Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction Books of the 1950s
The 24 most-read lesbian & sapphic fiction books first published between 1950 and 1959, led by The Price of Salt (1952), Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951) and I Am a Woman (1959).
This list collects 24 books from the 1950s by 19 authors, published between 1950 and 1959. 2 are free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
24 books

The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith

Mémoires d'Hadrien
Marguerite Yourcenar
- FREE

I Am a Woman
Ann Bannon

The King Must Die
Mary Renault

To Love And Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4)
Josephine Tey

Odd Girl Out
Ann Bannon

Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson

The Fur Person
May Sarton

Le rempart des béguines
Françoise Mallet-Joris

Women's Barracks
Tereska Torrès, Judith Mayne

The Girls in 3-B
Valerie Taylor, Tania Modleski

Les Guerilleres
Monique Wittig, David Le Vay
- FREE

Women in the Shadows
Ann Bannon

Three Women
March Hastings

A Shower of Summer Days
May Sarton

Spring Fire
Marijane Meaker

Chocolates for Breakfast
Pamela Moore

Innocence
Harriet Daimler

The Player's Boy
Bryher

The Sensualists
Ben Hecht

The Evil Friendship
Marijane Meaker

The Third Sex
Artemis Smith
Any Two Can Play
James L. Rubel
The Loving and the Daring
Françoise Mallet-Joris