Erotic Lesbian Fiction

We offer two sections on this page of Lesbian Erotica: Featured Books are  titles we've recently discovered, or recommended by our website readers. Enduring Favorites is a collection of popular lesbian focused books ranging from romance to steamy hardcore sex.

Looking for online lesbian entertainment?

• Girlfriends VOD specializes in excellent quality authentic lesbian movies
• Abby Winters- The Australians girls are coming!
• I Feel Myself - An intensely erotic experience of watching women masturbate to orgasm

Featured Book

The Lonely Hearts Club by Radclyffe
Bold Strokes Books (February 22, 2008); ISBN-10: 1602820058

Take three friends, add two ex-lovers and several new ones, then mix with more secrets than any of them know--and the result is a recipe for explosive rivalries and incendiary romance.

Candace Lory is a high-power commodities trader and swinging playgirl who meets her match when she hooks up with older, butch corporate attorney, Parker Jones, an associate of Candace's ex-lover, Liz Ramsey. Parker is as much a swinger as Candace but try as they might, the two can't seem to stop repeating their one night stand.

Brenda Beal writes best-selling erotic romance novels under a pseudonym even her closest friends don't know. One of the only members of "the group" who didn't sleep with every available woman during college, Bren would rather fantasize about a perfect lover than have one, especially if she's obedient and willing to do anything Bren orders. A surprise birthday "trip" and a dashing, dark-eyed submissive transforms Bren's fantasies into reality and her dark secrets into delicious pleasures.

Attorney Liz Ramsey thought she had everything--a devoted partner, a challenging job, and plans for a family in the making. Unfortunately, as soon as the test strip turned blue, her lover Julia got cold feet and left her. Now pregnant, Liz bumps into, literally, young surgeon Riley Danvers during an appointment at the University Hospital. Conversation leads to coffee, but despite Riley's charms, courtship is not part of Liz's plans.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Enduring Favorites:

Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures by Lynne Jamneck
Lethe Press (February 14, 2008); ISBN-10: 1590211014

Periphery brings together a diverse blend of speculative fiction writers to offer readers stories that delve deep into aspects of attraction and infatuation futures both far and near.

Works on all three facets: as erotica, as Lesbian literature, and as science fiction. Many of the stories emphasize one or two of those facets over others, but a few manage to balance all three with thrilling results. This is also a fine sampling of work from today's prominent writers of queer and speculative fiction. . . . Fans of dystopic science fiction will be especially delighted
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2008 by Nicole Foster
Alyson Books (January 2008); ISBN-10: 1593500424

Lovely, lively, and alluring, the ladies who populate this year's edition of the ever-popular series truly represent the ultimate in lesbian desire. In these twenty-five tales of love and lust, we unleash every type of woman and reveal their most secret sexual fantasies.

Nicole Foster, the queen of lesbian erotica, has edited many anthologies, including Wet and Show & Tell.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Best Lesbian Erotica 2008 by Tristan Taormino (Editor)
Cleis Press (November 28, 2007); ISBN-10: 157344300X

Best Lesbian Erotica 2008 journeys into the world of lesbian sex with uncommon, edgy stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights. Edited by bestselling author Tristan Taormino and selected and introduced by the dynamic Sister Spit performer Ali Liebegott, this latest edition of the best-selling lesbian erotica series in America is sensual, inventive, and breathtaking.

"Thought-provoking, unpredictable, and idiosyncratic, like all good sex (and writing) should be." —HX magazine
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

In Deep Waters: Cruising the Seas by Karin Kallmaker & Radclyffe
Bella Books (October 15, 2007); ISBN-10: 1594931119

Book passage on a deliciously sensual Mediterranean cruise with tour guides Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker. Poolside, topside, below deck and ship-to-shore--grab a deck chair and feel the temperature climb.

