
Discover outstanding lesbian fantasy and science fiction books! Explore top-rated titles featuring queer heroines, magical worlds, and futuristic adventures in this curated collection.
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The Dyke and the Dybbuk
by Ellen Galford
For abandoning her lover, a lesbian is cursed by an evil spirit--her descendants will bear only daughters--but a sage outwits the spirit by trapping it in a tree. Two hundred years later lightning releases the spirit and it goes after the woman's 20th Century descendant, Rainbow Rosenbloom, a taxi driver and film critic.
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Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity implant was gone. Lore Van Oesterling had been the daughter of one of the world's most powerful families...and now she was nobody, and she had to hide. Then out of the rain walked Spanner, predator and thief, who took her in, cared for her wound, and taught her how to reinvent herself again and again. No one could find Lore now: not the police, not her family, and not the kidnappers who had left her in that alley to die. She had escaped...but the cost of her newfound freedom was crime and deception, and she paid it over and over again, until she had become someone she loathed. Lore had a choice: She could stay in the shadows, stay with Spanner...and risk losing herself forever. Or she could leave Spanner and find herself again by becoming someone else: stealing the identity implant of a dead woman, taking over her life, and creating a new future. But to start again, Lore required Spanner's talents--Spanner, who needed her and hated her, and who always had a price. And even as Lore agreed to play Spanner's game one final time, she found that there was still the price of being a Van Oesterling to be paid. Only by confronting her family, her past, and her own demons could Lore meld together who she had once been, who she had become, and the person she intended to be...
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Ammonite
by Nicola Griffith
Winner of the Lambda and Tiptree Awards • “A knockout . . . Strong, likable characters, a compelling story, and a very interesting take on gender.”—Ursula K. Le Guin Change or die. These are the only options available on planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep—and its forces find themselves fighting for their lives. Terrified of spreading the virus, the company abandons its employees, leaving them afraid and isolated from the natives. In the face of this crisis, anthropologist Marghe Taishan arrives to test a new vaccine. As she risks death to uncover the women’s biological secret, she finds that she too is changing—and realizes that not only has she found a home on Jeep, but that she alone carries the seeds of its destruction. . . . Ammonite is an unforgettable novel that questions the very meanings of gender and humanity. As readers share in Marghe’s journey through an alien world, they too embark on a parallel journey of fascinating self-exploration. “A powerful story of connection, allegiance, and obligation. Read Nicola Griffith’s book—and keep an eye out for her name in the future.”—Vonda N. McIntyre “A marvelous blend of high adventure and mind-boggling social speculation.”—Kim Stanley Robinson
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From the Ashes
by Meghan Brunner
Let's say you're a lady who believes in Magick about as much as you believe in a picture of somewhere you've never been. . . . or maybe only as much as a pretty dream you'd like to have come true. Or let's say you're the sort of gal who has not even the slightest doubt in your heart that Magick is real. . . .but True Love is another story entirely. Then let's say everything you've doubted comes skipping up to you, tips its hat, and says "hello!" What happens when your reality check bounces? You make a new reality, of course! One with new joys, new sorrows, new friends, new love, new Magick . . . . a world that has always been there, as close as the misplaced pen behind your ear. This is the world of urban fantasy fiction. . . . or is it reality? Where does fiction end and reality begin? After all, this is Pendragon Renaissance Faire, where for seven weeks, anything is possible. Anything.
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Witchfire
by Lauren Maddison
In this sequel to best-selling 'Deceptions,' Connor Hawthorne, attorney turned crime novelist, departs from her native Santa Fe to travel to England, where grave robbers have looted the grave of her recently deceased grandmother. Connor is not prepared for the family secrets that come tumbling out and threaten not only her, but everyone she loves. Blending thriller fiction with mythology, Lauren Maddison adds in some murder and builds the story to a heart-pounding conclusion.
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Cobb Island
by Blayne Cooper
Three romances in one story fill the pages of this love-swept novel as three couple stay in an eerie house on an island off the coast of Virginia.
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Adeptus Major
by Alex Mykals
It's not quite the world you know. Crown Princess Evelynne deMolay is Heir to the modern-day island nation of Atlantis. Alleandre Tretiak is a foreigner whose quiet shyness conceals secrets and incredible power. When Ally saves Evelynne's life by stepping in front of an assassin's bullet, they are thrown together in the middle of a plot to overthrow the Realm. Ally is forced to navigate a new and unfamiliar culture, while Evelynne must come to terms not only with what Alleandre's power represents, but her own growing attraction to someone totally unsuitable to be the lover of the Heir of Atlantis. Together they must stretch each other's minds, and push the boundaries of a society.