Cats in Lesbian Fiction - Our List So Far!

What do Nancy Garden, May Sarton and Mabel Maney have in common? Check the list-in-progress! Thanks to the many readers who are helping purr-fect* this list. This is an update of what we've received so far and we'll wait another little while before doing a final post. Please continue to add any lesbian fiction titles with cats as characters that you can think of!

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1. Dillon (who thinks you should ride in a cage in a car and see how you like it) in Sierra City by Gerri Hill.
2. Slayer (bringer of trophies from the great outdoors) in Just This Once by KG MacGregor. 
3. Bill (a mouser of great experience) in Wrong Turns by Jackie Calhoun.
4. Jeoffrey (rescued from an animal testing lab) in Ninth Life by Lauren Wright Douglas.
5. Wells (a suitably calming companion to the canine Fargo) in Murder Takes to the Hills by Jessica Thomas.
6. Cat (defender of the catch against sea gulls) in Finest Kind of Love by Diana Tremain Braund.
7. Miss Marple, the only female who may understand Kate Delafield in the Kate Delafield mysteries by Katherine V. Forrest.
8. Asscat in Bad Romance (upcoming) by Layce Garnder.
9. Tri-Tip in Spring Tide (upcoming) by Robbi McCoy.
10. Oscar Marie in The Book of Eleanor, (upcoming) by Nat Burns.
11. Marvin in Playing with Fuego (upcoming) by KG MacGregor.
12. Cybercat in Divine Endurance by Gwenyth Jones.
13. Lola in Devil's Rock and Hell's Highway by Gerri Hill.
14. Tao in Silent Heart by Claire McNab.
15. King Edward in Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney.
16. Cardigan and Noah in Those Who Wait by Peggy J. Herring.
17. Trombone (feline companion to Professor Hill) in One Degree of Separation by Karin Kallmaker.
18. Sammy in 96 Hours by Georgia Beers.
19. Mitote, Wild Abandon by Ronica Black.
20. Teaka and Livy in the Robin Miller mysteries by Jaye Maiman.
21. Picasso (Angus) in Braggin' Rights by Kenna White.
22. KatzinJam (of the hot buttered toast) in Making Up for Lost Time by Karin Kallmaker.
23. Thomas in Nora and Liz by Nancy Garden.
24. Hepplewhite and Rook in the Micky Knight mysteries by JM Redmann.
25. The Fur Person by May Sarton.
26. Sue Slate and Tallulah Mimosa, feline detectives, in Sue Slate, Private Eye by Lee Lynch.
27. Freddie Krueger in the Rainey Bell thrillers by RE Bradshaw.
28. Bast from "Unbeliever" by Karin Kallmaker in Bell, Book and Dyke.
29. One and Two in Chasing Love by Ronica Black.
30. .... ?

Honorable Mention: Sneaky Pie Brown in the Sneaky Pie mysteries by Rita Mae Brown. The series isn't lesbian fiction, but Sneaky Pie is arguably the most widely known lesbian-created cat character in fiction.

*We promise, that's the last time for that pun.

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Feel free to add any lesbian fiction book featuring a cat to our list! You can add them by commenting here at Women|Books|Bella, or commenting on the thread at Bella Books on Facebook. We'll do our best to consolidate all the input here to create a permanent archive that we'll publish in a few weeks. Can't recall the title? Describe it and maybe someone else will know!

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