From honeymooning couples to strangers with mutual desires, there are no secrets about what goes on between embarkation, midnight buffets and ports-of-call. Passengers, entertainers, ship's crew and tour staff explore every inch of each other and their floating paradise. The lounge. The ex's stateroom. The casino. The little room no one else has realized is so handy, and so private.

It's like no vacation you've ever experienced before when these two adventurous authors lure you into the deep waters where everyone gets wet.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Red Light by J. D. Glass
Bold Strokes Books (June 30, 2007); ISBN-10: 1933110813
Who rescues the rescuer when there is no 911 for the soul?

"Never let rescuer number one become victim number two" is one of the very first lessons Victoria Scotts, "Tori" to her friends and family, learns as an EMT.

Caught between family legend and her cousin, Nina, ten years her senior, a musician and a legend in her own right. Tori may be the oldest of her siblings, but never first ... not with her family, not with the woman she lives with.

Despite the censure of the mother she supports emotionally and financially, Tori forges her own path as an EMT in the New York City 911 system. In the process she discovers a true calling for what she does, a deep and abiding love for the city and people she serves, and perhaps for the first time in her life, after a series of dangerously charged erotic encounters, a real connection to someone who cares for her because of who she is, and not only for what she can do.

When a good faith attempt to render aid, comfort, and compassion goes horribly wrong, leaving Tori sick and scarred, she must question the validity of her relationships, the ties of flesh and those that transcend it, her faith in the innate goodness of people. Hardest of all, she must face for herself the natural, inevitable...why.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica
Carroll & Graf (Aug 2007); ISBN-10: 0786720441

This all-new volume of lesbian erotica brings together a dazzling selection of new fiction from around the world. Here are 50 short stories from a still-growing genre, most of which have been specially commissioned.

The writing covers the emotional spectrum, from intimate reminiscences and intensely personal experiences, to wild confessions and magical encounters. Contributors include Fae Gordon, Lindy Edwards, L. S. Bell, J. Barfoot, Vav Garnek, Georgina Taylor, Anna Smith, Deva Shore, Cynthia Richards, Elsbeth Potter, L. C. Jordan, and Elizabeth Cage.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotica by Jolie Du Pré (Editor)
Alyson Books (June 2007); ISBN - 10: 1593500041

No other lesbian erotica collection has presented such a wide range of women, from Caucasian to Asian to Latina to Indian to African American, and many shades in between - like a brilliant rainbow. These twenty-three new and exciting erotic stories by such authors as Sophia Quintero, Fiona Zedde, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Tawanna Sullivan, Cheyenne Blue, Jean Roberta, JT Langdon, and newcomer Shanel Odum, are sure to please every discerning palette. 

In Iridescence, editor Jolie Du Pré's desire to populate more characters of color into lesbian sex comes to beautiful, electric fruition.

"It is also probably one of the highest quality anthologies that I've read in the last few years." —Catherine Lundoff
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Bed: New Lesbian Erotica by Victoria A. Brownworth
Harrington Park Press (June 30, 2007); ISBN-10: 1560235799

Plunge into the deep warm waters of erotic passion with Bed: New Lesbian Erotica, an anthology of titillating fiction and poetry that celebrates the steamy creative diversity of lesbian sexuality. Acclaimed writer and editor, Victoria A. Brownworth offers up a superior selection of sizzling tales and poetry from established authors and refreshing new writers. This provocative collection explores the boundaries of woman to woman passion with style, substance, and some of the most erotic tales you’ll ever linger over.

Bed: New Lesbian Erotica runs the gamut of tough and tender tales of lesbian passion that cannot be denied. You’ll find stimulating stories of rough danger, phone sex, s and m, b and d, faceless strangers, and sticky-sweet mysteries waiting to be discovered. Read intense and superb writing that’s filled with real emotions and provides that certain raw tingle that may keep you up at night.

