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Rachel reviews The Witch of Stalingrad by Justine Saracen

August 15, 2016 by Danika Ellis

  Justine Saracen has written many historical novels featuring homosexual and transsexual protagonists. The Witch of Stalingrad is a lesbian adventure/romance novel set in the last years of World War II. It’s 1941, and the Russians are trying to push back the German soldiers from their country. Marina Raskova, a respected pilot, starts three differentRead More

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Lauren reviews The Island and the Kite by Aurora Zahni

August 14, 2016 by Danika Ellis

In The Island and the Kite, Mary Susan Bennett ventures to New York City for a day of movie-watching and dilly-dally. Mary Susan’s likeable personality is instantly welcoming to readers. She is the type of 19-year-old that never meets a stranger. She has an amazing ability to strike genuine rapport with whoever crosses her path.Read More

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Aoife reviews Of White Snakes and Misshapen Owls by Debra Hyde

August 12, 2016 by Danika Ellis

Miss Charlotte Olmes is the classic turn of the century ‘woman detective’ – clever, enlightened, and progressive, with a penchant for cross-dressing. She lives with her companion and partner Joanna Wilson, who appears slightly more respectable – but I mean, they’re a live-in lesbian couple in 1880s New York, so respectability is somewhat relative here.Read More

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Stephanie Recommends Five Classic Black Lesbian Books You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Need to Read

August 11, 2016 by Danika Ellis

I recently attended a literary conference focused on lesbian literature and was shocked at how many attendees didn’t know anything about Black lesbian literature outside of two or three authors. Most were familiar with Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, and Audre Lorde, the consummate Black lesbian poet, butRead More

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Elinor reviews The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

August 10, 2016 by Danika Ellis

The Argonauts is an amazing book. It is a memoir but not a neatly narrative one. It’s been called “genre-bending,” which it certainly is. I’d describe it as a meditation of family, queerness, gender, love, bodies, connection, and a whole lot more. Nelson quotes academic theorists as readily as she shares visceral, personal details fromRead More

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Link Round Up: July 27 – August 9

August 9, 2016 by Danika Ellis

         Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #103: Permission To Not Finish That Book You Hate. Fuck Yeah Lesbian Literature posted my Master List of Lesbian & Bi Women Book Recommendations: all the lesbian & bi women books I’ve read and loved, separated into genre! Honestly Comics posted Prismatic Pull: a weekly recap of LGBTQIA comicsRead More

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Julie Thompson reviews Me and My Boi edited by Sacchi Green

August 9, 2016 by Danika Ellis

“Gender has no boundaries, and neither does lust.” — Sacchi Green, Introduction Me and My Boi, edited by Sacchi Green, is a collection of twenty erotic encounters between those who, in addition to identifying as lesbian, also identify as bois, butches, masculine-of-center, or eschew gender labels altogether. These individuals seek out sexual romps and emotionallyRead More

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Emily R. reviews Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey

August 8, 2016 by Danika Ellis

 Vividly rendered at the intersection of liminal spaces of all kinds, Santa Olivia follows the story of Loup Garron as she comes of age on the Mexican-US border.  Born to a woman and a genetically enhanced soldier, part of a military “werewolf” experiment, Loup inherits some of her father’s abilities. After being orphaned, she isRead More

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Cara reviews Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan

August 7, 2016 by Danika Ellis

This is one of the best lesbian vampire books I’ve ever read. While not without its flaws, it stands out for the development of its two protagonists, its prose, its humor, and its well-developed setting. Mindy and Lucia start off by rekindling their childhood friendship on Mindy’s pizza routes, in the easy way that friendships develop when you’re thatRead More

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Kathryn Hoss Recommends Lesbian Beach Reads

August 2, 2016 by Danika Ellis

Every summer my entire obnoxious/lovable extended family rents a beach house in the Carolinas for a week, and every summer I end up scouring Goodreads, Amazon, and the Lesbrary for “lesbian beach reads.” Usually, that phrase yields zero-to-few results. I’m here to change that.              Looking for a juicy tell-all for theRead More

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The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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