Category: Grier Rated

Paul Gregory | The Price was Perversity | ‘Marcia offered Belle a strange arrangement on terms she couldn’t resist…an explosive story of a woman who wanted stardom badly enough to enter the

William Rounseville Alger | The Friendships Of Women | First published in 1868. This book is a historical and philosophical examination of female friendships throughout history and across different cultures.

Iinteresting view of women’s roles just post the civil war. the final chapter is titled the ne

Violette Leduc | La Batarde | In her second revealing memoir of literary Paris, Leduc shares her insights into a post-War Parisian scene dominated by the likes of Camus, Genet, Sar

Robin Jordan | Speak Out, My Heart | A lesbian coming-of-age story written by long-time Ladder volunteer Mengle and published under the pseudonym Robin Jordan.

Vin Packer | Spring Fire | Her silky black hair. Her low-cut gown. Her sparkling sorority pin. It’s autumn rush in the Tri Epsilon house, and the new pledge, Susan Mitchell-‘Mit

Karla Jay; Allen Young | Lavender Culture | To read this book is to glimpse gay culture in its first morning…. It offers a comprehensive and poignant overview of a very special moment in gay c

Ann Bannon | The Beebo Brinker Chronicles | An anthology of the author’s best lesbian ‘pulp’ novels. These classic novels follow the exploits of a circle of women friends coming to terms with th

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

Sidney Abbott; Barbara Love | Sappho Was a Right-On Woman | A radical change in a little-understood part of society has made this book possible. It is a change that is forcing people to reevaluate their attitud

March Hastings | Crack-Up | …the torment of a woman, frustrated in marriage — torn between desire and compassion.

‘The plight of a woman bound by marriage to an