List of lesbian fiction

This is a list of books portraying sexual relations between women, works of fiction with characters who may be lesbians, bisexuals or straight-identified women who have sex with women. It includes a list of characters that make recurring appearances in fiction series.

Fiction and drama (2nd century)

  • Dialogues of the Courtesans, Lucian of Samosata

Fiction and drama (18th century)

Fiction and drama (19th century)

  • Mademoiselle Maupin, (1835) by Théophile Gautier
  • Der Liebe Lust und Leid der Frau zur Frau, (1895) - the only exemplar laies into the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with the Signatur (Yx 27911) [1]
  • Nana, Émile Zola (1880), an extended description of Chez Laure, a Parisian restaurant that caters to a lesbian clientele;[2] the relationship of Nana and the unfaithful Satin, "with her blue eyes and schoolgirlish look", "bitten and beaten and torn this way and that by the two women".[3]
  • 鳳雙飛 (Feng shuangfei) (A Pair of Male Phoenixes Flying Together), 1899 by Cheng Huiying (程蕙英)[4]

Fiction and drama (20th century)

Fiction and drama (21st century)

Mystery series by lead character

  • Alison Kaine, a lesbian police officer in Denver, Colorado in mysteries by Kate Allan
  • Allison O'Neill, a lesbian in mysteries by Lauren Wright Douglas
  • Amanda Valentine, a lesbian detective inspector in Wellington, New Zealand in mysteries by Rose Beecham
  • Wilhelmina "Bil" Hardy, an amateur lesbian detective in Idaho Code and From Hell to Breakfast by Joan Opyr
  • Brenda Strange, a private investigator of the weird in Tampa, Florida in mysteries by Patty Henderson
  • Brett Higgins, a gangster/private investigator in Detroit, Michigan in mysteries by Therese Szymanski
  • Caitlin Reece, a lesbian in mysteries by Lauren Wright Douglas
  • Carmen Ramirez, a 24-year-old Irish-Puerto Rican lesbian copy editor at her hometown newspaper in Frontier City, Oklahoma in mysteries by Lisa Haddock
  • Carol Ashton, a lesbian detective inspector in Sydney, Australia in mysteries by Claire McNab
  • Cassandra Reilly, a widely traveled lesbian translator in mysteries by Barbara Wilson
  • Cassidy James, a lesbian private investigator based in Portland, Oregon in mysteries by Kate Calloway
  • Colleen Fitzgerald, a lesbian insurance investigator in mysteries by Barbara Johnson
  • Danielle Renaud, a lesbian French-Canadian RCMP officer in mysteries by Nadine LaPierre
  • Desiree "Dez" Reilly, a lesbian policewoman in St. Paul, Minnesota in mysteries by Lori L. Lake[12]
  • Emma Victor, a lesbian private investigator in San Francisco, California in mysteries by Mary Wings
  • Fleur de Roller, an undercover security agent who falls for her subject in The Woman Who Pretended To Love Men (Those Strange Women #2) by Anna Ferrara
  • Gianna Maglione, lesbian police lieutenant in Washington, D.C. in mysteries by Penny Mickelbury
  • Hilary Tamar (?), an androgynous lawyer in mysteries by Sarah Caudwell; in fact, Caudwell never specifies Tamar's sex
  • Hyacinth Dickinson a lesbian gynecologist and diamond smuggler in Newcastle upon Tyne by Ellen Dean