Bed: New Lesbian Erotica is well-crafted, heartfelt erotica at its finest.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Best Lesbian Love Stories: New York City by Simone Thorne (Editor)
Alyson Books (November 1, 2006); ISBN-10: 155583972X

Under the Brooklyn Bridge, in the bars along the Hudson, and on steamy subway platforms, lesbians find romance, true love, and sometimes heartbreak. It is the greatest city on earth-and the most promising place to find love, as today's finest writers reveal.

About the editor: Simone Thorne is a world traveler born in NYC and educated in France. Her passion and joie de vivre has influenced every aspect of her life and loves. She has previously served as the editor of Travelrotica for Lesbians.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Lessons in Love: Erotic Interludes 3 by Radclyffe & Stacia Seaman (Editors)
Bold Strokes Books (May 30, 2006); ISBN: 1933110392

Amie M. Evans, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Lynne Jamneck, Remittance Girl, Saskia Walker ... some of the best lesbian erotica writers take us to "school" with stories of how to make passion an experience to remember. Visit a "butch-on-butch" bath house for an afternoon of discovery; trade secrets with a femme on how to strap-it-on; learn about what happens after the conference ends and the clothes come off; and watch a mistress instruct her pet in public. 

Matriculate for an education and sample the incendiary pleasures of women trading secrets between the sheets.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

First-Timers: True Stories of Lesbian Awakening by Rachel Kramer Bussel 
Alyson Books (June 15, 2006); ISBN 1555839479

Oh, that delicious, unforgettable first time... These luscious, passionate, exciting stories recount all kinds of sexy, sweaty firsts between women: first-time starp-ons, spankings, and role-playing, first loves and first affairs. First-Timers, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, gathers the best true stories inspired by the most memorable firsts. There stories are 100-percent real and 110-percent hot!

From noted romance author Radclyffe's online love affair to L. Elise Bland's sexy "Sugar Daddy" to Sacchi Green's tale of "Learning It at Her Knee," First-Timers has it all. Inside these red-hot pages you'll read about finding your G-spot, having a one-night stand, and public sex, by some of today's hottest authors, including Gun Brooke, Joy Parks, Therese Szymanski, and Alison Tyler.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Olivia by Dorothy Strachey
Cleis Press (June 9, 2006); ISBN 1573442429

Considered one of the most subtle and beautifully written lesbian novels of the century, this 1949 classic returns to print in a Cleis Press edition.

Dorothy Strachey’s classic Olivia captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Mlle. Julie and the other head of the school, Mlle. Cara, in its final months.

Although not strictly autobiographical, Olivia draws on the author’s experiences at finishing schools run by the charismatic Mlle. Marie Souvestre, whose influence lived on through former students like Natalie Barney and Eleanor Roosevelt. Olivia was dedicated to the memory of Strachey’s friend Virginia Woolf and published to acclaim in 1949. Colette wrote the screenplay for the 1951 film adaptation of the novel. In 1999, Olivia was included on the Publishing Triangle’s widely publicized list of the 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels of the 20th Century.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Riverhead Books; Reissue edition (May 1, 2000) ISBN: 1573227889

This delightfully saucy debut novel recounts the unconventional life and times of Nan King, a Victorian-era lesbian bold enough to embrace and to eventually celebrate her unorthodox sexual orientation. When she falls in love with an artful male impersonator, Nan follows her secret paramour to London and becomes part of a popular cross-dressing music hall act.

After her irresolute lover decides to marry her manager in order to safeguard her reputation, a devastated Nan flees, retreating to the seamy London netherworld inhabited by a variety of vividly drawn mashers, renters, toms, and mary annes. Barely surviving a series of sexual missteps and misadventures, a wary and jaded Nan stumbles into a relationship that eventually blossoms into true love.

