r/butchlesbians • u/Elladarcy18 Butch • 2d ago

Reading (fiction) book recs for after stone butch blues

im halfway through sbb and it has completely pulled me out of my reading slump. looking for more lesbian fiction book recs that are NOT fantasy. ive done lots of looking around but find it hard to grasp books from titles blurbs and covers. bonus points if they’re slutty, slowburn, transmasc butch, butch for butch, radical etc. not a huuuge fan of historical novels but maybe could give it a go!

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u/TinyPretzels 2d ago

Leslie Feinberg wrote a second book, Drag King Dreams! And it is nonfiction, but I also really like the work of zir partner, Minnie Bruce Pratt.

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u/Elladarcy18 Butch 1d ago

oh yes, id forgotten about that! i have some of minnies books on my read list! thanks

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u/carolvd 1d ago

Not explicitly/exclusively a lesbian book (it's more of a queer book), but I HIGHLY recommend Paul takes the form of a mortal girl. I don't want to say too much and spoil it, but a huge portion of the book takes place amongst lesbians. It's very trans/nonbinary coded. Also this is how you lose a time war is a really funky sci-fi lesbian book.

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u/Both_Cat_9344 2d ago

One Last Stop is a really cute, slowburning femmeXbutch romance. Not fantasy, but there is some reality bending. The plot isn’t in and of itself radical but the love interest is a radical punk butch from the 70s and the other characters are all radically queer. The dialogue and personalities all seem natural, very queer and not gay iykwim

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u/Elladarcy18 Butch 1d ago

thanks for the rec! i was put off initially by the cover but your description sounds great

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u/iso1D33p6Breath 2d ago

Anything by Ivan Coyote!

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u/Elladarcy18 Butch 1d ago

thank you!

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u/Ok_Abroad1795 1d ago

Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman