Ratings are out of 5.
NOVELS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
| Title & Link to Review | Author | Genre | Cat's Rating | Cress' Rating | Book format | Where to Buy or Read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| But She Is My Student | Kiki Archer | Romance | 3.5 | ||||
| Pennance | Clare Ashton | Romance/ mystery | 4 | eBook & Print |  | ||
| Broken Wings | L-J Baker | Urban fantasy/ romance | 4 | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Lady Knight | L-J Baker | Fantasy/ historical/ romance | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Promises, Promises: A Romp with Plenty of Dykes, a Unicorn, an Ogre, an Oracle, a Quest, a Princess, and True Love with a Happily Ever After | L-J Baker | Fantasy/ historical/ romance | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Adijan and Her Genie | L-J Baker | Fantasy/ mythology | 5 | 5 | eBook & Print | | |
| Beebo Brinker | Ann Bannon | Pulp / romance | 4 | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| A Walk in the Rain | Alison Barnard | Romance | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Gossamer Axe | Gael Baudino | Fantasy | 4 | 4 | | ||
| Earth Mother's Grace | Anthony Baus | Fantasy | 3.5 | eBook |  | ||
| I Am J | Cris Beam | Transgender/ YA | |||||
| Cage the Darlings | Emma Bishop (Sarah Diemer) | fantasy/ romance/ fairytale | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Violet & Claire | Francesca Lia Block | YA/ magical realism | 3 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Trans-Sister Radio | Chris Bohjolian | Transgender/ coming out | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| Dare, Truth or Promise | Paula Boock | YA | (guest review) 4 | | |||
| Morning Rising | Samantha Boyette | YA/ drugs/ urban fantasy | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Lythande | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Fantasy/ Sword & Sorcery | 4 | Print, Some stories as eBooks | Amazon.co.uk Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Oranges And Lemons | Liz Bugg | Mystery | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| When the River Flows Out of its Bed | Gaelle Cathy | Romance/ mystery | 4.5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Tierra del Fuego Colony Ship: Parting Shots | Caron Cro | Scifi | 4.5 | | |||
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post [Guest Review] | Emily M. Danforth | Young adult/memoir | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| The Dark Wife | Sarah Diemer | Fantasy/ mythology | 4.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Gunfighter and The Gear-head | Cassandra Duffy | Western/ apocalypse / scifi/ erotica | 5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Shadow of the Knife | Jane Fletcher | Scifi/ matriarchy | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Curious Wine | Katherine V. Forrest | Romance | 5 | 4.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Flashpoint | Katherine V. Forrest | Historical / gay rights | 3.5 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| Annie On My Mind | Nancy Garden | YA | 3.5 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| The Princess's Bride | KT Grant | Erotica/ pirates | 2 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Xianne: A Comedy of Cultures Vol 1 | Jayce Grayson | Scifi | 3 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Blue Place | Nicola Griffith | Mystery | 4 | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Always | Nicola Griffith | Mystery | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Ammonite | Nicola Griffith | Scifi / matriarchy | 4 | 4 | eBook & Print - listed separately | (Kindle - US) Amazon.co.uk | |
| Slow River | Nicola Griffith | Scifi/ mystery | 4 | eBook & Print - listed separately | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Hey, Dollface | Deborah Hautzig | YA | 5 | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Strawberry Shake Sweet | Shizuru Hayashiya | Manga | 4.5 | Not for sale in English | English scanlations Amazon.co.jp | ||
