The Lesbrary Recommendations List Has Been Updated!

I keep a list of all the bi and lesbian books I have read and loved, and I’ve just updated it with my latest reads! They are linked to their Amazon pages for the blurbs and my review for each title. New additions are bolded, though some of the review links may not work yet. All those reviews will be up by the end of January.

Classics:

• Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
• The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (review)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (review)
• Orlando by Virginia Woolf (review)

Mystery/Thrillers:

• Double Dog Dare by E.J. Cochrane
• Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall (review) [new]
• A Whisper of Bones (A Jane Lawless Mystery) by Ellen Hart
• The Locket by Gerri Hill
• Secrets of the Last Castle by A. Rose Mathieu
• A Queer Death at Secret Pearl by J.C. Morgan (review) [new]
• A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell
• Stolen by Linda J. Wright

Fiction:

• Nevada by Imogen Binnie (review)
• Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (review)
• My Education by Susan Choi (review)
• Missed Her by Ivan Coyote (review)
• Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi (review)
• Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (review)
• Just Girls by Rachel Gold (review)
• Painting Their Portraits in Winter by Myriam Gurba (review)
• Stray City by Chelsey Johnson (review)
• When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai (review)
• The Collection edited by Tom Leger and Riley Macleod (review)
• Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (review)
• The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie (review)
• Hero Worship by Rebekah Matthews (review)
• Hymnal for Dirty Girls by Rebekah Matthews (review)
• A Dream of a Woman: Stories by Casey Plett (review) [new]
• A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett (review)
• Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett (review)
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (review)
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (review)
• Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu (review)
• (You) Set Me On Fire by Mariko Tamaki (review)
• Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
• Fresh by Margot Wood (review) (New Adult)

Historical Fiction:

• The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (review)
• Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy (review)
• The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley (review)
• Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin (review) (YA)
• Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi (review)
• All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell (review) (YA)
• Pulp by Robin Talley (review) [YA]
• Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
• The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Poetry:

• Sisterhood by Julie R. Enszer (review)
• Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)
• A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom
• When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade (review)
• If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho edited by Anne Carson

Middle Grade:

• Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (review)
• Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (review) [Two moms]
• Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender (review)
• Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee (review)
• The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor (review) (Graphic Novel)
• P. S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (review)
• Goldie Vance: The Hocus Pocus Hoax by Lilliam Rivera (review)
• Kenzie Kickstarts a Team (The Derby Daredevils #1) by Kit Rosewater, illustrated by Sophie Escabasse (review)

Young Adult Contemporary:

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (review)
• This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow (review)
• Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (review)
• Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (review)
• How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake (review)
• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (review) [agender main character/genderfluid love interest] [new]
• Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (review)
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (review)
• Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos (review)
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth (review)
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (review)
• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (review)
• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (review) [Bisexual M/F, Bi LI)
• Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman (review)
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett (review) [Bisexual M/F]
• The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George (review)
• In the Silences by Rachel Gold (review)
• Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin (review)
• Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan (review)
• You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan (review)
• Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy (review) [new]
• Middletown by Sarah Moon (review) [new]
• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (review) [Bisexual M/F]
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (review)
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (review)
• Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen (review)
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate (review) [Bisexual M/F]
• Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
• The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (review) [Thriller]
• Under Threat by Robin Stevenson
• As I Descended by Robin Talley (review)
• Pulp by Robin Talley (review)
• Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi (review) [Bisexual M/F]
• The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (review)
• Going Off Script by Jen Wilde (review)
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (review)
• The House You Pass On the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (review)

YA Romance:

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (review)
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (review)
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (review)
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (review)
• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (review) [new]

YA Anthologies:

• All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell (review)
• Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Rebecca Podos and Ashley Herring Blake (review) [new]

SFF Young Adult:

• Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (review)
• Love In the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (review) [Bisexual M/F]
• The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow (review)
• The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (review)
• Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (review)
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (review)
• Of Fire and Stars (review) and Of Ice and Shadows (review) by Audrey Coulthurst
• Dreadnought by April Daniels (review) and Sovereign (Dreadnought #2) by April Daniels (review)
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (review) (YA Horror)
• All Good Children by Dayna Ingram (review)
• Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A. W. Jantha
• Adaptation (review), Inheritance (review), and Natural Selection (Adaptation 1.5) (review) by Malinda Lo
• The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh (review) (YA Horror)
• Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (review)
• Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft edited by Tess Sharpe (review)
• Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley (review)
• Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner (review)

Sci Fi:

