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in progress

Basically, a huge list of every book I ever heard features sapphic characters.

I have not read all of these, so I cannot be sure of the amount of the time on page of the sapphic characters or of the quality of the books.

Some of these I do not plan to read at all, since they are not my style. If you feel like a book doesn't belong here, let me know.

For my favs / read, check out my other lists & shelves.

Open to suggestions for more titles.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Make your way through the lesbian herstorical canon.

This list features standalone non-fiction texts only.

Please request these books at your local library.

Most out-of-print texts can be requested through your library's ILL system or read on archive.org. 💝

from photographs, essays, poems and more: these reads offer the living experiences of lesbians/sapphics of different backgrounds ♡

all lesbians/sapphics are welcome! anything sapphic-centered i find will be added on here! hope you enjoy!

So much LGBTQ+ history! A lot of this is centered in the US, though there are some exceptions and I'm trying to grow it all the time. Note that I have an HIV / AIDS list that a lot of queer history, especially around the 80s + 90s. So check that one out for more

This pride month I want to highlight an amazing lesbian artist and illustrator Jenifer Prince! She’s one of my favorites and she creates amazing sapphic artwork; I have a few of her prints hanging up and they are gorgeous! In the last few years she has started illustrating book covers as well! Most of the covers are for sapphic stories, but I have included the ones that are not, as I want to highlight all of the covers she’s illustrated! Anyway, happy pride!!! 🧡🤍🩷

Nonfiction micro-histories that focus on aspects of women’s history. Trying to diversify this list so any suggestions are appreciated

Nonfiction books about queer history, including memoirs, coffee table books, graphic novels, picture books, middle grade and more ! :)

We've always been here and we will always be here

Read queer all year with books from Simon & Schuster.

A whale of a rabbit trail

(nonfiction about whales, whaling, Herman Melville, the American Renaissance, colonialism, Indigenous and queer representation in American literature, and other questions raised in Moby-Dick)

Looking for fiction? Check out my list Moby-Dick Redux.