• I am human and some of these books mightve gotten mixed up, I do not have a perfect memory.
and PLEASE let me know if a book I have listed has come up in controversy or the author turned out to be a bad person. I do not check every single author I've read and most of these books I read online.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg:
Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam
Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis & Elizabeth L. Kennedy
S/He by Minnie Bruce Patt
The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle
A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle
Crybaby Butch by Judith Frank
My Lesbian Husband by Barrie Jean Borich
Butch is a Noun by S. Bear Bergman
Lady Romeo by Tana Wojczuk
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan Coyote & Zena Sharman
Chemically Enhanced Butch by Ty Bo Yule
My Butch Career by Esther Newton
Dykette: A Novel by Jenny Fran Davis
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home by Amber Hollibaugh
The Femme’s Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour
Fun Home by Allison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For by Allison Bechdel
Rust Belt Femme by Raechel Anne Jolie
Stilettos and Steel by COVER MODEL. MICHAELA and Jeri Estes
Dagger: On Butch Women by Lily Burana, Roxxie, and Linnea A. Due
Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go by Michelle Gibson & Deborah T. Meem
Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender by Sally R. Munt
The Femme Mystique by Lesléa Newman
The Stone Shelter: A Stonebutch/Stonefemme Love Affair by Victoria Darling
Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall by Marie Cartier
Bulletproof Butches by Chea Villanueva
Burning Butch by R/B Mertz
Butch/Femme by Manuela Soares, Judy Grahn, & Nisa Donnelly
Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag by A.K. Summers
L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
Lucy and Mickey by Red Jordan Arobateau
Back to Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology by Therese Szymanski
Glitter & Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy by Damien Lux, Heather María Ács, & Sabrina Ibarrola
Visible: A Femmethology, Volume Two by Jennifer Clare Burke
Not a Passing Phase: Reclaiming Lesbians in History 1840-1985 by Lesbian History Group
Femme: Feminists, Lesbians and Bad Girls by Laura Harris
Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman
Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go by Michelle Gibson
Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities by Ulrika Dahl
Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity by Chloë Brushwood Rose