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Of love forbidden

Paperback reprint of a pre-1950s lesbian-themed novel

Women's barracks

Women's Barracks by Tereska Torrės is credited as the first of the mid-century pulp paperbacks to feature a lesbian-themed cover and contain passages describing physical intimacy between two women.

Unlike others

Jo is recovering from a broken heart but finds it hard to resist her new co-worker Betsy

Girls in 3-B (The)

Three high school friends share an apartment in Chicago.

This bed we made

A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

Chris

Chris faces a difficult choice between her relationship with Shelia "Dizz" Dizendorf and the hope of happiness with Carol Martin

Twisted year (The)

A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

Unashamed (The)

A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

Third theme (The)

Sharon's affair with Leda allows her to work out her childhood traumas

Third street (The)

A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

Either is love

After the death of her husband, the narrator revisits the letters she wrote to him confessing her romantic relationship with another woman before they met.

Unnatural

Allison is torn between her love for Lydia and settling down with Cal.

Delicate vice (The)

Allison is torn between her love for Lydia and settling down with Cal.

Women in the shadows

Race passing and passing for straight underscore the interrelationship tensions among Laura, Jack, Beebo, and Tris in 1950s New York.

Odd girl out

Laura falls in love with her sorority suite mate, and finds herself entangled in a love triangle with Beth and Charlie

We walk alone

Journalistic portraits of lesbian subcultures in and around New York

We two won't last

Journalistic portraits of lesbian subcultures in and around New York

We, too, must love

Journalistic portraits of lesbian subcultures in and around New York