mermaidyke:
welcome!!!!!! this is long overdue. i’ve been promising myself i’d made this forever. so here it is - the ultimate masterpost of wlw (women loving women) books. not all characters are lesbians, some are bi or pan, though all books feature f/f relationships and/or themes. there are 150+ recommendations, so enjoy!
YOUNG ADULT CONTEMPORARY:
the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
keeping you a secret by julie anne peters
grl2grl by julie anne peters
lies my girlfriend told me by julie anne peters
far from xanadu by julie anne peters
rubyfruit jungle by rita mae brown
annie on my mind by nancy garden
kissing kate by lauren myracle
everything leads to you by nina lacour
dare truth or promise by paula boock
gravel queen by tea benduhn
her name in the sky by kelly quindlen
tell me again how a crush should feel by sara farizan
no one needs to know by amanda grace
my best friend, maybe by caela carter
dirty london by kelley york
ask the passengers by a.s. king
empress of the world by sara ryan
pages for you by sylvia brownrigg
waiting in the wings by melissa brayden
breathing underwater by lu vickers
hood by emma donoghue
between you & me by marisa calin
starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow
about a girl by sarah mccarry
the flywheel by erin gough
the necessary hunger by nina revoyr
the house you pass on the way by jacqueline woodson
about a girl by joanne horniman
gravity by leanne lieberman
another life altogether by elaine beale
great by sara benincasa
the gravity between us by kristen zimmer
taking flight by siera maley
the road to her by k.e. payne
the summer i wasn’t me by jessica verdi
unspeakabe by abbie rushton
beauty of the broken by tawni waters
read me like a book by liz kessler
starring kitty by keris stainton
holding back by mila kerr
cam girl by leah raeder
not otherwise specified by hannah moskowitz
an unstill life by kate larkindale
look both ways by alison cherry
a story of now by emily o’beirne
my summer of love by helen cross
marionette by t.b. markinson
the difference between you and me by madeleine george
the bermudez triangle by maureen johnson
girl walking backwards by bett williams
FANTASY/PARANORMAL/SCIENCE FICTION:
the dark wife by sarah diemer
twixt by sarah diemer
the witch sea by sarah diemer
sugar moon by sarah diemer
far by sarah diemer
carmilla by joseph sheridan le fanu
ash by malinda lo
huntress by malinda lo
adaption by malinda lo
the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson
karen memory by elizabeth bear
bleeding earth by kaitlin ward
lady knight by l.j. baker
the second sister by rae d. magdon
wild by meghan o’brien
santa olivia by jacqueline carey
everafter by nell stark
iron & velvet by alexis hall
silver kiss by naomi clark
with her body by nicola griffith
ammonite by nicole griffith
the windup girl by paolo bacigalupi
a harvest of ripe figs by shira glassman
seven by jennifer diemer
braided by elora bishop
crumbs by elora bishop
labyrinth by pearl north
the drowning girl by caitlin r. kiernan
the red tree by caitlin r. kiernan
the big lie by julie mayhew
the first twenty by jennifer lavoie
the girl in the road by monica byrne
every dark desire by fiona zedde
CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER:
black iris by leah raeder
dangerous girls by abigail haas
far from you by tess sharpe
slow river by nicola griffith
the blue place by nicola griffith
stay by nicola griffith
vanished by e.e. cooper
keepers of the cave by gerri hill
hunter’s way by gerri hill
child of doors by j.s. little
scars by cheryl rainfield
trust me, i’m trouble by mary elizabeth summer
out of order by casey lawrence
reconstructing amelia by kimberly mccreight
vicious little darlings by katherine easer
HISTORICAL:
the paying guests by sarah waters
tipping the velvet by sarah waters
affinity by sarah waters
the night watch by sarah waters
fingersmith by sarah waters
the price of salt by patricia highsmith (also known as carol)
wildthorn by jane eagland
silhouette of a sparrow by molly beth griffin
lies we tell ourselves by robin talley
patience & sarah by isabel miller
the hours by michael cunningham
the well of loneliness by radclyffe hall
mrs dalloway by virginia woolf
the world unseen by shamam sarif
map of ireland by stephanie grant
hild by nicole griffith
honey girl by lisa freeman
letters never sent by sandra moran
fall on your knees by ann-marie macdonald
the last nude by ellis avery
the teahouse fire by ellis avery
olivia by dorothy strachey
the friendly young ladies by mary renault
moon at nine by deborah ellis
the marriage recital by katharine grant
the crimson ribbon by katherine clements
the other typist by suzanne rindell
days of grace by catherine hall
desert of the heart by jane rule
ADULT FICTION:
sing you home by jodi picoult
and playing the role of herself by k.e. lane
i can’t think straight by shamim sarif
stone butch blues by leslie feinberg
curious wine by katherine v. forrest
the color purple by alice walker
jericho by ann mcman
oranges are not the only fruit by jeanette winterson
gut symmetries by jeanette winterson
why be happy when you could be normal? by jeanette winterson
written on the body by jeanette winterson
where we belong by catherine ryan hyde
at the water’s edge by harper bliss
behind the green curtain by riley lashea
96 hours by georgia beers
all that matters by susan x. meagher
give me a reason by lyn gardner
ice by lyn gardner
my last season with you by s.v.c. ricketts
taking the long way by lily r. mason
nightwood by djuna barnes
living at night by mariana romo-carmona
choices by nancy toder
cassandra at the wedding by dorothy baker
landing by emma donoghue
stir-fry by emma donoghue
pitifully ugly by robin alexander
COMICS BOOKS/GRAPHIC NOVELS:
blue is the warmest colour by julie maroh
fun home by alison bechdel
dykes to watch out for by alison bechdel
honor girl by maggie trash
skim by mariko tamaki
potential by ariel shrag
strangers in paradise by terry moore
NON-FICTION:
odd girls and twilight lovers by lillian faderman
surpassing the love of men by lillian faderman
chloe plus olivia by lillian faderman
to believe in women by lillian faderman
sapphistries by leila j. rupp
inseparable by emma donoghue
passions between women by emma donoghue
dear john, i love jane by candace walsh
a woman like that by joan larkin
aimee & jaguar by erica fischer
the femme mystique by leslea newman
boots of leather, slippers of gold by elizabeth lapovsky kennedy
different daughters by marcia m. gallo
between women by sharon marcus
charity and sylvia by rachel hope cleves
lesbian culture: an anthology by julia penelope
alice + freda forever by alexis coe
behind the mask by matthew dennison