| Hayate X Blade | Shizuru Hayashiya | Manga | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| The Stepsister Scheme | Jim C. Hines | Fantasy/ fairytale parody | 3 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Mermaid's Madness | Jim C. Hines | Fantasy/ fairytale parody | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Red Hood's Revenge | Jim C. Hines | Fantasy/ fairytale parody | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| The Snow Queen's Shadow | Jim C. Hines | Fantasy/ fairytale parody | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| About A Girl | Joanne Horniman | YA, romance, depression, bisexual | 3.5 | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Jumpstart The World | Catherine Ryan Hyde | Transgender, YA | |||||
| Night Vision | Karin Kallmaker | Paranormal/ scifi | 3 | 3 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Christabel | Karin Kallmaker | Romance/ paranormal | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Finders Keepers | Karin Kallmaker | Romance | 3 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Privilege of the Sword | Ellen Kushner | Historical fantasy, political intrigue, bisexual | 4 | | |||
| Liar | Justine Larbalestier | YA, unreliable narrator, science fiction | 4 | | |||
| Carmilla or The Evil Guest | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | Vampire/ historical / horror | 4 | eBook & Print | Free eBook (US) Free eBook (UK) or paperback: Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Telling | Ursula Le Guin | Scifi/ philosophy | 3.5 | eBook & Print | |||
| Gravity | Leanne Lieberman | YA | 5 | 5 | | ||
| Ash | Malinda Lo | YA/ Fantasy | 3.5 | 4 | eBook & Print | | |
| Huntress | Malinda Lo | YA/ Fantasy | 4 | 4 | eBook & None s | ||
| None So Blind | LJ Maas | Romance | 3.5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| The Moonbane Mage | Laurie J. Marks | fantasy/ hermaphrodites | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | |||
| Fire Logic - Series overview | Laurie J. Marks | fantasy | 4 | 4.5 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Earth Logic | Laurie J. Marks | fantasy | 3.5 | 5 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Water Logic | Laurie J. Marks | fantasy | 5 | 5 | eBook & Print | ||
| Crimson Dawn | Ronnie Massey | Vampires/ urban fantasy | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Heroine Addiction | Jennifer Matarese | Scifi/ superheroes/ mystery | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Patience & Sarah | Isabel Miller | Romance, historical | 5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Sassinak | Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon | Scifi | 3 | | |||
| It's Always Spring Break Somewhere In The Galaxy | Raven C. S. McCracken | Scifi/ parody | 3.5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Goldenseal | Gill McKnight | Werewolves/ mystery | 3 | | |||
| Jericho | Ann McMan | Romance | 5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin | Colette Moody | Pirates /Romance | 3 | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Lunatic Fringe | Allison Moon | Werewolves/ romance | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| The Deed of Paksennarion | Elizabeth Moon | Fantasy/ Sword & Sorcery | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Strangers In Paradise | Terry Moore | Graphic novel | 5 | 5 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Go Get A Roomie | Nana-51 (Chloe) | Humour, webcomic, lesbians, beer | 5 | Online | Webcomic (NSFW) | ||
| Clara's Story | Doreen Perrine | Romance | 3.5 | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Keeping You A Secret | Julie Anne Peters | YA/ Coming out | 3.5 | | |||
| Pretend You Love Me (Far From Xanadu) | Julie Anne Peters | YA/ Coming out | 4 | eBook & Print | | ||
| The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter | Science fiction | 4 | eBook & Print | |||
| Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett | Parody / Fantasy | 5 | 4.5 | eBook & Print | | |
| A Hole In The World | Sophie Robbins | YA/ fantasy | 4 | eBook | | ||
| Come And Go | Lee Harlem Robinson | Romance/ relationship drama | 3.5 | eBook & Print | Smashwords | ||
| Moonglow | Charlie Romo | Scifi/ fashion /romance | 3 | eBook | | ||
| L World | Taryn Rose | Romance/ FF | 3 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Gotham Central - Half A Life | Greg Rucka /DC Comics | Graphic novel/ policework | 4 | | |||
| Batwoman: Elegy | Greg Rucka /DC Comics | Graphic novel/ policework | 4 | | |||
| Empress of the World | Sara Ryan | YA/Coming out | 3.5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Branded Ann | Merry Shannon | Pirates / historical / Romance | 5 | 5 | eBook & Print | | |
