Pre-1960s Lesbian Literature

1.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,986 ratings
2.
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
by: Sappho
4.43 avg rating — 20,759 ratings
3.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,806 ratings
4.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,473 ratings
5.
Women Lovers, or The Third Woman
Women Lovers, or The Third Woman 3.83 avg rating — 115 ratings
6.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 167,013 ratings
7.
The Complete Claudine
The Complete Claudine
by: Colette
4.17 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
8.
A Woman Appeared to Me
A Woman Appeared to Me 4.21 avg rating — 397 ratings
9.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.61 avg rating — 14,255 ratings
10.
The One Who Is Legion
The One Who Is Legion 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
11.
The Woman of the Wolf and Other Stories
The Woman of the Wolf and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 276 ratings
12.
A Crown of Violets
A Crown of Violets 4.48 avg rating — 54 ratings
13.
At the Sweet Hour of Hand in Hand
At the Sweet Hour of Hand in Hand 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
14.
Christabel
Christabel 3.83 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
15.
Yellow Rose
Yellow Rose 3.59 avg rating — 323 ratings
16.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,427 ratings
17.
Ladies Almanack
Ladies Almanack 3.61 avg rating — 496 ratings
17.
La Bâtarde
La Bâtarde 4.08 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
19.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
20.
The Songs of Bilitis
The Songs of Bilitis 3.77 avg rating — 433 ratings
21.
No Exit
No Exit 4.11 avg rating — 44,811 ratings
22.
Poems & poèmes; autres alliances
Poems & poèmes; autres alliances 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
22.
Ravages
Ravages 3.93 avg rating — 174 ratings
24.
The Angel and the Perverts
The Angel and the Perverts 3.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
25.
Three Lives & Q. E. D.
Three Lives & Q. E. D. 3.43 avg rating — 100 ratings
26.
Miss Furr and Miss Skeene
Miss Furr and Miss Skeene 3.51 avg rating — 37 ratings
27.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,204 ratings
28.
An Anglo-American Alliance
An Anglo-American Alliance 2.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
29.
Selected Poems of Amy Lowell
Selected Poems of Amy Lowell 4.07 avg rating — 277 ratings
30.
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour 3.97 avg rating — 14,798 ratings
31.
Thérèse et Isabelle
Thérèse et Isabelle 3.65 avg rating — 1,893 ratings
32.
The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings
The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings 3.69 avg rating — 394 ratings
33.
Odd Girl Out: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles
Odd Girl Out: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles 3.54 avg rating — 2,436 ratings
34.
The Girls in 3-B
The Girls in 3-B 3.46 avg rating — 364 ratings
35.
Whisper Their Love
Whisper Their Love 3.07 avg rating — 83 ratings
36.
The Fox
The Fox 3.42 avg rating — 3,092 ratings
37.
The Captive
The Captive 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings
38.
Chocolates for Breakfast
Chocolates for Breakfast 3.49 avg rating — 1,912 ratings
39.
Spring Fire
Spring Fire 3.14 avg rating — 408 ratings