  • Jane Lawless, a lesbian restaurant owner and private investigator in Minneapolis in mysteries by Ellen Hart
  • Jet Butler, a lesbian college professor in mysteries by B. Reese Johnson
  • Jo Jacuzzo, a charismatic lesbian in Buffalo, New York in mysteries by Anne Seale
  • Jude Devine, a lesbian sheriff's detective in Montezuma County, Colorado in mysteries by Rose Beecham
  • Kate Delafield, a lesbian LAPD homicide detective and former Marine in mysteries by Katherine V. Forrest
  • Kate Martinelli, a lesbian homicide detective in San Francisco in mysteries by Laurie R. King
  • Kristin Ashe, a lesbian private investigator in mysteries by Jennifer L. Jordan
  • Kellen Stewart, a therapist and a lesbian in Great Britain by Manda Scott
  • Kylie Kendall, the lesbian manager of a pub in tiny Wollegudgerie, Australia who inherits 51% of her father's private detective agency in Los Angeles, California in mysteries by Claire McNab
  • Lane Thompson, a charming lesbian patient at the Wonderdrug Psychiatric Center in The Woman Who Made Me Feel Strange (Those Strange Women #1) by Anna Ferrara
  • Lauren Laurano, a lesbian private investigator in Manhattan in mysteries by Sandra Scoppettone
  • Lexy Hyatt, a lesbian crime reporter in Florida in mysteries by Carlene Miller
  • Lindsay Gordon, a lesbian journalist and socialist in Glasgow, Scotland in mysteries by Val McDermid
  • Maggie Garrett, a young, lesbian private investigator in San Francisco in mysteries by Jean Taylor
  • Maris Middleton, a lesbian chemist with a specialization in forensics in mysteries by Kaye Davis
  • Meg Lacey, a lesbian private investigator based in Canada in mysteries by Elizabeth Bowers
  • Rainey Blue Bell, an FBI agent on medical leave and a bail bonds business owner; meets her first lesbian lover in Rainey Days, the first novel in the Rainey Bell mystery series by R.E. Bradshaw
  • Micky Knight, a lesbian private investigator in New Orleans in mysteries by J.M. Redmann
  • Monette O'Reilley, a towering lesbian, the star player of the Leaping Lesbians of the Park Slope soccer team, and a graphic artist in New York City in mysteries by David Stukas
  • Nea Fox, a lesbian private investigator in London, England in mysteries by Amelia Ellis
  • Nickel (Nicole) Smith, a lesbian small-town newspaper editor in Runnymeade by Rita Mae Brown
  • Pam Nilsen, lesbian printing company owner in Seattle, Washington by Barbara Wilson
  • Saz Martin, a lesbian private investigator in London by Stella Duffy
  • Shay O'Hanlon, a lesbian coffee store owner in the humorous caper/mysteries by Jessie Chandler
  • Stoner McTavish, a lesbian travel agent in Boston, Massachusetts by Sarah Dreher
  • Sydney Sloan, a lesbian private investigator in New York, New York, in the Stonewall Inn mysteries by Randye Lordon
  • Toni Mendez, a lesbian private investigator in London by Sam Skyborne
  • Toni Barston, a lesbian district attorney specializing in borderline personalities in mysteries by Terri Breneman
  • Tru North, a lesbian police detective in Kansas City, Missouri in mysteries by Janet McClellan
  • Virginia Kelly, a lesbian investment adviser in mysteries by Nikki Baker

