Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay American History | This unique and pioneering work is a comprehensive collection of documents on American gay life from the early days of European settlement to the emer
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
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
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
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
