The Lesbrary Goodreads Project

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

So after running this tumblr and the Lesbrary for a couple years, I’ve gathered together a couple lists of specific lesbian (etc) books about specific topics, and I’ve stumbled on some similar lists other people have made. In order to keep them a little more organized, I’ve decided to put them all up on Goodreads. Here are the ones I have so far:

Specific identities:

• Books With Asexual Spectrum F/F Romances  (also see Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction)
  
• Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs
• Trans Lesbian (Bisexual, etc) Books
• Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs
• Butch lesbian characters
• Butch women and female masculinity
• Butch/Femme couples (also check out the butch-femme shelf)
• Queer Female Authors of Color
  
• Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
  
• Fiction about queer and lesbian women of color
• QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
• Interracial Lesbian Fiction
• Asian Lesbian and Queer Women Fiction
• Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters
• Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books
• Lesbian Jewish Fiction
  
• Lesbian Jewish Sleuths
• Queer Islam
  
• Canadian Lesbian Fiction and Memoirs
• Italian Lesbian Books
• British Lesbian Fiction Books (Also check out UK Lesbian Fiction)
• Australian LGBTQ YA
• Swedish Lesbian Fiction
  
• Faith-Positive LGBTQIA+ Fiction /  GLBTQ Christian Fiction
• Lesbian & Bi Women with Mental Illness
  

General:

• Best Lesbian Fiction
• Autostraddle's 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
• Lesbian Canon
• Lesbian novels from before 1990
• Best Lesbian Novel Series
• Casually Queer Books
• Lesbian Fiction in the Kindle Unlimited program
  
• Best Lesbian Books Available On Audible  (see also Lesbian Audiobooks and the Lesbian Audiobooks Facebook group)
  

Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):

• Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters
• Bi WOC SFF
• Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi / Lesbian Sci-Fi
• Lesbian Fantasy
• Lesbian & Bi Women Medieval Fantasy
  
• Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians
• F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
• Lesbian & Bi Women Fairy Books (Stories about fairies)
• Lesbian Steampunk Books
• Lesbian Horror
• Lesbian Zombie Books
• Lesbian Ghost Stories
• Lesbian Werewolf Books
• Lesbian Vampire Books

Young Adult/Teen/Children’s:

• Lesbian Teen Fiction
• QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
  
• YA LGBT Books - Not “Coming Out”
• Lesbian & Bi Women YA SFF
• 2016 f/f SFF (sci-fi & fantasy) with HEA/HFN
  
• Lesbian Historical YA
• Bisexual Fiction in YA
• Queer Girl YA with Happy Endings / Best Teen Lesbian Books with Happy Endings
• Beyond Heather Has Two Mommies: Picture Books with LGBT Parents
• Children’s & teen fiction featuring lesbian mothers
  
• Australian LGBTQ YA
  

Romance and Erotica:

• Best F/F Romance Books / Lesbian Romance
• Erotic Lesbian Novels
• Lesbian Erotica Collections
  
• Funny Lesbian Romance books
• Best Femme/Femme Couples
• Lesbian Romantic Suspense
• Lesbian May/December Romance
• F/F Tearjerkers
• Romantic Lesbians In Uniform
• F/F Enemies/ Rivals/ Forbidden Love
• Lesbian Romance with Characters Who Are Famous
  
• Angsty Lesbian Romance with a Happy Ending
• F/F Romance Without The Drama
  
• F/F BDSM
• F/F Bondage in Fiction
• F/F Spanking Romance
  

Nonfiction:

• Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
• Lesbian Humor Books
• Lesbian Photography
• Lesbian Self Help
• Lesbian Memoirs
• Lesbian history
• Books On Femme Idenities
• Best Lesbian Poetry
• Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
• Yuri Manga in English

Specific genres/content:

• Lesbian Short Stories
• Lesbian Anthologies
  
• Historical Lesbian Fiction
• Lesbian Westerns
• Lesbian WWII Historical Fiction
• Lesbian Pulp Fiction
• Lesbian Fairy Tales
• Queer Princesses (see also Lesbian Princesses in Fiction)
  
• Lesbian Retellings
• Best Lesbian Mysteries
• Novels about Lesbian sleuths (Detectives & Mystery Novels)
• Lesbian Private Investigators
  
• Lesbian Psychological Suspense Novels
  
• Lesbian New Adult/Contemporary
  
• Lesbian Spy/Military/Cop
• Lesbian Spy Novels
• Lesbian Police Fiction
  
• Lesbian Doctors
  
• Lesbian Nuns in Fiction and Memoir
  
• Lesbian Pirates
• Toxic Lesbian Relationships
• Lesbian Books Happy Ending 
• Lesbian Feelgood Books
• Lesbian Fiction Set In New York City
• Lesbian Fiction Set In the American South
• Lesbian Fiction Trope: Childhood Friends Reunited
• Lesbian Fiction with Sports Theme
• Lesbian Christmas Books / F/F Winter Holiday Books
• Lesbians In Cold Places
• A Lesbian Wilderness
• Queer Women Road Trip Books
• Lesbian Witch Books
• Lesbrarian (Lesbian Librarian) Books
• Lesbians and Cats
• Sapphistry & Saddlery (Lesbian Horse/Equestrian Books)
  
• Non-YA Lesbian/Bi Lady Fiction Without Explicit Sex Scenes
  
• Pregnant Lesbians and Lesbian Mothers 
• Lesbian books on alcoholism and sobriety
  
• Lesbian Beach Reads

Good Lesbian Books’s lists that I haven’t put on Goodreads:

• Lesbian Historical Fiction
• Lesbian Knights in Fiction
• Lesbian Librarians in Fiction and Nonfiction
• Lesbians with Physical Disabilities
• Lesbian Shapeshifter Fiction
• Lesbians in Space: A Reading List
• Lesbian Steampunk Stories
• Lesbian Time Travel Fiction
• Lesbian YA With A Non-Lesbian Main Character
• Lesbian YA Historical Fiction
• Transgender Young Adult Fiction
• Good Lesbian Fantasy Novels 
• Lesbian Lawyer Books 
• Lesbian First Responder Romances 
• Award-winning Graphic Novels 
• Award-winning Romance and Erotica (unfinished) 
• Award-winning Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction 
• Picture Books For Children With Lesbian Parents
• Depression in Lesbian Fiction
• Time Travel Lesbian Fiction

Other lists not yet on Goodreads:

• 50 Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour & 49 More Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
  
• A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1960)
  

The good thing about the Goodreads lists is that you can add books and vote for your favorites!