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Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

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  • 2008 first published
  • 416 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
  • 5 editions
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The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For is a 2008 sapphic fiction novel by Alison Bechdel. Key subjects include lesbians and gays.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 57 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Hardcover Graphic Books bestseller list in 2015.

At about 416 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ground-breaking comic strip series, Dykes to Watch Out For brings together a new collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of a diverse group of lesbian friends, in a volume that features selections from eleven previous volumes, as well as sixty strips never before published in book form.
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Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Hardcover Graphic Books, 2015

Themes, setting & tropes

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Subjects

  • Lesbians
  • Gays
  • Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Winner

Quick answers

Who wrote The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For?

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For was written by Alison Bechdel and first published in 2008.

What genre is The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For?

The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For?

Readers who like it often enjoy The miseducation of Cameron Post, If You Could Be Mine and Dear Life.

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