Literary lesbians of the DL: what make you ladies of lezzie author Sarah Waters?

Not a lezzie but I like her work! "The Little Stranger" stayed with me a long time after reading. "Tipping the Velvet" is a fun sapphic potboiler!

The one I liked didn't have much to do with lesbianism - Room - psychological thriller which was very suspenseful.

I know quite a few lesbians who love her writing, personally I could never get into it. Don't really like Anne Rice either.

Just finished Fingersmith and loved it. Thought it was great. Lots of plot twists made it compelling. Also liked Tipping the Velvet. Didn't care much for Affinity. Will put the Paying Guests on my to read list.

The Little Stranger one of my favorite novels, "lezzie" or not. She's a fabulous writer.

Love her!

Haven't read any of her works, but now will add these to my reading list. Another reason to enjoy DL.

I didn't like the Paying Guest - I got half way through and lost patience with its meandering self-indulgence. As I understand it, I missed nothing.

The one that for me was truly superlative - with beautiful, evocative writing, tense, twisting plot with genuine surprises - a page turner that didn't feel like a guilty pleasure... was Fingersmith. I'd recommend that book to anyone.

Loved Tipping, Fingersmith and The Night Watch. Didn't care for Affinity and currently off to a slow start with The Paying Guest. The writing can be self indulgent at times, but the plotting is well paced and she can set a scene.

Room is an amazing book, R2, but it's not by Sarah Waters. It's by Emma Donoghue, and a film version will be released soon.

Fingersmith is definitely the bestvof Waters's books, but I like Tipping the Velvet, as well. The rest I found fairly unmemorable, though I didn't hate them.

Fans of Fingersmith might like Gillespie and I, by Jane Harris, which has a deliciously twisted plot. I don't think there's any lesbian action, though I may be wrong. In the same wheelhouse is White is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi. There may be some girl love in that one, but it's primarily a weird and supernatural story, vaguely influenced by Turn of the Screw. Oyeyemi is really young, and really talented.

I got a DVD of AFFINITY from my library a few weeks ago, and it was very well done.

The BBC did very good adaptations of Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, which I'd suggest seeking out, and not just for the strap-ons.

Sarah Waters is the greatest lesbian author since Radcliffe Hall.

Not a Sarah waters book but currently reading "the price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith. Beautiful writing although the relationship seems a little off. Seems a little too Freudian-mother/daughter relationship. Thirty something Carol even refers to 19 year-old Therese as "child." Enjoying it though and looking forward to what develops.

Emma Donohoe and Patricia Highsmith are my favorite literary lesbians. Reading Strangers on a Train now.

Love her, not that enamored of Paying Guests. Try The Little Visitor, fantastic book that still haunts me years after reading.

I haven’t read it, OP, but that actually sounds terrific.