Recs if you like Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line...

learning is endless, and far too many people are being oppressed and subjected to violence in this world. just a list of books that shed more light on various marginalized folk from all over the world :) any recs are welcome!

A collection of books to learn more about queer people and their history

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

pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 curating the personality of my aspirations (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)

❌ online discourse, ✔️ 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 “lesbian” terminology was originally an expansive umbrella openly inclusive of fluid sapphics when many books were published, and not all identify as specifically/exclusively wlw!)

the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance

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!

I have yet to see a list that covered lesbian nonfiction so I decided to make one! Suggestions welcome! I may not have read all on this list yet!

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

history / theory books i have on my tbr!!

Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 7 Word Titles Prompt You must find TEN titles total with the total number words in the title going from one all the way through ten. I'll break these lists down into the total number of words in the title to make planning easier. This is an on going list and always open for recommendations

Recs based on the 2025 prompts

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

non-fiction shining the light on women and women’s story’s and experiences

wlw across genres

my personalised sapphic master list!!