Cleis Press Books
An independent press publishing LGBTQ+ literature, sexuality and erotica anthologies.
Books published by Cleis Press, mostly lesbian & sapphic fiction, gay fiction and bisexual fiction. The most-read are I Am a Woman (1959), Odd Girl Out (1957) and Best Lesbian Erotica 2000 (1999).
This list collects 95 books in this collection by 50 authors, published between 1951 and 2018. 4 are free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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I Am a Woman
Ann Bannon
Odd Girl Out
Ann Bannon
Best Lesbian Erotica 2000
Tristan Taormino, Joan Nestle
Mr. Benson
John Preston
Le rempart des béguines
Françoise Mallet-Joris
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Beebo Brinker
Ann Bannon
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Women in the Shadows
Ann Bannon
A Queer and Pleasant Danger
Kate Bornstein
The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet
Mabel Maney
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Journey to a Woman
Ann Bannon
Best Gay Romance 2008
Richard Labonté
Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Katherine V. Forrest
Night Shift
Joanna Angel
Three Women
March Hastings
Vanishing Rooms
Melvin Dixon
Inseparable
Emma Donoghue
Entertainment for a Master
John Preston, Mirron Willis
Spring Fire
Marijane Meaker
The Back Passage
James Lear
Best Lesbian Erotica 2003
Tristan Taormino, Cheryl Clarke
Daughters of Darkness
Pam Keesey
The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse (Nancy Clue Mysteries)
Mabel Maney
Black Like Us A Century Of Lesbian Gay And Bisexual African American Fiction
Dwight A. McBride, Devon W. Carbado
Best Gay Erotica 1999
Felice Picano, Richard Labonté
Best Gay Erotica 1998
Christopher Bram, Richard Labonté
Best Bisexual Women's Erotica
Cara Bruce
The Complete Hothead Paisan
Diane DiMassa
Take Me There
Tristan Taormino, Dean Scarborough
Forbidden Passages
Patrick Califia
Best Lesbian Erotica 2012
Kathleen Warnock
Best Gay Erotica, 1996
Scott Heim, Michael Ford
I Once Had a Master and Other Tales of Erotic Love
John Preston
Lesbian Cowboys
Connie Wilkins, Rakelle Valencia
Dark Angels
Pam Keesey
Best Lesbian Erotica 2007
Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Romance 2009
Radclyffe
Best Lesbian Erotica, 2005
Tristan Taormino, Felice Newman
Best Lesbian Erotica 1996
Tristan Taormino, Heather Lewis
Best of Best Lesbian Erotica 2
Tristan Taormino
The Palace of Varieties
James Lear
Wild Girls Wild Nights
Connie Wilkins
Best Lesbian Erotica 2002
Tristan Taormino
Girl Crazy
Connie Wilkins
Best Gay Erotica 2014
Larry Duplechan, Joe Mannetti
Best Lesbian Romance 2011
Radclyffe
When She Was Good
Tristan Taormino, Ali Liebegott
Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica
Tristan Taormino
A Sticky End
James Lear