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Carmilla
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A foundational work of English-language vampire literature, it predated Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue from 1871–72, the novella subsequently appeared in Le Fanu’s short story collection In a Glass Darkly in 1872. Set in 19th century Styria, it is the story of a young woman who is pursued by the vampire Carmilla. Since its initial publication, Carmilla has often been regarded as one of the most influential vampire stories of all time, and popularized the lesbian v
Josephine Mutzenbacher
erotic novel
Nemesis
1971 novel by Agatha Christie
The Color Purple
1982 novel by Alice Walker
Sputnik Sweetheart
novel by Haruki Murakami
The Well of Loneliness
1928 novel by Radclyffe Hall
Hannibal
1999 novel by Thomas Harris
The Hours
1998 novel by Michael Cunningham
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
book by Jeanette Winterson
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
1987 novel by Fannie Flagg
Otherside Picnic
Japanese novel series
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
1933 autobiographical work by Gertrude Stein
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fingersmith
2002 novel by Sarah Waters
Elevation
2018 novella by Stephen King
The Female Man
1975 novel by Joanna Russ
The King Must Die
book by Mary Renault
Les Guérillères
1969 novel by Monique Wittig
Stone Butch Blues
novel by Leslie Feinberg
Tipping the Velvet
1998 novel by Sarah Waters
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
book by Audre Lorde
Wild Chicks
novel series by Cornelia Funke
Nightwood
Nightwood is a 1936 novel by American author Djuna Barnes that was first published in the United Kingdom by publishing house Faber and Faber. It is one of the early prominent novels to portray explicit homosexuality between women, and as such can be considered lesbian literature.
Rubyfruit Jungle
1973 novel by Rita Mae Brown
The Neighborhood
novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
Affinity
historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters
Claudine at School
novel by Colette
The Wanderground
1979 novel by Sally Miller Gearhart
This Is How You Lose the Time War
2019 novella by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
graphic novel
Hell
1908 novel by Henri Barbusse