I'm addicted to Strong by Chase and Status.
I have a friend who's read the phenomenal 'Catch-22' four times. Twice is my limit on books.
Patience And Sarah by Isabel Miller was the first lesbian book I read. It blew me away. I had just left school and was broken-hearted as I was...
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel is FAB. It's a collection of all her Dykes To Watch Out For comic strips.
So, I've just voted for my own suggestion (The Price of Salt) and not helped the situation any :-)
Next lesbian book on my reading list is The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, a lesbian classic published in 1952: "The riveting story of...
I can answer about straight sex for a lesbian. It just wasn't exciting. To get aroused I would imagine that I was with a woman.