What to Read After The Persistent Desire
Readers who loved The Persistent Desire by Joan Nestle keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Persistent Desire is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Persistent Desire
Stone Butch Blues
S/He
Gender Outlaw
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
Butch Is a Noun
Valencia
Persistence
Female Masculinity
Odd Girl Out
Aimée & Jaguar
Loving in the War Years
My Dangerous Desires
Baby Remember My Name
Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold
Without a net
PoMoSEXUALS
Public Sex
Trans Liberation
Beebo Brinker
Chelsea Girls
Chloe Plus Olivia
Dykes to Watch Out For
Beyond the Pale
The Passion