This Is Not For You by Jane Rule
Jane Rule | This Is Not For You | ‘This Is Not For You,’ perhaps Jane Rule’s most self-consciously literary and philosophical novel, tells the story of a young woman in the late 1950s
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Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman | Rat Bohemia | Rat Bohemia won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction, and was named one of the ‘100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels of All Time’ by the Publishing
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Ellen Wittlinger | Hard Love | John Galardi is a loner, unable to express his feelings except in the pages of his zine, ‘Bananafish.’ He finds inspiration in another zine, ‘Escape V
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
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Julie Anne Peters | Keeping You A Secret | With a steady boyfriend, the position of Student Council President, and a chance to go to an Ivy League college, high school life is just fine for Hol
Black by Gaslight by Nene Adams
Nene Adams | Black by Gaslight | 2006 IPPY Award Winner! Gay/Lesbian
Winner: Black by Gaslight/The Madonna of the Sorrows, by Nene Adams (Cavalier Press)
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Shy Girl by Elizabeth Stark
Elizabeth Stark | Shy Girl | San Francisco’s edgy lesbian culture is the backdrop for this exploration of identity and secret lives. Alta Corral is a butch girl who is hung up on
Po Mans Child by Marci Blackman
Marci Blackman | Po Mans Child | From Publishers Weekly
A vivid assortment of characters inhabit Blackman’s first novel, a haunting, dark and visceral story of family entanglement
The Divided Path by Nial Kent
Nial Kent | The Divided Path | ‘He had known infatuation, but this…this was different! Bigger than anything he’d ever felt before. And it did not seem ‘unnatural.’ Now he felt him
Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta | Under The Udala Trees | Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is 11 when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to s