Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,173 books — 2,714 voters
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,960 books — 2,234 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,505 books — 604 voters
Annie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFingersmith by Sarah WatersCarol by Patricia HighsmithAnd Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. LaneTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Lesbian Books and Happy Ever Afters
636 books — 502 voters