Recs if you like A Sharp Endless Need...

every struggled to find actual lesbian/sapphic books when at the library or bookstore? so did I!

bc of said struggle, I started to curate a personal list of books that either has lesbian MCs and/or featured a primary sapphic romance.

i haven't read all of these, but I do try my diligence in confirming that they meet the above perimeters, since many books claim to be sapphic when they're not. this is an ever updating list, only fiction for now!

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.

litfic and historical fiction with the sapphic yearning turned allll the way up!

suggestions welcome 🫡

my personal wlw library so… a lot of classic lesbian lit, basically

Because there's no quest to suit this genre and a girls got specific interests

Literary fiction where one or both of the sapphic characters are pining or obsessing to great extremes

I need suggestions pls, trying to stick to literary fiction rather than romance!

books centering on characters obsessed with a certain thing, ambition, or goal! one of my favorite types of characters… you could say I’m obsessed with them

Yes, queer and trans folks play sports. These are those books.

reading diversely is not a trend. it’s the bare minimum. and if your shelves don’t reflect that, you’re missing out.

Sapphic characters and sports, what could be better?

Hopefully some you haven't heard of

When you want to read something a step above trash

books that as far as I know are sapphic in some way, that have come out either last year, this year, or next year

All books include main characters that are sapphic. This includes trans and non-binary lesbians

This shall become the place where I geather all the books with nonbinary representattion / written by nonbinary authors (not sure yet if both). I have not read most of them but rather have them from lists, feel free to suggest more, or report falsly added books

books by sapphic authors and/or with sapphic main characters

characters are confirmed or suspect sapphics - plots are not necessarily romantic

Shamelessly yoinked from a certain other reading app that shall not be named... this is a list of recently published (2025-2026) LGBTQ+ fiction across a spectrum of genres and identities!

(Disclaimer: I haven't read most of these, but so many compelling covers made me want to save them all in a list to continue referencing into the future.)

Sad queer books. Beware of tears. Inspired by the Tragic Love: Queer Edition Quest. Middle grade, teen, and adult books

Inspired by Autostraddle's Queer Books Across America list