Romance novels

  • La Fille aux yeux d'or - Honoré de Balzac
  • The Interpretation of Love and the Truth – Barbara Winkes[13]
  • It's Complicated:Misconceptions - Erika Renee Land
  • Owning Regina – Lorelei Elstrom[14]
  • Curious Wine, Emergence of GreenKatherine V. Forrest
  • All True Lovers, Cytherea's Breath, AmanthaSarah Aldridge
  • Legacy of Love, Love in the Balance, Dawn of the Dance, Never Ending, Mirrors, Under the Witness Tree, Dance in the Key of LoveMarianne K. Martin
  • Mulligan, House on Sandstone, Just this Once, Secrets So Deep, Out of Love – KG MacGregor[15]
  • Sunset Island, Awaiting My Assignment, The Interim, Anything Your Heart Desires - AJ Adaire[16]
  • Beyond Midnight, Beautiful Strangers (Hyacinth Dickinson Series) - Ellen Dean[17]
  • Honor Series, Justice Series, Provincetown Series – Radclyffe
  • All the Wrong Places, Car Pool, Embrace in Motion, Finders Keepers, In Every Port, Just LIke That, The Kiss that Counted, One Degree of Separation, Painted Moon, Sugar, Unforgettable, Making Up For Lost Time, Substitute for Love, Touchwood, Wild Things, Watermark (the last the sequel to Touchwood) – Karin Kallmaker
  • Course of Action, Coffee Sonata, Sheridan's Fate, September canvass – Gun Brooke[18]
  • Define Destiny JM Dragon[19]
  • First Instinct, Forever Found, Rising Storm, Hotel Liaison – J. Lee Meyer[20]
  • More Than Paradise, the Moon Island Series: Passion Bay, Saving Grace, The Sacred Shore, A Guarded Heart, and the Dark Vista series: Dark Dreamer, Dark Valentine – Jennifer Fulton
  • I Found My Heart In San Francisco Series, Arbor Vitae – SX Meagher[21]
  • Sweet Bitter LoveRita Schiano
  • Sierra City, Gulf Breeze, Hunter's Way, Behind the Pine Curtain, Coyote Sky, Dawn of Change, The Rainbow Cedar, One Summer Night – Gerri Hill[22]
  • The Light Fantastic – L A Tucker
  • Never Say Never, Class Reunion – Linda Hill
  • None So Blind, Prairie Fire, Tumbleweed Fever – LJ Maas
  • Galveston 1900: Swept Away, The Bluest Eyes in Texas, and Borderline – Linda Crist
  • The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment, The Value of Valor – Lynn Ames[23]
  • The Price of SaltPatricia Highsmith (originally under the pseudonym "Claire Morgan")
  • Infinite Loop – Meghan O'Brien[24]
  • Innocent Hearts, Love's Melody Lost, Love's Tender Warriors, Tomorrow's Promise, Passion's Bright Fury, Love's MasqueradeRadclyffe
  • Hunter's Pursuit, Force of Nature, Whitewater Rendezvous, Focus of Desire – Kim Baldwin[25]
  • A Gift of Time, Gloria's Inn – Robin Alexander[26]
  • Private Dancer – TJ Vertigo[27]
  • 96 Hours, Turning the Page, Thy Neighbor's Wife, Too Close to Touch, Fresh Tracks, Mine, Starting from Scratch --- Georgia Beers[28]
  • Turning Point – Lara Zielinsky[29]
  • Such A Pretty FaceGabrielle Goldsby
  • Trails Merge, Learning Curve – Rachel Spangler[30]
  • On the Air - Geonn Cannon[31]
  • Gemini - Geonn Cannon[32]
  • Out on the Sound, The Girl Back Home, Sweet Carolina Girls - R.E. Bradshaw[33]
  • Zen and Tonic (novel), Kris Howard (author)(2011)
  • Like Lovers Do, Different Dress, Ricochet in Time - Lori L. Lake
  • As You Were[34], - Kelli Jae Baeli[35]
  • Broken Star – Joann Lee[36]
  • Aspen's Stunt – Melissa Grace[37]
  • Double Shot, Mile High Club, Switching Teams, Girlfriends With Benefits, Sugar in the Morning, Velvet Canyon, Care by Kera, Broken Wing, Commando Jane - Ella Wrylee
  • Heart of the Hurricane, Woodworth, May 1920's female bisexual couple Eliza and Joanna survive the August gales of Nova Scotia and find love

Historical novels

  • Vulture's Kiss, Sistine Heresy, Mephisto AriaJustine Saracen
  • Miss McGheeBett Norris
  • The SeahawkBrenda Adcock
  • Snow Moon RisingLori L. Lake
  • What's Best for JaneBett Norris
  • When Women Were WarriorsCatherine M. Wilson
  • Branded Ann - Merry Shannon
  • Heart of the Hurricane, Woodworth, May
  • In The Blood of The Greeks - Mary D. Brooks
  • Where Shadows Linger, - Mary D. Brooks
  • Hidden Truths, - Mary D. Brooks
  • Snow White and Her Queen - Anna Ferrara

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror

These science fiction works frequently address the issue of feminist/lesbian separatist communities. See Lesbian science fiction for a more detailed review.

