Recs if you like Sheer...
snake oil
what does it mean to be perfect when perfect cannot exist?
books with commentary about the wellness and beauty industries, social media, and self care.๏ฟผ
Reading Queer in 2026 (a non-exhaustive list)
We should all be reading queer, all year, but this list is full of upcoming queer books of all makes and models coming out in 2026. If you have a rec to add, just please keep in mind weโre looking for 2026 releases!
sapphic releases 2026๐
collecting all 2026 releases featuring sapphic romance!!
Out of Pocket Queers
Weird, unusual, or taboo LGBTQ books that may make you slightly uncomfortable
High Femme Fiction
pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)
Lesbian History, Politics, Culture & Identity
โ online discourse, โ๏ธ holistic knowledge fiction & non-fiction that will deepen your understanding of sapphism, its language/label evolution, and its intersections with bipoc, gender diversity and bisexuality. (please note โlesbianโ terminology was originally an expansive umbrella openly inclusive of fluid sapphics when many books were published, and not all identify as specifically/exclusively wlw!)
White Women are the Villains, Actually
Fiction stories where white women use and abuse people of color and other marginalized people. Thank you @chris for pointing out what a great list this would make!
A Pink Sapphicโs Bookshelf
the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
queer 2026 releases to look forward to!
this is an ongoing list of lgbtqiap+ books (across all genres, and age groups) that are planned to be released in 2026. if youโre an arc reader, you can also check whether any of them are available as arcs!! feel free to suggest books to add, since Iโll work on this list over time as well ๐ฅฐ
last books added in: january!
Literary Sapphic
Hopefully some you haven't heard of
New Sapphics
books that as far as I know are sapphic in some way, that have come out either last year, this year, or next year
Beloved ButchfemmeโMasc x Fem Lesbian/Sapphic Recs
queer butch/femme & masc/fem fiction i adore <3 not every character on this list might identify as a woman, a โnon-manโ or a sapphic/lesbian, but all these pairings still remain closely related to lesbian/sapphic butchfemme culture.
my large community-built list of contemporary butchfemme/mascfem literature: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/225052.Contemporary_Butch_Femme_and_Masc_Fem_Sapphic_Fiction
Toxic Yuri
sapphic books with dark, messy, & morally gray romance and/or homoeroticism
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
Gorgeous LGBTQ+ Standard Editions
(mostly sapphic) good queer books on my personal wishlist that have an added benefit of looking beautiful on the shelf!
Chaotic Sapphics
"Weird girl literature" featuring sapphic characters
๐ yarnandbooks
Sapphic Historical Fiction
Another collection of books saved from TikTok. We don't gatekeep so I compiled them all here.
Eldest Daughters Please Read
whispers i protect the family
Sapphic island
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