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List of lesbian fiction

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This is a List of lesbian-themed fiction. It includes books and plays. The lists of adult and of YA-appropriate works are split into separate headings.

Below the main list, the article also includes:

  • information on particularly prolific publishing subcultures like fanfiction and mysteries;
  • a list of lesbian and feminist publishing houses; and
  • a list of nonfiction works on this topic.

Works of Lesbian Fiction In Chronological Order

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Young adult fiction

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This section is intended for lesbian-themed fiction that is suitable in complexity and content for teenage readers. Since there is some variability in these individual judgments, a work being marketed under "YA" is sufficient to meet the criteria for inclusion. It can include novels, graphic novels, and plays.

Modern Lesbian Fiction Subcultures

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In addition to the ongoing publication of lesbian novels, plays, and stories, several lesbian publishing subcultures have emerged in modern times.

Fanfiction

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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.

Mystery Series

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There is also a thriving culture of mystery novels and series starring lesbian detectives. This includes lengthy mystery series by Kate Calloway, Cheryl A Head, Claire McNab, Mary Wings, Penny Mickelbury, Sarah Caudwell, Ellen Hart, Katherine V. Forrest, Laurie R. King, Manda Scott, Sandra Scoppettone, Lori L. Lake, J.M. Redmann, Amelia Ellis, Nikki Baker, Sarah Dreher, and Stella Duffy, Jessie Chandler, among many others.

Lesbian and feminist publishing houses

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Further reading

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  • 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
  • Las Tortilleras: Hispanic and U.S. Latina Lesbian Expression, edited by Inmaculada Perpetusa-Seva and Lourdes Torres, Temple University Press 2003
  • Carbado, Devon W.; McBride, Dwight A.; Weise, Donald, eds. (2011). Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction (2nd ed.). Cleis Press. ISBN 978-1573447140.
  • Castle, Terry, ed. (2003). The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231125100.
  • Charczun, Anna (December 28, 2021). "How Irish lesbian writing has developed over centuries". The Irish Times.
  • Medd, Jodie, ed. (2015). The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107054004.
  • Miller, Meredith (2006). Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature (1st ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4941-0.
  • Reynolds, Margaret, ed. (1994). The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories. New York, New York: Viking Press. ISBN 0670854255.
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See also

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References

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