  • Joanna Russ's The Female Man
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley's Renunciate series
  • Jane Fletcher's Celaeno series
  • Katherine V. Forrest's Daughters of a Coral Dawn, Daughters of an Amber Noon, Daughters of an Emerald Dusk, and Dreams and Swords, an anthology with the novella O Captain, My Captain
  • Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories, Don't Explain
  • Nicola Griffith's Ammonite and Slow River
  • Patrick Califia's Doc and Fluff
  • Therese Szymanski's Call of the Dark anthology
  • Karin Kallmaker, Barbara Johnson, Julia Watts and Therese Szymanski's New Exploits books, including Once Upon a Dyke, Bell, Book & Dyke, Stake Through the Heart, and Tall in the Saddle
  • Diana River's Hadra series
  • Laurie J. Marks's Dancing Jack, Elemental series (Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic)
  • Meghan O'Brien's The Three and Wild
  • Pam Keesey's Daughters of Darkness and Dark Angels
  • Gun Brooke's Supreme Constellations series
  • Benjamin Appleby-Dean's Lamplight
  • Moondancer Drake's Ancestral Magic
  • Justine Saracen's The 100th Generation and Vulture's Kiss
  • Libba Bray's characters Felicity Worthington and Pippa Cross in her Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing) are at first thought to be very close friends, almost sisters, until it is revealed they are harboring a secret love for one another.
  • Catherine M. Wilson's When Women Were Warriors series: Book 1: The Warrior's Path, 2: A Journey of the Heart, and 3: A Hero's Tale
  • Malinda Lo's Ash and Huntress
  • Women on the Edge of Space, a space-opera anthology published by Circlet Press
  • Gay male author Geoff Ryman's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning The Child Garden features a lesbian protagonist.
  • Sam Skyborne's Simulation: The Dawn of a Superhero.
  • Sarah Diemer's The Dark Wife
  • Raven c.s. McCracken's It's Always Spring Break Somewhere in the Galaxy
  • J.A. Pitts's Black Blade Blues, Honeyed Words, and Forged in Fire.
  • L.J. Baker's Broken Wings, Promises, Promises, and Adijan and the Genie
  • Gill McKnight's Garoul series: Goldenseal,Ambereye, and Indigo Moon
  • Merry Shannon's Sword of the Guardian
  • Allison Moon's "Tales of the Pack" series of novels including Lunatic Fringe and Hungry Ghost
  • Melissa Grace's Tainted Elite

Young adult fiction

Fan fiction

Fanfiction writers have produced many works in which female characters from fictional sources (such as television shows, movies, video games, anime, manga or comic books) are paired in romantic, spiritual, or sexual relationships. The genre is known by a variety of terms, including femslash, saffic, yuri and f/f slash. Lesbian content in fanfiction dates at least to 1977, but has become more popular during the 1990s and 2000s.

Lesbian and feminist publishing houses

Further reading

  • The Lesbian in Literature by Gene Damon (Barbara Grier) - bibliography of any title with lesbian content through 1969
  • Chloe plus Olivia – An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present, ed. Lillian Faderman, Penguin Books 1995

See also

References

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  2. Choquette, Leslie (2012). "Homosexuals in the City: Representations of Lesbian and Gay Space in Nineteenth-Century Paris". In Merrick, Jeffrey; Sibalis, Michael (eds.). Homosexuality in French History and Culture. Routledge. pp. 152–3.
  3. Zola, Émile (1992). Nana. Oxford University Press. p. 290.
  4. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue35/liu.htm
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