Frost In May by Antonia White
A young girl navigates intense friendships and psychological repression at a strict Catholic convent.
Coming of Age
Daughter Of Winter And Twilight by Helen Corcoran
Set fourteen years after Queen of Coin and Whispers, this sequel follows Emri, the adopted daughter and heir of Queens Lia and Xania, as she and her cousin Melisande are kidnapped by the goddess Lady Winter and forced to complete deadly trials alongside other young royals.
The Bricks That Built The Houses by Kate Tempest
A gritty debut novel set in South London following lesbian drug dealer Harry and bisexual dancer Becky as their lives intersect through Harry’s brother Pete, exploring their complex romantic relationship against the backdrop of urban struggle, family histories, and the contemporary challenges facing millennials.
Hermione by Hilda Doolittle; H.
A modernist poet’s semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman in her twenties discovering her identity, sexuality, and artistic voice through an intense friendship with another woman while engaged to Ezra Pound.
My Best Friend, Maybe by Caela Carter
A YA novel about former best friends Colette (a conservative religious teen) and Sadie (a lesbian) who reunite on a Greek vacation three years after their mysterious falling out, where Sadie finally reveals the secret of her sexual identity that caused her to end their friendship before high school.
My Brain Hurts by Liz Baillie
My Brain Hurts Volume One Liz Baillie A group of teenage queer punks get in perpetual trouble with the police when they aren’t flirting over loud music or postering their high school with flyers to allow same sex couples at prom. It’s like they were your actual high school peers – pissing off the administration … Read more
A + E 4ever by Ilike Merey
An androgynous teenage boy named Ash and Eulalie, a tough-talking lesbian artist, form an intense friendship at the margins of high school society that blurs the boundaries between friendship, love, gender, and sexuality
Glass Hours by Susan Molyneaux
Evelyn Winters is suspended in the aftermath of her mother’s death, her marriage to Charlene Foster dissolving into brittle choreography of unspoken grievances.
The Bricks That Built The Houses by Kate Tempest
A gritty debut novel set in South London following lesbian drug dealer Harry and bisexual dancer Becky as their lives intersect through Harry’s brother Pete, exploring their complex romantic relationship against the backdrop of urban struggle, family histories, and the contemporary challenges facing millennials.
Black Wave by Michelle Tea
A metaliterary hybrid memoir-novel following lesbian writer Michelle through 1990s San Francisco’s queer scene and her drug-fueled relationships, as the world literally begins ending around her move to Los Angeles, blending addiction recovery with apocalyptic fiction.