Cyril Connolly | The Rock Pool | Very well written novel of a group of expatriates in the South of France. Nearly all are homosexuals; the story is told without comment or judgment
Gloria Naylor | The Women of Brewster Place | The National Book Award-winning novel–and contemporary classic–that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
Andre Gide | The School For Wives | One of Gide’s lesser, and lesser known works, this is a tripartite and delicate dissection of a marriage, as evidenced through the journals of a man,
Virginie Despentes | Apocalypse Baby | From its opening lines, Apocalypse Baby, the latest from France’s notorious Virginie Despentes (King Kong Theory), establishes one thing: this is a no
Lawrence Durrell | Justine | Minor lesbian content in the tetralogy (listed here as a series), each of which tells various aspects of a complex story of passion and deception from
Clarissa Dixon | Janet And Her Dear Phebe | Story of two loving little chums, separated by a misunderstanding between their families, and re-united as women. Though never explicit, the story is
Jacques De Lacretelle | Marie Bonifas | Classic novel of feminine variance. Exclusively lesbian characters are rare in French literature (although bisexual women are relatively common), and
Lisa Alther | Bedrock | Clea Shawn has enjoyed marriage, motherhood, love affairs with both sexes; and she’s traveled the world. Now she has come to the seemingly idyllic New
Sylvia Stevenson | Surplus | Often the road to heaven on earth which some call happiness, and some mirage is a tangled pathway, broadening slowly as it winds along, till as la