A humorous and remarkably honest period piece that pays homage to women who courageously crossed the boundaries of conventional Victorian behavior and sexuality. —Margaret Flanagan (Booklist Magazine)
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Riverhead Books; (October 1, 2002) ISBN: 1573229725

Fingersmith is the third slice of engrossing lesbian Victoriana from Sarah Waters. Although lighter and more melodramatic in tone than its predecessor, Affinity, this hypnotic suspense novel is awash with all manner of gloomy Dickensian leitmotifs: pickpockets, orphans, grim prisons, lunatic asylums, "laughing villains," and, of course, "stolen fortunes and girls made out to be mad."

Divided into three parts, the tale is narrated by two orphaned girls whose lives are inextricably linked. Waters's penchant for byzantine plotting can get a bit exhausting, but even at its densest moments—and remember, this is smoggy London circa 1862—it remains mesmerizing.

A damning critique of Victorian moral and sexual hypocrisy, a gripping melodrama, and a love story to boot, this book ingeniously reworks some truly classic themes. —Travis Elborough (Amazon UK)
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica by Sacchi Green & Rakelle Valencia (Editors)
Suspect Thoughts Press (June 2005) ISBN: 0976341107

Leather, lust, riding a horse by day, a woman by night. The Western is making a comeback on the big screen and in made-for-TV movies, and the time is right for a cowboy-themed lesbian erotica anthology, with a difference. Rode Hard, Put Way Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica has gathered realistic lesbian cowboy stories. No urban cowboy crap. No wannabe Yahoos. 

This is authentic, get-real, can smell and feel the leather and taste the grit, "working" cowboy lore, nowadays or historical, and totally erotic. While some of the tales have moments of easy ridin', most of them have a decided kink to their gallop, and even the occasional burr under the saddle. Harlequin romance, this ain't.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

All The Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker
Bella Books (September 1, 2004) ISBN 1931513767

Brandy Monsoon is looking for love. Since there’s never a shortage of casual playmates at the tropical resort where she works, most of the time she gets it, too. And if Brandy tires of the perpetually curious—but primarily straight—women, there’s always her best friend Tess for a friendly encounter…

When an all-lesbian tour group arrives for a week, Brandy is sure she’ll be in paradise on earth. Among the guests is lesbian celebrity comic Celine Griffin, who has an obvious interest in an after-dinner Brandy. Celine and Brandy do find explosive pleasure together, so why does Brandy feel as if that’s no longer enough for happiness?

With days and nights so delicious… who cares about tomorrow?

Publisher's Note:  All the Wrong Places has all the romance, humor and passion you've come to expect from Karin Kallmaker. It includes a highly explicit range of powerfully erotic sexual situations, that's why it's the first full-length Bella After Dark novel. We're all squirming with pleasure to bring you Karin at her very steamiest.
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

An Inexpressible State of Grace by Cameron Abbott
Paperback; Alice Street Editions; (January 1, 2004) ISBN 1560234695

Intrigue, lesbian eroticism, and a dysfunctional family color the life of New York attorney Ashleigh Moore in this exciting new novel from Cameron Abbott!

The neatly compartmentalized life of attorney Ashleigh Moore starts to spin out of control the minute she's contacted by the father who left before she was born. At the same time, her career is suddenly jeopardized by the manipulations of the firm's most powerful partner, who puts her in charge of a case involving a ruthless client—a client whose stunning in-house counsel evokes in Ashleigh a hunger that she has kept safely buried for fifteen years, causing her to question her marriage and plaguing her with painful memories of the woman who once broke her heart.

Desperate to salvage her career, and at the same time determined to unravel a family secret that has been shrouded in mystery since her childhood, Ashleigh embarks on a journey that will challenge her professional ethics, test her deepest family loyalties, and rekindle the white-hot passion she has denied herself for too long. Teeming with the unbridled eroticism that readers of Cameron Abbott have come to love, An Inexpressible State of Grace is a sizzling page-turner that will keep you guessing to the very end!
Available at: Amazon.com  / Amazon UK

  E-mail this page

Copyright © 1996 and on, Erotica Readers Association, Inc.
All Rights Reserved World Wide.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission is prohibited.