• Tierra Del Fuego, Colony Ship: Parting Shots by Caron Cro (review)
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (review)
• Meanwhile, Elsewhere edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett (review)
• The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist by S.L. Huang (review)
• The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw (review) [new]
• Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (review)
• The Seep by Chana Porter (review)
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (review) [new]
• Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead (review)

Fantasy:

• Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (review)
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark (review)
• The Narrows by m. craig (review)
• Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica (review)
• Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
• Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (review)
• The Second Mango by Shira Glassman (review)
• “The Freedom of the Shifting Sea” by Jaymee Goh from New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl (review)
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (review)
• Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (review) [new]
• The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
• Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
• Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
• The Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (review)
• Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw (review)
• Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks (review)
• A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams by Dax Murray (review)
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl (review)
• Hellebore & Rue edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff (review)
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (review)

Horror/Zombies/Vampires:

• Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (review)
• Fist of the Spider Woman edited by Amber Dawn (review)
• Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink
• A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson (review)
• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (review)
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (review) (YA Horror) [new]
• Gnarled Hollow by Charlotte Greene
• Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram (review)
• The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (review)
• Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories by Pam Kesey
• The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan (review)
• Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado (review)
• The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh (review) (YA Horror) [new]
• Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (review)

Romance and Erotica:

• Rescued Heart by Georgia Beers (review)
• My Lady’s Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris (review)
• A Pirate’s Heart by Catherine Friend (review)
• Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (review)
• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (review) [Bisexual M/F romance]
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (review)
• Roller Girl by Vanessa North (review)
• The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler (review)
• Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia (review)
• Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica edited by Sinclair Sexsmith (review)

Comics/Graphic Novels:

• As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman (review)
• Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman (review)
• The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor (review) (Middle Grade) [new]
• Stone Fruit by Lee Lai (review)
• Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson (Author) and Brittney Williams (illustrator) (review) (as well as Vol 2 and Vol 3)
• Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant (review)
• Girl Town by Carolyn Nowak (review)
• Jem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Sophia Campbell
• Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1 by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva (review)

SFF Graphic Novels:

• Heathen, Volume 1 by Natasha Alterici (review)
• When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll (review) [new]
• The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars by Michael Dante DiMartino
• Motor Crush Vol 1 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr (review)
• Darlin’ It’s Betta Down Where It’s Wetta by Ro Salarian (review)
• Spectacle Vol. 1 by Ro Salarian
• Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings and Vampire Island by Sarah Graley (review)
• The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (review)
• Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill (review)
• The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag (review)
• Space Battle Lunchtime Volumes 1 & 2 by Natalie Riess (Vol 1 & 2 review) (Vol 3 review)
• America Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Gabby Rivera
• Revolutionary Girl Utena manga by Chiho Saito (review)
• Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Shannon Watters (review)
• Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (review)
• Charm School Book One: Magical Witch Girl Bunny by Elizabeth Watasin (review)
• Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Vols. 1-3 by Jeremy Whitley (review)

Manga:

• I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama (review)
• Girl Friends: The Complete Collection by Milk Morinaga (review of volume 1, review of volume 2)
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata
• How Do We Relationship? Volumes 1 & 2 by Tamifull (review)
• Citrus, Vols 1-3 by Saburo Uta (review)

Nonfiction Comics & Graphic Memoirs:

• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (review)
• The Secret To Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (review)
• I’m a Wild Seed: My Graphic Memoir on Queerness and Decolonizing the World by Sharon Lee De La Cruz (review)
• Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from the Nib (review)
• On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin (review)
• Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu, illustrated by Keet Geniza (review)
• War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow (review)

Memoirs and Biographies:

• Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison (review)
• The Life and Times of Butch Dykes by Eloisa Aquino (review)
• The Family Tooth by Ellis Avery (review)
• When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova (review)
• Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote (review)
• Hunger by Roxane Gay (review)
• Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert (review)
• Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar (review)
• Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde (review)
• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (review)
• First Spring Grass Fire by Rae Spoon (review)
• Gender Failure by Rae Spoon & Ivan E. Coyote (review)
• Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa (review)
• Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family and Identity by Candace Walsh (review)

Nonfiction:

• Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, illustrated by Julia Scheele (review)
• Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman (review)
• Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond (review)
• Inseparable: Desire Between Women In Literature by Emma Donoghue (review)
• Queers Dig Time Lords edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas (review)
• Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
• The ABCs of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell (review)
• Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai (review) [new]
• Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)
• Kicked Out edited by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
• Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller (review)
• The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman (review)
• Dear John, I Love Jane edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre (review)

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