Lesbian novels from before 1990

1.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,961 ratings
2.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,184 ratings
3.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,518 ratings
4.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,800 ratings
5.
Annie on My Mind
Annie on My Mind 4.02 avg rating — 55,094 ratings
6.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,439 ratings
7.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,895 ratings
8.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
9.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,993 ratings
10.
Patience & Sarah
Patience & Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
11.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
12.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,372 ratings
13.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,201 ratings
14.
Desert of the Heart
Desert of the Heart
by: Jane Rule
3.91 avg rating — 4,944 ratings
15.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,305 ratings
16.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,083 ratings
17.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating — 16,960 ratings
18.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
19.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
20.
Odd Girl Out
Odd Girl Out 3.54 avg rating — 2,436 ratings
21.
Curious Wine
Curious Wine 3.89 avg rating — 5,531 ratings
22.
Olivia
Olivia 3.79 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
23.
Ladies Almanack
Ladies Almanack 3.61 avg rating — 496 ratings
24.
Mauve Desert
Mauve Desert 3.59 avg rating — 387 ratings
25.
On Strike Against God
On Strike Against God 4.21 avg rating — 337 ratings
26.
Fair Play
Fair Play 3.89 avg rating — 7,046 ratings
26.
Thérèse et Isabelle
Thérèse et Isabelle 3.65 avg rating — 1,890 ratings
28.
Happy Endings Are All Alike
Happy Endings Are All Alike 3.56 avg rating — 331 ratings
29.
Beebo Brinker
Beebo Brinker 3.68 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
30.
The Pure and the Impure
The Pure and the Impure
by: Colette
3.59 avg rating — 2,286 ratings
31.
Six of One (Runnymede, #1)
Six of One (Runnymede, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,458 ratings
32.
The Swashbuckler
The Swashbuckler
by: Lee Lynch
4.29 avg rating — 133 ratings
33.
The Unlit Lamp
The Unlit Lamp 3.94 avg rating — 260 ratings
34.
Summer Will Show
Summer Will Show 3.59 avg rating — 944 ratings
35.
The Demeter Flower
The Demeter Flower 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
36.
Ruby
Ruby
by: Rosa Guy
3.89 avg rating — 201 ratings
37.
Murder at the Nightwood Bar (Kate Delafield, #2)
Murder at the Nightwood Bar (Kate Delafield, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 903 ratings
38.
Loving Her
Loving Her 3.58 avg rating — 254 ratings
39.
After Delores
After Delores 3.84 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
40.
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels, 1950-1965
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels, 1950-1965 3.81 avg rating — 262 ratings
41.
Yellow Rose
Yellow Rose 3.59 avg rating — 323 ratings
42.
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present 4.05 avg rating — 371 ratings
43.
The Songs of Bilitis
The Songs of Bilitis 3.77 avg rating — 433 ratings
44.
La Bâtarde
La Bâtarde 4.08 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
45.
The Ladies
The Ladies 3.61 avg rating — 176 ratings
45.
Yellowthroat
Yellowthroat 3.66 avg rating — 86 ratings
47.
Toothpick House
Toothpick House
by: Lee Lynch
4.02 avg rating — 104 ratings
48.
A Saturday Life
A Saturday Life 3.83 avg rating — 72 ratings
49.
Torchlight to Valhalla
Torchlight to Valhalla 3.47 avg rating — 49 ratings
50.
Women's Barracks
Women's Barracks 3.48 avg rating — 369 ratings
51.
The Girls in 3-B
The Girls in 3-B 3.46 avg rating — 364 ratings
52.
Crush
Crush 3.21 avg rating — 203 ratings
53.
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 3.85 avg rating — 689 ratings
54.
Riverfinger Women
Riverfinger Women 3.60 avg rating — 70 ratings
55.
Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women
Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women 3.73 avg rating — 318 ratings
56.
The Sophie Horowitz Story
The Sophie Horowitz Story 3.66 avg rating — 176 ratings
57.
Girls, Visions and Everything
Girls, Visions and Everything 3.92 avg rating — 599 ratings
58.
Sappho
Sappho
by: Sappho
4.20 avg rating — 7,066 ratings
59.
Death Wore a Diadem
Death Wore a Diadem 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
60.
Hey, Dollface
Hey, Dollface 3.56 avg rating — 373 ratings
60.
Nights in the underground: An exploration of love
Nights in the underground: An exploration of love 3.54 avg rating — 63 ratings
62.
The Fox
The Fox 3.42 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
63.
The Chinese Garden
The Chinese Garden 3.45 avg rating — 87 ratings
63.
All True Lovers
All True Lovers 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings
65.
Memory Board
Memory Board
by: Jane Rule
4.17 avg rating — 305 ratings
65.
Bittersweet
Bittersweet 3.72 avg rating — 2,146 ratings
67.
Spring Fire
Spring Fire 3.14 avg rating — 408 ratings
67.
Two Friends: And Other 19th-Century American Lesbian Stories by American Women Writers
Two Friends: And Other 19th-Century American Lesbian Stories by American Women Writers 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings
69.
HERmione
HERmione
by: H.D.
3.88 avg rating — 568 ratings
70.
The Long Trail
The Long Trail 3.72 avg rating — 71 ratings
70.
A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle, #1)
A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 2,384 ratings
72.
Lover (The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series)
Lover (The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series) 3.20 avg rating — 51 ratings
72.
Claudine
Claudine 3.80 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
74.
Paz
Paz 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
74.
Womonseed
Womonseed
by: Sunlight
3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
76.
A Sunless Heart
A Sunless Heart 3.70 avg rating — 74 ratings
77.
Sudden Death
Sudden Death 3.45 avg rating — 950 ratings
77.
Surviving Sisters
Surviving Sisters
by: Gail Pass
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
79.
This Is Not For You
This Is Not For You
by: Jane Rule
3.92 avg rating — 216 ratings
79.
Daughters of a Coral Dawn
Daughters of a Coral Dawn 3.82 avg rating — 863 ratings
79.
Journey To Zelindar
Journey To Zelindar 4.15 avg rating — 62 ratings
79.
The Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy LaRue Save the World
The Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy LaRue Save the World 4.52 avg rating — 46 ratings
79.
The Odd Women
The Odd Women 3.84 avg rating — 5,615 ratings
84.
In Her Day: A Novel
In Her Day: A Novel 3.52 avg rating — 768 ratings
85.
Frost in May (Frost in May #1)
Frost in May (Frost in May #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
86.
The Love of Good Women
The Love of Good Women 3.31 avg rating — 106 ratings
87.
Original Sins
Original Sins 3.63 avg rating — 406 ratings
88.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
89.
Come Out Smiling
Come Out Smiling 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
90.
Sister Gin
Sister Gin 3.34 avg rating — 87 ratings
91.
The Microcosm
The Microcosm 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
92.
The Hide and Seek Files
The Hide and Seek Files 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
93.
Madame Aurora
Madame Aurora 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
94.
Extraordinary Women: Theme and Variations
Extraordinary Women: Theme and Variations 3.48 avg rating — 62 ratings
95.
She Came Too Late
She Came Too Late 3.18 avg rating — 82 ratings
96.
S.P. Likes A.D.
S.P. Likes A.D. 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
97.
Other Women
Other Women 3.76 avg rating — 530 ratings
97.
A World Without Men
A World Without Men 3.30 avg rating — 40 ratings
99.
The Secret in the Bird
The Secret in the Bird 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
100.
Choices
Choices 3.55 avg rating — 177 ratings
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