a (ongoing) sapphic masterlist! (600+ books!)
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!







black lesbian/wlw books







Sapphic Adult Romance
Much like my Sapphic Fantasy list, these are all the books that I've saved from TikTok before deleting it in the hopes of reading them one day. Feel free to comment any that you'd like added!







black lgbtq+







librarians in love
romances across genres where at least one of the main characters works as a librarian







Lesbian & Sapphic Books by Black Authors







Unmistakably Sapphic Cover Art For Your Shelf
put!! them!! both!! on!! the!! cover!! we want chemistry, detailing and design!! WUH! LUH! WUH! shakes the publisher some of these are series so check out the rest!







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BIPOC Sapphic Romance
Sapphic BIPOC written by BIPOC authors.
Recommendations and requests welcome







Sapphic Stories
A collections of books that features sapphic main characters and stories - from slow burn romance to epic adventures, contemporary romance to magical love stories. Any story that centers queer women, it belongs here







Cute ๐ถ books
Spicy romance books with cute, illustrated covers that don't look nearly as spicy as they are ๐ธ
This list is based on the covers featured here, so it may be a little biased. Recommendations are welcome!๐
NB: Includes different spice levels and some LGBTQ+ romancesโค๏ธโ๐ฅ







Black Love on repeat
Black love in all its glory







Sapphic F(r)iction
Women loving women! In literature!







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โค๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐นหโฑ๐ชทโฐห







i love black women
a list full of books about black women being loved
(i haven't read many of these)







sapphic romance with the prettiest covers ๐๐ฆ๐๐
My fav pretty sapphic romance covers







WLW (sapphic)







cozy queer books
I love books with a very cute & cozy atmosphere, so here are some recommendations with diverse queer rep. Btw there are also some german books in here which haven't been translated so far, just so you know ๐ซถ๐ป







2025 Queer Releases
I'll never get to all of them, but that doesn't mean I'm not HYPED







Contemporary "Toaster Oven" / Coming Out Late in Life
When a woman spends her entire life assuming she's straight, and doesn't quite get all the fuss about sex and romance until she meets that one person...
(This list will primarily be focused on contemporary stories of this nature, and not so much examples from historical romance. I feel that there is a subtle but vital distinction between someone who does not identify as queer because the concept barely exists in their culture, and someone who does not identify as queer yet is fully aware of the existence of queer people. This is not at all based on my own personal experiences, coming-out journey, and existential crises. Not even a bit.)






