Butch ado about nothing: A reading list
Mairi
Inspired by a recent request for queer butch rep (tragically thin on the ground) and Grace Petrie's (spectacular and affirming) Butch Ado About Nothing stand up show, and the release of June Thomas' splendid and inclusive A Place of Our Own , here's a wee pride month celebration of some butch, masc, dyke delights of the queer lit scene! If you have others to recommend PLEASE send them our way!
Looking for a bookclub that celebrates all things butch? Wanna talk books with fellow dykes or delve into the best sapphic stories? Check out the wonderful Wuthering Dykes Book Club! Their next bookclub meets in August 5th to discuss K Patrick's Mrs S (and you can use the code DYKE-COOL-BOOKCLUB to get 10% off their bookclub books, including this one :)
Linked Books
![Image for Mrs S](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97800085/9780008561031.jpg)
- title
- Mrs S
- author
- K Patrick
![Image for A Place of Our Own : Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97803490/9780349018973.jpg)
- title
- A Place of Our Own : Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture
- author
- June Thomas
![Image for Hijab Butch Blues : A Memoir](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817857/9781785788512.jpg)
- title
- Hijab Butch Blues : A Memoir
- author
- H, Lamya
![Image for My Butch Career : A Memoir](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814780/9781478001294.jpg)
- title
- My Butch Career : A Memoir
- author
- Esther Newton
![Image for Butch Heroes](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802620/9780262038973.jpg)
- title
- Butch Heroes
- author
- Brodell, Ria (Artist and Educator)
![Image for Burning Butch](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819512/9781951213503.jpg)
- title
- Burning Butch
- author
- Mertz, R/B
![Image for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817881/9781788163248.jpg)
- title
- Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals
- author
- Hartman, Saidiya
![Image for Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide : A graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97809935/9780993563348.jpg)
- title
- Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide : A graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020
- author
- Charlesworth, Kate
![Image for Gender Failure](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815515/9781551525365.jpg)
- title
- Gender Failure
- author
- Coyote, Ivan, Spoon, Rae
![Image for Persistence : All Ways Butch and Femme](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815515/9781551523972.jpg)
- title
- Persistence : All Ways Butch and Femme
- author
- Coyote, Ivan E, Sharman, Zena
![Image for Female Masculinity](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814780/9781478001621.jpg)
- title
- Female Masculinity
- author
- Halberstam, Jack
![Image for Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars : The Politics of Sex](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97807556/9780755606634.jpg)
- title
- Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars : The Politics of Sex
- author
- Dr Finn Mackay
![Image for The Life & Times Of Butch Dykes : Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816210/9781621062288.jpg)
- title
- The Life & Times Of Butch Dykes : Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World
- author
- Aquino, Eloisa
![Image for Queer Footprints : A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97807453/9780745346212.jpg)
- title
- Queer Footprints : A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History
- author
- Dan Glass
![Image for The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802240/9780224087063.jpg)
- title
- The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For
- author
- Bechdel, Alison
![Image for C+nto : & Othered Poems](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819089/9781908906489.jpg)
- title
- C+nto : & Othered Poems
- author
- Taylor, Joelle
![Image for Three Births](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819150/9781915051097.jpg)
- title
- Three Births
- author
- K Patrick
![Image for Chelsea Girls](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817812/9781781257807.jpg)
- title
- Chelsea Girls
- author
- Myles, Mx Eileen
![Image for My Own Worst Enemy : The hot enemies-to-lovers romcom you won't want to miss!](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818011/9781801107631.jpg)
- title
- My Own Worst Enemy : The hot enemies-to-lovers romcom you won't want to miss!
- author
- Lindon, Lily
![Image for Just as You Are : A Novel](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805935/9780593594704.jpg)
- title
- Just as You Are : A Novel
- author
- Kellog, Camille
![Image for Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815290/9781529007671.jpg)
- title
- Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl
- author
- Lawlor, Andrea
![Image for Girl Mans Up](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800624/9780062404183.jpg)
- title
- Girl Mans Up
- author
- Girard, M-E
![Image for Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815293/9781529366587.jpg)
- title
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club
- author
- Lo, Malinda
![Image for One Last Stop](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815290/9781529099485.jpg)
- title
- One Last Stop
- author
- McQuiston, Casey
![Image for The Unbroken](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803565/9780356516233.jpg)
- title
- The Unbroken
- author
- Clark, C. L.
![Image for Rebent Sinner](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815515/9781551527734.jpg)
- title
- Rebent Sinner
- author
- Coyote, Ivan
![Image for Kiss Her Once for Me : A Novel](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819821/9781982191139.jpg)
- title
- Kiss Her Once for Me : A Novel
- author
- Cochrun, Alison
![Image for Can't Resist Her](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815420/9781542034098.jpg)
- title
- Can't Resist Her
- author
- Kianna Alexander
![Image for When Katie Met Cassidy](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803494/9780349421193.jpg)
- title
- When Katie Met Cassidy
- author
- Perri, Camille
![Image for Gideon the Ninth](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97812503/9781250313188.jpg)
- title
- Gideon the Ninth
- author
- Muir, Tamsyn
![Image for Tipping The Velvet : Virago 50th Anniversary Edition](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803490/9780349017426.jpg)
- title
- Tipping The Velvet : Virago 50th Anniversary Edition
- author
- Waters, Sarah
![Image for Vicky Romeo Plus Joolz](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819996/9781999671334.jpg)
- title
- Vicky Romeo Plus Joolz
- author
- Percy, Ely, Dolan, Louise, Kunitsky, Nathaniel
![Image for Cosmoknights](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97816030/9781603094542.jpg)
- title
- Cosmoknights
- author
- Hannah Templer
![Image for Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail : A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud queer romcom](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803494/9780349432588.jpg)
- title
- Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail : A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud queer romcom
- author
- Blake, Ashley Herring
![Image for Nightwood](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97805713/9780571322862.jpg)
- title
- Nightwood
- author
- Djuna Barnes
![Image for Girls, Visions and Everything : A Novel](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815800/9781580050227.jpg)
- title
- Girls, Visions and Everything : A Novel
- author
- Sarah Schulman
![Image for Greasepaint](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816436/9781643622132.jpg)
- title
- Greasepaint
- author
- Levene, Hannah
![Image for Playboy : 'An essential read' - Joelle Taylor, T.S. Eliot Prize-winning author of C+nto](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818008/9781800819849.jpg)
- title
- Playboy : 'An essential read' - Joelle Taylor, T.S. Eliot Prize-winning author of C+nto
- author
- Debre, Constance, James, Holly
![Image for Neon Roses : The joyfully queer, uplifting and sexy read of the summer](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97813998/9781399801935.jpg)
- title
- Neon Roses : The joyfully queer, uplifting and sexy read of the summer
- author
- Dawson, Rachel
![Image for Unsuitable : A History of Lesbian Fashion](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818052/9781805260967.jpg)
- title
- Unsuitable : A History of Lesbian Fashion
- author
- Eleanor Medhurst
![Image for Rosewater](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97814087/9781408717066.jpg)
- title
- Rosewater
- author
- Liv Little
![Image for These Letters End in Tears](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819143/9781914344381.jpg)
- title
- These Letters End in Tears
- author
- Xaviere, Musih Tedji