Recs if you like Hearing Red...

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!

authors who express pro ai opinions or use ai for covers, promo or writing

a link to a doc with details on each author is in the comments

Intersectionality, baby! Disability includes many conditions, including - but not limited to - physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, psychiatric disabilities, sensory disabilities, and neurodivergence.

All the lesbians books I can find. If you have any book you want me to add please comment ❤️

If you ask someone what apocalyptic fiction they've read involving zombies, there's a fair chance most or even all of that list will have been written by cis men, because they're the books that get the most publication & promotion in the genre

My hope is that this list will help someone find a new favourite author! ♡

Sister list to The End & After - No Cis-Male Authors

First of a series only

Suggestions so welcome, particularly for trans, enby & other authors of marginalised genders

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We need more disabled characters in media so here's a bunch of examples of good representation

Disability & Neurodivergency stories are rare in apocalypse & zombies books. I've found as many as I could!

As always, suggestions incredibly welcome! I'd love to round this one out!

Not intended as a list of good neurodivergent & dis rep (thou many of them absolutely are - lots are even written by disabled/ND authors! I just haven't read them all, so can't recommend every book on this list), but disabled or neurodivergent characters feature heavily in these stories of survival

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We need more rival lesbians!!!!!!!! Sapphic recommendations of any genre welcome 🫶🏻

literally just give me yearning at the end of the world

a definitely not exhaustive list of apocalypse books with queer characters

{ recommendations welcome }

Queer and trans stories in, or after, the zombie apocalypse!

First of a series only

Sister list to: Apocalyptic, but Make it Queer

As always, suggestions incredibly welcome!

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Note: Not specifically a list of good LGBTQ+ representation (though many of them absolutely are, and many are written by queer and/or trans authors!). But I have not read all of them (yet), so this list doesn't inherently imply my recommendation, as such.

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Any form of sapphic or w|w romance <3

just like in the name, here you can find some dark romance books, but make it wlw, because i want more women in male dominated fields (being a psycho and committing crimes) recs are always welcome! be sure to check out the trigger warnings beforehand cause some of these may be HARD dead dove do not eat

Note: The Sapphic story in The Revanche Cycle tetralogy (Winter's Reach) continues in the Wisdom's Grave trilogy (Sworn To The Night), which also has the final HEA. However the two series can be read independently of each other.

adult and young adult books about queer women/girls surviving in apocalyptic dystopias (zombies, viruses, disasters, evil governments, etc.) because even the end of the world wouldn’t stop me from being super gay.

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

• some books on this list may include sensitive content. - Please check trigger warnings before reading!*

Anything magical, witchy, fairy, vampire, and/or supernatural🤍

Sapphic books I don’t see people talking about as much. Mileage may vary!

For those who are looking for a love story with some spice ;)

Books saved from TikTok feed that were labelled as Horror/Fantasy (although I think some were only given that label bc they have vampires in them). I have not read all of these myself personally, so as like my other lists, if one doesn't belong please comment so!