Early Lesbian Books
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1890-1940 Titles
Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife by Call Number: PQ2193.B7 M313 2002Publication Date: 1891Lesbians -- France -- Fiction.
English translation published in 2002 by Christopher Rivers.- Das Lesbische Weib: eine Darstellung der Konträrsexuellen weiblichen Erotik byPublication Date: 1910Lesbianism -- Germany -- History.
Lesbianism in literature.
Lesbians' writings -- History and criticism.
Lesbian culture.
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Regiment of Women by Call Number: PR6001.S5 R40Publication Date: 1917Lesbian teachers -- Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction. Online @ Project Gutenberg
La Garconne: Roman by Call Number: PQ2347.M33 G3 1922.Publication Date: 1922[Available online at Google Books, written in French.]
The Well of Loneliness by Call Number: PR6015.A33 W43 1990Publication Date: 1928Lesbians -- Fiction. Banned outright upon publication, it is now a classic. First published in 1928 by Johnathan Cape in the United Kingdom.
Lady Chatterley's Lover by Call Number: F L431La 1928Publication Date: 1928The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy, and could not be published in England until 1960.- An American Girl byPublication Date: 1933Actresses -- Fiction.
Lesbian actresses -- Fiction.
Request via Interlibrary Loan - Hell Cat byPublication Date: 1934Lesbian teenagers -- Fiction.
Female juvenile delinquents -- Fiction.
[Open Access at Hathi Trust Digital Library] - School life in Paris byPublication Date: 1935Lesbian erotic literature.
Lesbians -- Fiction.
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Diana: a Strange Autobiography by Call Number: PS3511.R4145 D53 1995Publication Date: 1939Lesbianism.
Scandal about Sybil: a Novel by Publication Date: 1938Lesbianism -- Fiction.
Lesbian students -- Fiction.
Series: Tales of Passion Library
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1940-1980 Titles
- Female Homosexuality: a Psychodynamic Study of Lesbianism byPublication Date: 1954Lesbianism.
Homosexuality, Female.
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We Walk Alone by ISBN: 9781558615250Publication Date: 1955, 2006Lesbians.
Lesbianism.
Homosexuality, Female
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Odd Girl Out by Publication Date: 1957Break-through title with women characters who embraced their sexuality.
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Lori Hollet: Lesbian? by Publication Date: 195?Lesbians -- Fiction.
Pulp literature, American.
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The Tree and the Vine by Publication Date: 1961Jewish women -- Fiction.
Lesbians -- Fiction.
Request via Interlibrary Loan- Two Loves byCall Number: PR6015.A4674 T960 1962Publication Date: 1962Two novelettes: Cast but one shadow & Winter love - a lesbian affair in London.
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The Desert of the Heart by Call Number: PR9199.3.R78 D470 1964Publication Date: 1964One of very few lesbian novels originally published in hardback.
Duet in Darkness by Publication Date: 1965Lesbians -- Fiction.
African American lesbians -- Fiction.
Interracial gay couples -- Fiction.
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From a Land Where Other People Live by Call Number: PS3562.O75 F7Publication Date: 1973Lesbians' writings, American -- Poetry.
African American lesbians -- Poetry.
Ruby: a Novel by Publication Date: 1976Lesbians -- Fiction.
Lesbian teenagers -- Fiction.
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Loving Her by Call Number: PS3569.H68 L9Publication Date: 1974Republished in 1997. Considered first novel with an interracial lesbian couple and African American lesbian leading character.
The Lesbian Community by Call Number: HQ75.6.U5 W64 1980Publication Date: 1979Lesbianism -- United States.
Lesbians -- California -- San Francisco.
Community life -- Case studies.
1980-2000
Compañeras: Latina Lesbians -- an Anthology by Call Number: HQ75.6.L29 C660 1987Publication Date: 1987Lesbians -- Literary collections.
Hispanic American lesbians -- Literary collections.
Lesbians' writings, American.
Dream On by Call Number: PS3553.H774 D730 1991Publication Date: 1991Indians of North America -- Poetry.
American poetry -- Indian authors.
Lesbian authors.
Loving in the War Years by Call Number: PS3563.O753 L6 1983ISBN: 0896081958Publication Date: 1983Mexican-Americans -- 20th century.
Lesbians -- United States -- 20th century.
Spanish authors.
Nice Jewish Girls by Call Number: HQ75.6.U5 N5 1982ISBN: 0930436121Publication Date: 1982-01-01Lesbians -- United States.
Jewish women -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
O Lesbianismo no Brasil by Publication Date: 1987Written in Portuguese.
Lesbianism -- Brazil -- History.
Lesbians in literature.
Brazilian literature -- History and criticism.
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Reclaiming the L-word: Sappho's Daughters out in Africa by ISBN: 9781920397890Publication Date: 2011Collection of stories by South African lesbian women.
Lesbians' writings, South African (English)
Lesbians -- South Africa -- Literary collections.
Sex discrimination -- South Africa.
Homophobia -- South Africa.
[Ebook Central Academic Complete]
Sakhiyani by Call Number: HQ75.6.I4 T53 1996Publication Date: 1997Contemporary lesbian life in India and the history of lesbian desire from centuries past.
Sappho in the Holy Land : lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel by Call Number: HQ75.16.I75 S27 2005ISBN: 0791463176Publication Date: 2005This unique collection examines the experience of lesbians in Israel, providing insight into some of the institutions that have helped shape that experience.
Throw It to the River by Publication Date: 1993Lesbians -- Fiction.
Filipinos -- Fiction.
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The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire by Call Number: PS3570.S85 W60 1983Publication Date: 1983Lesbians' writings, American -- Poetry.
Chinese American women -- Poetry.
Writing as Witness by Publication Date: 1994Women and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Lesbians' writings, Canadian -- History and criticism.
Indian lesbians -- Canada -- Intellectual life.
Indians in literature.
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