100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time

1.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,129 ratings
2.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,486 ratings
3.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,224 ratings
4.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,957 ratings
5.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,138 ratings
6.
Annie on My Mind
Annie on My Mind 4.02 avg rating — 55,093 ratings
7.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,362 ratings
8.
Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues 4.53 avg rating — 34,577 ratings
9.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,515 ratings
10.
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rubyfruit Jungle 3.91 avg rating — 45,989 ratings
11.
Carol
Carol 4.02 avg rating — 80,953 ratings
12.
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For 4.45 avg rating — 13,089 ratings
13.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,433 ratings
14.
Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating — 37,572 ratings
15.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,082 ratings
16.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,369 ratings
17.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating — 32,848 ratings
18.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch 3.71 avg rating — 32,755 ratings
19.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,849 ratings
20.
Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret 3.93 avg rating — 36,577 ratings
21.
The Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness 3.76 avg rating — 18,800 ratings
22.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
23.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
24.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.83 avg rating — 41,533 ratings
25.
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,011 ratings
26.
Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating — 13,439 ratings
27.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,904 ratings
28.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,721 ratings
29.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating — 28,186 ratings
30.
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
31.
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure 4.13 avg rating — 5,973 ratings
32.
Batwoman: Elegy
Batwoman: Elegy 4.16 avg rating — 13,301 ratings
33.
Valencia
Valencia 3.78 avg rating — 6,025 ratings
34.
Patience & Sarah
Patience & Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
35.
And Playing the Role of Herself
And Playing the Role of Herself
by: K.E. Lane
4.22 avg rating — 6,739 ratings
36.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,163 ratings
37.
Sing You Home
Sing You Home 3.82 avg rating — 98,806 ratings
38.
Empress of the World (Battle Hall Davies, #1)
Empress of the World (Battle Hall Davies, #1)
by: Sara Ryan
3.73 avg rating — 13,068 ratings
39.
Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
40.
Pages for You (Pages for You, #1)
Pages for You (Pages for You, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,257 ratings
41.
Dare Truth or Promise
Dare Truth or Promise 3.82 avg rating — 4,764 ratings
42.
Trash
Trash 4.11 avg rating — 5,498 ratings
43.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity 4.27 avg rating — 8,771 ratings
44.
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating — 67,611 ratings
45.
Hood
Hood 3.62 avg rating — 2,908 ratings
46.
Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
Inferno (A Poet's Novel) 3.89 avg rating — 2,655 ratings
47.
Curious Wine
Curious Wine 3.89 avg rating — 5,531 ratings
48.
Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating — 17,087 ratings
49.
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins 3.88 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
50.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart 3.83 avg rating — 175,465 ratings
51.
The Warrior's Path (When Women Were Warriors, #1)
The Warrior's Path (When Women Were Warriors, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 8,087 ratings
52.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,201 ratings
53.
Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
54.
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend 3.71 avg rating — 2,379 ratings
55.
Missed Her
Missed Her 4.33 avg rating — 816 ratings
56.
The Funny Thing Is...
The Funny Thing Is... 3.56 avg rating — 10,860 ratings
57.
Desert of the Heart
Desert of the Heart
by: Jane Rule
3.91 avg rating — 4,944 ratings
58.
The World Unseen
The World Unseen 4.07 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
59.
Always (Aud Torvingen #3)
Always (Aud Torvingen #3) 3.99 avg rating — 969 ratings
60.
Santa Olivia (Santa Olivia, #1)
Santa Olivia (Santa Olivia, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 9,159 ratings
61.
Jericho
Jericho
by: Ann McMan
4.18 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
62.
Girl Meets Boy
Girl Meets Boy 3.79 avg rating — 10,247 ratings
63.
Odd Girl Out
Odd Girl Out 3.54 avg rating — 2,435 ratings
64.
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 4.04 avg rating — 4,438 ratings
65.
The Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist
The Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist 4.18 avg rating — 813 ratings
66.
The Dark Wife
The Dark Wife 3.79 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
67.
The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen #1)
The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen #1) 3.90 avg rating — 2,319 ratings
68.
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence 3.89 avg rating — 10,594 ratings
69.
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 3.95 avg rating — 5,104 ratings
69.
Stir-Fry
Stir-Fry 3.58 avg rating — 2,246 ratings
71.
The Bermudez Triangle
The Bermudez Triangle 3.49 avg rating — 10,299 ratings
72.
The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
73.
Seriously... I'm Kidding
Seriously... I'm Kidding 3.67 avg rating — 110,232 ratings
74.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
by: Jul Maroh
3.90 avg rating — 35,013 ratings
75.
Landing
Landing 3.41 avg rating — 4,023 ratings
76.
Deliver Us from Evie
Deliver Us from Evie
by: M.E. Kerr
3.58 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
77.
Happy Accidents: A Memoir
Happy Accidents: A Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 13,153 ratings
78.
Stay (Aud Torvingen #2)
Stay (Aud Torvingen #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
79.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,904 ratings
80.
Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer 4.06 avg rating — 2,048 ratings
81.
Far from Xanadu
Far from Xanadu 3.69 avg rating — 4,006 ratings
82.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,756 ratings
83.
The Gravity Between Us
The Gravity Between Us 3.81 avg rating — 9,249 ratings
84.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4.20 avg rating — 110,576 ratings
85.
I Can't Think Straight
I Can't Think Straight 4.14 avg rating — 5,705 ratings
86.
Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 2
Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 2 4.27 avg rating — 1,967 ratings
87.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,249 ratings
88.
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme 4.06 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
89.
The Paying Guests
The Paying Guests 3.45 avg rating — 82,660 ratings
90.
Tropical Storm (Dar and Kerry, #1)
Tropical Storm (Dar and Kerry, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 2,118 ratings
91.
Rage: A Love Story
Rage: A Love Story 3.63 avg rating — 3,399 ratings
92.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
93.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned 4.08 avg rating — 118,305 ratings
94.
Loose End
Loose End 4.33 avg rating — 451 ratings
95.
All That Matters
All That Matters 4.03 avg rating — 2,244 ratings
96.
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang 3.78 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
97.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,238 ratings
98.
Madam President
Madam President 4.16 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
99.
The Creamsickle
The Creamsickle 3.72 avg rating — 201 ratings
100.
Summer Sisters
Summer Sisters 3.86 avg rating — 126,015 ratings
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