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:

• 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)
• 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
• Canadian Lesbian Fiction and Memoirs
• Italian Lesbian Books
• British Lesbian Fiction Books (Also check out UK Lesbian Fiction)

General:

• Best Lesbian Fiction and Autostraddle’s 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
• Lesbian Canon
• Lesbian novels from before 1990

Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):

• Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters
• Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi
• Lesbian Fantasy
• Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians
• F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
• 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 Historical YA
• Bisexual Fiction in YA
• Queer Girl YA with Happy Endings / Best Teen Lesbian Books with Happy Endings

Romance and Erotica:

• Best F/F Romance Books
• Erotic Lesbian Novels
• 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
• F/F BDSM
• F/F Bondage in Fiction

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
• Historical Lesbian Fiction
• Lesbian Westerns
• Lesbian WWII Historical Fiction
• Lesbian Pulp Fiction
• Lesbian Fairy Tales
• Lesbian Retellings
• Best Lesbian Mysteries
• Novels about Lesbian sleuths
• Lesbian Spy/Military/Cop
• Lesbian Pirates
• Lesbian Books Happy Ending
• 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
• Lesbians In Cold Places
• A Lesbian Wilderness
• Queer Women Road Trip Books
• Lesbian Witch Books
• Lesbrarian (Lesbian Librarian) Books
• Lesbians and Cats

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

• Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction
• Lesbian Historical Fiction
• Lesbian Knights in Fiction
• Lesbian Librarians in Fiction and Nonfiction
• Lesbians with Physical Disabilities
• Lesbian Princesses in Fiction
• 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  Fantasy & Science Fiction Books
• Lesbian YA Historical Fiction
• Transgender Young Adult Fiction
• Good Lesbian Fantasy Novels 
• Lesbian Lawyer Books 
• Lesbian First Responder Romances 
• Lesbian Audiobooks 
• 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

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