Kissed by Venus has a great new post by Catherine Lundoff about her top ten lesbian protagonists.
I know I liked Molly from Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle and Dylan from Beth Goobie’s Hello, Groin, off the top of my head. I think I liked Mike from Julie Anne Peter’s Far From Xanadu, too. I guess I can’t count Ivan E. Coyote’s books’ protagonists, because they’re pretty much just Ivan, who isn’t fictional.
Who are your favorite lesbian main characters?
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Grandmother's Legacy says
I really enjoyed both Maud and Sue from Fingersmith. For whatever reason, they stick out most in my mind when I think of lesbian literature.
Danika the Lesbrarian says
They were really fascinating, though both in totally different ways.
Cass says
Okay, I’ll admit to a long standing literary crush on Nan from Tipping the Velvet. I also really like Michelle from Michelle Tea’s Valencia and Francesca from the IHOP Diaries and, of course, Beebo Brinker.
Danika the Lesbrarian says
Those last three are all on my list! I’m glad to see they have good main characters, that’s really the best way to draw me in.
chantele says
Liza from Annie on My Mind
Danika the Lesbrarian says
I’ll have to re-read that soon; I read it in high school, but I can’t remember anything from it!
OiseauBleu says
Hi … 🙂
I love Aud Torvingen in Nicola Griffith’s novels (The Blue Place , Stay , Always )
Danika the Lesbrarian says
I’ve heard really good things about Nicola Griffith. I just picked up one of hers, Slow River. I’m really looking forward to it! Unfortunately, my library only has The Blue Place in e-book form, and I seem to be distracted too easily by the internet to read a whole novel online. I’ll have to ILL some time.
OiseauBleu says
Slow River is a strange and beautifully written novel , beautifully crafted . I would recommend also Ammonite .
Aud Torvingen only appears in the novels I mentionned above . One could say they are some kind of detective novels , I think it’s more about the exploration of that one character , Aud , how she deals with strengh , violence and love.
What I also like very much about Nicola is that she really interacts with her readers , here , http://asknicola.blogspot.com/ and there in the archives of er site , http://www.nicolagriffith.com/asknicola.html .