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Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence to her neighbor and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. Open Me Carefully invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and misinterpretation... -
![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri]()
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEp 24 - 35. Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family... -
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![March by Nicole Pyland]()
March by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophie Santiago goes out with friends one night and ends up bumping into the most beautiful woman she’s ever seen, a tourist named Bryce. After a few hours with her, spent talking and dancing, Sophie knows that Bryce isn’t meant to be someone she knows for only one night, but something causes them to lose each other in the crowd... -
![Hidden Truths by Jae]()
Hidden Truths by Jae
Lesbian Fiction: Historical Fiction - Sequel to Backwards to Oregon - Commuter Novel - 19 hours reading - "Luke" Hamilton has been living as a husband and father for the past seventeen years. No one but her wife, Nora, knows she is not the man she appears to be. They have raised their daughters to become honest and hard-working young women... -
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![The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks—once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them? San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective—but his business hasn’t exactly taken off... -
![Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee]()
Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Awards Finalist. A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK. One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025. "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel. " —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One... -
![Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran]()
Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"The story unfolds like a flower; the impact of it on each person is profound. It’s a spectacular offering of love gained, lost, and struggled with over a lifetime—a poignant tale with a marvelous reveal at the end. "—Anna Furtado, Lambda Literary Review. Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger]()
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a house save the lives of the people who live in it? Can an inscription written in a book over sixty years ago change the fates of people not even born when it was written? Beryl Gray is solid and dependable – her partner, Claire, thinks so, her family thinks so, her colleagues think so. She has a long-term relationship and a job she likes as a university librarian... -
![The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse]()
The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe stunning conclusion to The Joubert Family Chronicles has arrived. 'Mosse is a master storyteller' – Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe. Their journey is over. But their story has just begun. A sweeping and epic story of adventure and courage, injustice and triumph, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is the sequel to the number one bestselling The Ghost Ship... -
![The Pocket Sappho by Willis Barnstone]()
The Pocket Sappho by Willis Barnstone
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator. Sappho’s lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B. C. E. , transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today... -
![Paths of Peace by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard]()
Paths of Peace by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn the months following the end of the Civil War, the South is in turmoil. Some men return, some do not, and of the ones who do return, many were carrying permanent injuries. Addiction to opium based pain killers is epidemic, as men who had started the war as hale and fit workers can no longer even climb stairs or hold a pen, or an axe or a hoe. The Redmond family is no different... -
![Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子]()
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history, and power. May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda... -
![The Crook and Flail by Libbie Hawker, L.M. Ironside]()
The Crook and Flail by Libbie Hawker, L.M. Ironside
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe son of the god must take her rightful place on Egypt's throne. Hatshepsut longs for power, but she is constrained by her commitment to maat – the sacred order of righteousness, the way things must be. Her mother claims Hatshepsut is destined for Egypt's throne – not as the king's chief wife, but as the king herself, despite her female body... -
![The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend]()
The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's tempting to describe the actinon in The Crown of Valencia, but then we'd reveal spoilers from The Spanish Pearl. Just know that once again, Kate Vincent finds herself in a mess, both romantically and time travel-wise. Romance, betrayal, intrigue, disobedient children,and religious fanaticism pack this tense conclusion to the epic adventure begun in The Spanish Pearl. -
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![The Devil Between Us by S.C. Wilson]()
The Devil Between Us by S.C. Wilson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn 1853, Jessica Pratt is only ten when her innocence is violently ripped away, revealing to her the cruelness of the real world. She flees, escaping the harrowing scene, finding herself lost and alone in the untamed Northern California wilderness. Fighting for survival in the unforgiving territory, each step puts her closer to peril, and further away from everything she has ever known... -
