The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness | First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall’s own life, it was banned outrig
Fiction
The Microcosm by Maureen Duffy
Maureen Duffy | The Microcosm | This novel, which opens and closes at a London club for the gay girls, is an expository, explicit, communal, interior view; while it occasionally refe
Olivia by Olivia
Olivia | Olivia | From the back cover:
“When, at 16, Olivia left her English family to spend a year in a French finishing school near Paris, she moved into an
Southland Auto Acres by Lisa Jones
Lisa Jones | Southland Auto Acres | Just out of college, Becky Pine wants a job, a girlfriend, and a manifesto. She wants a life — her own real life. Southland Auto Acres, a car lot in
The Late Breakfasters by Robert Aickman
Robert Aickman | The Late Breakfasters | A novel of disturbing wit gaily unpredictable rich in eccentrics often very funny always delightful. Young Griselda de Reptonville is invited
Winter Passage by Judith McDaniel
Judith McDaniel | Winter Passage | Novel set in a Vermont village in the 1970s opens the deeper stories of three women’s lives through the door of their friendship with each other.
Cracks by Sheila Kohler
Sheila Kohler | Cracks | Put adolescents together in a confined environment with only minimal adult supervision, and bad things will happen–a truism in literature as well as
Dark Horse by Frances Lucas
Frances Lucas | Dark Horse | Fed up with the corruption in local politics, lesbian Sidney Garrett makes a long shot bid for mayor. Enter conservative and naïve ‘society girl’, Joa
Yesterday’s Lessons by Sharon Isabell
Sharon Isabell | Yesterday’s Lessons | A short autobiography by a working class butch lesbian, based on her life experiences.
Remember The Tarantella by Finola Moorhead
Finola Moorhead | Remember The Tarantella | A work of feminist, lesbian fiction, this experimental novel explores the lives of 26 women–each named for a letter of the alphabet–during the 1980s