Welcome to The Lesbian Review’s list of 100 Best Lesbian Books To Start With. This list will introduce you to new authors and the books that we recommend you start with.

In most cases the books we have chosen are a good representation of an author’s body of work, rather than her most outstanding novel. This list is filled with books we enjoyed and recommend so don’t be shy to give them each a read.

As lesbian fiction grows, so it becomes easier to get complacent with certain authors as your only source of reading material. This is not only frustrating because you wait for them to come out with brand new books, but it can also mean that your reading list feels repetitive. And with so many fantastic authors there is no reason not to explore (even beyond these books).

A special thanks go to the team who helped me put together this list. It took a few months to iron out not only who we would be showcasing but how we would be showcasing them and which books to recommend. If your favourite author isn’t listed below, please forgive us. Each reviewer

recommended books from their go-to authors, and we regret only that we couldn’t feature every

woman who’s writing amazing lesbian fiction. Also a hug to Anna who came up with the original idea for the list.

How To Find Your Next Read

The list of 100 best lesbian books to start with is sorted alphabetically by title. You can see a preview of the cover and underneath the picture you can see all our categories and tags for that book. This will give you an idea of the kind of book it is as well as who the author, publisher, and reviewer is for that book.

Click on the picture or title of the book to go to the review.

You can also click on the tags and categories below the pictures to see what other books we have reviewed that match that category.

We hope you have found at least one new read from this list.

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