| Sword of the Guardian | Merry Shannon | Fantasy/ historical | 5 | 5 | eBook & Print | | |
| Secret Six | Gail Simone/ DC Comics | Graphic novel/ supervillains | 5 | Shopping guide to series | |||
| Beguiled | Paisley Smith | Erotica/ historical | 3 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Skim | Mariko & Jillian Tamaki | YA/ graphic novel | 3.5 | | |||
| Gingerbread Girl | Paul Toibin & Colleen Coover | Graphic novel | 3.5 | | |||
| Straight Out Of University | Rosen Trethiwick | Romance/memoir | 3.5 | eBook | | ||
| My Gay Sparkly Vampire Romance: A Twilight Parody | Zoe E. Whitten | Paronormal/ romance/ parody | 4 | eBook | Free | ||
| The Warrior's Path | Catherine M. Wilson | Historical/ fantasy/ YA | 4 | eBook | | ||
| A Fighting Chance | Barb Wolfe | Martial Arts/ romance | 2 | eBook | | ||
| Shadows of Aggar | Chris Anne Wolfe | Scifi/ fantasy | 5 | eBook & Print | | ||
| Fires of Aggar | Chris Anne Wolfe | Scifi/ fantasy | 3.5 | ||||
| Roses & Thorns - Beauty and the Beast Retold | Chris Anne Wolfe | Fantasy/ romance | 3.5 | eBook & Print | |
SHORT STORIES, COLLECTIONS & ANTHOLOGIES
| Title & Review | Author | Genre | Cat's Rating | Cress' Rating | Book format | Where to Buy or Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthologies (multiple authors) | ||||||
| Daughters of Artemis | Edited by S.L. Armstrong | werewolves/ erotica 6 stories | 3.5 | eBook & Print | | |
| OMGQueer: Short stories by Queer Youth | Edited by Katherine E. Lynch & Radclyffe | YA 18 stories | 4 | | ||
| Sleeping Beauty, Indeed & Other Lesbian Fairytales | Edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft | Fantasy/ fairy tales/ 10 stories | 4 | eBook & Print | Amazon.co.uk | |
| Bending the Landscape: Fantasy - series overview | Edited by Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel | Fantasy /scifi, gay & lesbian 11 stories | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | Edited by Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel | Scifi, gay & lesbian | 5 | | ||
| Collections (single authors) | ||||||
| Kissing the Witch: Old tales in new skins | Emma Donaghue | Fairytales 13 stories | 4 | Amazon.co.uk | ||
| Dreams & Swords | Katherine V. Forrest | Scifi / fantasy /mystery 10 stories | 3 | 3 | | |
| With Her Body | Nicola Griffiths | Scifi, paranormal 3 stories + essay | 5 | eBook & Print | eBook listed separately Amazon.co.uk | |
| 18th & Castro | Karin Kallmaker | Romance, Erotica, Halloween 16 stories | 4 | | ||
| A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories | Catherine Lundoff | Fantasy, historical, scifi, urban fantasy 10 stories. | 4 | eBook & Print | | |
| Sidecar | Ann McMan | Romance, humour 4 stories. | 3.5 | eBook & Print | | |
| Short Stories (reviewed individually) | ||||||
| One Solstice Night | Emma Bishop/ Sarah Diemer | fantasy/ acceptance/ romance | 4 | eBook & Print | | |
| Blazing Star | Marie Carlson | paranormal romance | 3.5 | eBook | | |
| The Witch Sea | Sarah Diemer | Mythology, | 5 | eBook |
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| Far | Sarah Diemer | dystopia/ science fiction/ horror | 3.5 | eBook | ||
| The Art of Mapmaking | Thalia Fand | Erotic romance | 5 | eBook | | |
| Aurora Awakening | Thalia Fand | science fiction/ erotic romance | 5 | eBook | | |
| Oh Captain, My Captain | Katherine V. Forrest | Scifi, vampires, romance | 4 | eBook & Print | Found in: | |
| Dead Kitties Don't Purr | Amber Green | Science fiction, dystopia, zombies | 3 | eBook | | |
| Ginny's Capture | Ellie Heller | Scifi, zombies | 3.5 | eBook | | |
| Burn the Brightest | Emily Moreton | military/ romance | 3 | 3.5 | eBook | Amazon.com |
| Honor Among Thieves | Amy Gaertner | adventure/ romance | 3.5 | eBook |
- 5 - awesome, must read, absolute best examples of lesbian books ever (lack of sufficient lesbian content means it will get knocked down to 4 or below).
- 4 - very good, but not quite the best.
- 3.5 - better than average, but not amazing
- 3 - average, pick up without fear, but not a must read.
- 2 - terrible, but still has some kind of story. Some people may like it.
- 1 - awful. Avoid at all costs (generally, the 1's don't even make it onto the site at all, so there won't be many. Those titles tend to act as a benchmark for rating the other books).
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