Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction Books of the 1960s
The 42 most-read lesbian & sapphic fiction books first published between 1960 and 1969, led by L'Œuvre au noir (1968), The Desert of the Heart (1964) and La bâtarde (1964).
This list collects 42 books from the 1960s by 35 authors, published between 1960 and 1969. 3 are free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

L'Œuvre au noir
Marguerite Yourcenar

The Desert of the Heart
Jane Rule

La bâtarde
Violette Leduc

The Unicorn
Iris Murdoch

Patience & Sarah
Isabel Miller

The two faces of January
Patricia Highsmith

The L-shaped room
Lynne Reid Banks

Cassandra at the Wedding
Dorothy Baker
I Prefer Girls
Jessie Dumont

Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing
May Sarton

Katie Mulholland
Catherine Cookson
- FREE

Beebo Brinker
Ann Bannon

Therese et Isabelle
Violette Leduc

The Little Girls
Elizabeth Bowen

Two Much
Donald E. Westlake

A Woman's Woman
Toni Adler
- FREE

Journey to a Woman
Ann Bannon

Naissance Du Jour
Colette

Feminism & Art
Herbert Marder

The Small Room
May Sarton

Virgin Planet
Poul Anderson

The Chinese garden
Rosemary Manning
- FREE

The Marriage
Ann Bannon

Return to Lesbos
Valerie Taylor

A Bit of Fluff
Kimberly Kemp

Journey to Fulfillment
Valerie Taylor

Another Kind Of Love
Paula Christian

The Finishing Touch
Brigid Brophy
The Houseguest
Kimberly Kemp
The Short Year
Barbra Ward

Fancy
Robert W. Krepps
Twilight Lovers
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Twisted Ones
Andrew Shaw
Left of Sex
Stacey Clubb
So Strange a Love
Danni Sherwood
Sisters in Shame
Ben Dawson
Lesbos is for Lonnie
Arthur Adlon
The Odd Kind
Arthur Adlon
Sex on the Odd Side
Lois MacDonald
The Drifter
March Hastings
Between the Two
Ann Freeman
The girl from Paris
Peter de Polnay