![A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe]()
A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt the height of the Cold War, Lucybelle Bledsoe is offered a job seemingly too good to pass up. However, there are risks. Her scientific knowledge and editorial skills are unparalleled, but her personal life might not withstand government scrutiny... -
![The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History by Rachel Smith, Barbara Vesey]()
The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History by Rachel Smith, Barbara Vesey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn intimate and inspiring collection of letters revealing some of the greatest queer love stories in history. "What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word - has always been with us. " - Mark Gatiss... -
![Lighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski]()
Lighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski
In 1874, in the quaint coastal town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, the ocean’s waves echo with tales of lost love. Lizzy Darby, a resilient young woman with a heart marked by past sorrows, seeks refuge in the familiarity of her parents' general store. Scarred by the loss of her first love to the unpredictable sea, Lizzy strives to find solace in the routine of her daily life... -
![Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell]()
Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsArguably Patricia Highsmith's finest, The Price of Salt is story of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose salvation arrives one day in the form of Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce... -
![The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody]()
The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hollywood-bound actress Violet London meets speakeasy singer Moxie Valette, her trip takes an unexpected turn toward love. New York City, 1931: When wry Broadway actress Violet London and her hard-drinking cohorts venture into a speakeasy the night before she is to board a train for Hollywood, she is floored by sassy blond singer Moxie Valette... -
![Alaskan Bride by D. Jordan Redhawk]()
Alaskan Bride by D. Jordan Redhawk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinding a husband after the American Civil War isn't easy. When twenty-two year old Bostonian Clara Stapleton discovers the address of a likely bachelor in the wilds of the Alaskan bush, she throws caution to the wind and sends him a letter. Soon she's on the adventure of her life, leaving the comfort and stability of a well-to-do family for a man she's never met and a life of uncertainty... -
![Lilies of the Bowery by Lily R. Mason]()
Lilies of the Bowery by Lily R. Mason
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter an arduous voyage from Napoli in the summer of 1914, eighteen-year-old Joan Passerini arrives in New York City with her mother and brother in hopes of building a better life... -
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Branded Ann by Merry Shannon
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNo pirate on the high seas is more bloodthirsty than the notorious Branded Ann, a woman with eyes like ice and a face marred by a mysterious cross-shaped scar. When she raids a merchant vessel bound for Jamaica, her only objective is to obtain the map that will lead her to a legendary treasure. But she hadn't bargained on taking Violet, the merchant's young widow, on board her ship as a prisoner... -
![The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread]()
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThese remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller, and lesbian. She kept extensive diaries, written partly in code, of her life and loves. The diaries have been edited by Helena Whitbread, who spent years decoding and transcribing them. -
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![The Caretaker's Daughter by Gabrielle Goldsby]()
The Caretaker's Daughter by Gabrielle Goldsby
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAmidst the backdrop of a nineteenth century English country estate, two women struggle to find love--and the truth that could either bind them together or tear them apart. Despite the barriers of class and sensibity, Lady Bronte and her groundskeeper Addison find first friendship and then something far deeper on the sweeping estates of Markby. Classic Romance at its most breathtaking. -
![How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans]()
How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans
In the aftermath of The Great War, everything is changing. But not for Marian Fielding. Marian’s life is quiet and predictable in the solitude of the English countryside, where she plans to remain. But Marian’s world is turned upside down when she meets brash, confident Katherine Fuller... -
![Forbidden Temptation by Emmanuelle de Maupassant]()
Forbidden Temptation by Emmanuelle de Maupassant
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat dark secrets lie within those walls? Madness, abduction, imprisonment. .. murder? The past does not lie quietly. Towering above its island of wave-lashed rock is Castello di Scogliera. Look up at the narrow windows, and you might think yourself watched... -
![The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira]()
The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNathaniel Fleming, veteran of Waterloo, falls in love with his Major's spinster sister, Harriet. But Nathaniel is not what he seems, and before the wedding, the truth will out. .. Eleanor Charlotte Fleming, forgotten daughter of a minor baronet, stakes her life on a deception and makes her name—if not her fortune—on the battlefield... -
![Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller]()
Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSet in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live... -
![Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Stories by Alex Fletcher]()
Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Stories by Alex Fletcher
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDates is an anthology of queer historical fiction stories. Together the authors gathered over 30 creators together to create almost 30 stories and illustrations about queer people living life throughout time and across the world... -
![Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman]()
Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell and The Futures by Anna Pitonia, a soul-piercing debut that explores the ways that past and present intertwine, queerness, and coming of age in uncertain times. In WILLA & HESPER, two young women fall in love. When they fall apart, they unwittingly take the same path to heal from their breakup, seeking answers in the lands of their ancestors... -
![The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody]()
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Gulf of Mexico, 1702: When pirates of the square-rigger Original Sin steal ashore to abduct a doctor to tend to their wounded, they end up settling for the doctor's attractive fiancée--Celia Pierce, the town seamstress... -
![Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert]()
Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen AP political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 campaign, the two women become deeply involved. Their relationship begins with mutual romantic passion, matures through stormy periods of enforced separation and competing interests, and warms into an enduring, encompassing friendship documented by 3300 letters... -
![Ladies Almanack by Djuna Barnes]()
Ladies Almanack by Djuna Barnes
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLadies Almanack by Djuna Barnes is a satirical novel written in the style of an almanac. It portrays the lives of lesbian women in Paris in the early 20th century, particularly focusing on the character Dame Evangeline Musset. The book uses humor and wit to explore the relationships, sexual and social, among women in the expatriate and artistic community of Paris... -
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![Bittersweet by Nevada Barr]()
Bittersweet by Nevada Barr
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAn outcast teacher and her former student pursue life and love on the unforgiving frontier in the acclaimed author’s tender Western lesbian romance. Pennsylvania, 1870s. Schoolteacher Imogen Grelznik is unashamed of who she is, even if she’s had to escape her neighbor’s hateful judgments more than once... -
![The Princess's Bride by K.T. Grant]()
The Princess's Bride by K.T. Grant
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaisy de Fleurre, an exiled princess from a faraway land, longs for true love. She almost experienced that at the tender age of eighteen, when she and her servant Chelsey engaged in a smoldering love affair one brief summer before they were separated forever. Eight years later, Daisy is engaged to a man who wants to offer her the world. But she still longs for the woman she has never forgotten... -
![Passing as Elias by Kate Bloomfield]()
Passing as Elias by Kate Bloomfield
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a true story . .. In 18th century England, a woman's role is to be a wife, and a mother - something which holds no appeal for Elizabeth Searson. When Elizabeth's Professor dies unexpectedly, leaving his apothecary to her, she discovers that she must marry in order to claim her inheritance... -
![The Disenchantment by Celia Bell]()
The Disenchantment by Celia Bell
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis radiant and thrilling debut follows a passionate love affair between two noblewomen who wish to free themselves from their repressive society, whatever the cost. In 17th century Paris, everyone has something to hide... -
![Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue]()
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder... -
![Sphinx by Anne Garréta]()
Sphinx by Anne Garréta
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSphinx is the remarkable debut novel, originally published in 1986, by the incredibly talented and inventive French author Anne Garréta, one of the few female members of Oulipo, the influential and exclusive French experimental literary group whose mission is to create literature based on mathematical and linguistic restraints, and whose ranks include Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, among others... -
![White Houses: A Novel by Amy Bloom]()
White Houses: A Novel by Amy Bloom
Rated: 3.34 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBased on truth, the "sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women" (People)--Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok. Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign... -
![A Twisted Bard's Tale by Selena Kitt]()
A Twisted Bard's Tale by Selena Kitt
Rated: 2.89 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDid you ever wonder what started the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues? Check out this naughty version of Romeo and Juliet—you'll be surprised and delighted by this little twisted Bard's tale! (Warning: This title is a fun, erotic short that contains graphic language and f/f sex). -
![White Houses by Amy Bloom]()
White Houses by Amy Bloom
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBased on truth, the "sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women" (People)--Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok. Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign...
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