Welcomed reissue of this archetypal lesbian novel with a new introduction by Diana Souhami to mark the 80th anniversary of Radclyffe Hall's trial. If you have never read Hall's books, now it's the tim...

Immortalised for a whole new generation by the film 'Desert Hearts', Jane Rule's classic Desert Of The Heart is arguably her finest novel. Told with all the wit and skill of this fine novelist, the bo...

Perhaps the most famous example of early twentieth-century lesbian autobiography is The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933), written by American modernist Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). As its title ...

Ann Bannon was designated the "Queen of Lesbian Pulp" for authoring several landmark novels in the '50s. Unlike many writers of the period, however, Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typica...

Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognised, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire M...

A biographical fantasy, inspired by the author's relationship with the bisexual Vita Sackville-West, which traces the history of the youthful, beautiful and aristocratic Orlando through four centuries...

Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America - and living happily ever after. Critcally acclaimed when it was first publshed in 1...

Here's Toklas's rich mixture of menus and memories of meals shared with such famous friends as Wilder, Picasso, and Hemingway, originally published in 1954.

Katherine V Forrest is one of the pioneers of the dyke crime genre which is now so popular. Some of her critics say that the character of Kate Delafield is too austere and distant, but this is the po...

The brilliant lesbian classic that has sold in millions and launched Sarah Waters into the top ranks of literary celebrity and propelled her into the hearts of lesbians worldwide.