The Lesbrary Goodreads Project
So after running this tumblr and the Lesbrary for a couple years, I’ve gathered together a couple lists of specific lesbian (etc) books about specific topics, and I’ve stumbled on some similar lists other people have made. In order to keep them a little more organized, I’ve decided to put them all up on Goodreads. Here are the ones I have so far:
Specific identities:
Books With Asexual Spectrum F/F Romances (also see Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction)
Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs
Trans Lesbian (Bisexual, etc) Books
Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs
Butch lesbian characters
Butch women and female masculinity
Butch/Femme couples (also check out the butch-femme shelf)
Queer Female Authors of Color
Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
Fiction about queer and lesbian women of color
QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
Interracial Lesbian Fiction
Asian Lesbian and Queer Women Fiction
Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters
Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books
Lesbian Jewish Fiction
Lesbian Jewish Sleuths
Queer Islam
Canadian Lesbian Fiction and Memoirs
Italian Lesbian Books
British Lesbian Fiction Books (Also check out UK Lesbian Fiction)
Australian LGBTQ YA
Swedish Lesbian Fiction
Faith-Positive LGBTQIA+ Fiction / GLBTQ Christian Fiction
Lesbian & Bi Women with Mental Illness
General:
Best Lesbian Fiction
Autostraddle's 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
Lesbian Canon
Lesbian novels from before 1990
Best Lesbian Novel Series
Casually Queer Books
Lesbian Fiction in the Kindle Unlimited program
Best Lesbian Books Available On Audible (see also Lesbian Audiobooks and the Lesbian Audiobooks Facebook group)
Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters
Bi WOC SFF
Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi / Lesbian Sci-Fi
Lesbian Fantasy
Lesbian & Bi Women Medieval Fantasy
Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians
F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
Lesbian & Bi Women Fairy Books (Stories about fairies)
Lesbian Steampunk Books
Lesbian Horror
Lesbian Zombie Books
Lesbian Ghost Stories
Lesbian Werewolf Books
Lesbian Vampire Books
Young Adult/Teen/Children’s:
Lesbian Teen Fiction
QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
YA LGBT Books - Not “Coming Out”
Lesbian & Bi Women YA SFF
2016 f/f SFF (sci-fi & fantasy) with HEA/HFN
Lesbian Historical YA
Bisexual Fiction in YA
Queer Girl YA with Happy Endings / Best Teen Lesbian Books with Happy Endings
Beyond Heather Has Two Mommies: Picture Books with LGBT Parents
Children’s & teen fiction featuring lesbian mothers
Australian LGBTQ YA
Romance and Erotica:
Best F/F Romance Books / Lesbian Romance
Erotic Lesbian Novels
Lesbian Erotica Collections
Funny Lesbian Romance books
Best Femme/Femme Couples
Lesbian Romantic Suspense
Lesbian May/December Romance
F/F Tearjerkers
Romantic Lesbians In Uniform
F/F Enemies/ Rivals/ Forbidden Love
Lesbian Romance with Characters Who Are Famous
Angsty Lesbian Romance with a Happy Ending
F/F Romance Without The Drama
F/F BDSM
F/F Bondage in Fiction
F/F Spanking Romance
Nonfiction:
Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
Lesbian Humor Books
Lesbian Photography
Lesbian Self Help
Lesbian Memoirs
Lesbian history
Books On Femme Idenities
Best Lesbian Poetry
Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
Yuri Manga in English
Specific genres/content:
Lesbian Short Stories
Lesbian Anthologies
Historical Lesbian Fiction
Lesbian Westerns
Lesbian WWII Historical Fiction
Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Lesbian Fairy Tales
Queer Princesses (see also Lesbian Princesses in Fiction)
Lesbian Retellings
Best Lesbian Mysteries
Novels about Lesbian sleuths (Detectives & Mystery Novels)
Lesbian Private Investigators
Lesbian Psychological Suspense Novels
Lesbian New Adult/Contemporary
Lesbian Spy/Military/Cop
Lesbian Spy Novels
Lesbian Police Fiction
Lesbian Doctors
Lesbian Nuns in Fiction and Memoir
Lesbian Pirates
Toxic Lesbian Relationships
Lesbian Books Happy Ending
Lesbian Feelgood Books
Lesbian Fiction Set In New York City
Lesbian Fiction Set In the American South
Lesbian Fiction Trope: Childhood Friends Reunited
Lesbian Fiction with Sports Theme
Lesbian Christmas Books / F/F Winter Holiday Books
Lesbians In Cold Places
A Lesbian Wilderness
Queer Women Road Trip Books
Lesbian Witch Books
Lesbrarian (Lesbian Librarian) Books
Lesbians and Cats
Sapphistry & Saddlery (Lesbian Horse/Equestrian Books)
Non-YA Lesbian/Bi Lady Fiction Without Explicit Sex Scenes
Pregnant Lesbians and Lesbian Mothers
Lesbian books on alcoholism and sobriety
Lesbian Beach Reads
Good Lesbian Books’s lists that I haven’t put on Goodreads:
Lesbian Historical Fiction
Lesbian Knights in Fiction
Lesbian Librarians in Fiction and Nonfiction
Lesbians with Physical Disabilities
Lesbian Shapeshifter Fiction
Lesbians in Space: A Reading List
Lesbian Steampunk Stories
Lesbian Time Travel Fiction
Lesbian YA With A Non-Lesbian Main Character
Lesbian YA Historical Fiction
Transgender Young Adult Fiction
Good Lesbian Fantasy Novels
Lesbian Lawyer Books
Lesbian First Responder Romances
Award-winning Graphic Novels
Award-winning Romance and Erotica (unfinished)
Award-winning Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction
Picture Books For Children With Lesbian Parents
Depression in Lesbian Fiction
Time Travel Lesbian Fiction
Other lists not yet on Goodreads:
50 Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour & 49 More Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1960)
The good thing about the Goodreads lists is that you can add books and vote for your favorites!
