Lesbian erotica

Erotic fiction and media depicting desire or sexual activity between women, created primarily to evoke sexual arousal.

Sapphic literature: Literature depicting love or desire between women, or associated with women who love women. The broader literary tradition includes works whose erotic content is explicit, implicit, or absent.
Sappho: An archaic Greek poet from Lesbos whose surviving fragments include passionate address to women. Her poetry became a lasting source for language and imagery about desire between women.
Erotica: Creative work that depicts or evokes sexuality primarily for erotic stimulation. Lesbian erotica is a specific form of this broader category.
Romance novel: A popular fiction genre centered on a developing romantic relationship and an emotionally satisfying ending. Romance may depict lesbian relationships without making sexual arousal its primary purpose.
Lesbian romance: Romantic fiction centered on a relationship between women, typically emphasizing emotional development and a satisfying resolution. It may include sex, but its central promise is romantic rather than primarily erotic.
Lesbian pulp fiction: Mid-century paperback fiction featuring lesbian characters, often marketed through sensational covers and restrictive endings. Its mass-market conventions shaped early popular representations of lesbian desire.
Lesbos: A Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea and the home of the poet Sappho. The island’s association with Sappho gave rise to language later used for women’s same-sex desire.
Pornography: Explicit material depicting sexual activity, commonly produced to elicit sexual arousal. The boundary between erotica and pornography is disputed and depends on cultural and legal context.
Fan fiction: Fiction written by fans using characters or settings from existing works. Online fan communities have produced extensive erotic stories about women characters.
Queer romance: Romance fiction centered on LGBTQ characters and relationships. This broader market category includes lesbian romances that are not written primarily for arousal.