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An emergent subgrene by and about strange women on themes of female rage, sisterhood, hunger, attraction, beauty, motherhood, violence, and much more.

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!

horror books with a queer focus, including queer stories and central characters

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.

i don’t need to explain to anyone why the proliferation climate fiction has skyrocketed over the past few years. this new wave of climate fiction, from 2020-present (ongoing), refuses to exclude climate catastrophe from depictions of or changing world. these works are grounded in present and future realities, the speculative less ‘speculative’, and more predictive.

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

an FMC named agnes? more likely than you’d think

Fiction featuring sisters, because sisters are the best. (Note that not all sister relationships are easy, they are complex and layered and sometimes difficult.)

Please leave your additions in the comments!

The bard's stories, but different.

climate fic set in worlds impacted by rising water levels

recommendations welcome, as always!

Books where the protagonist loses their grip on reality, has strange, unsettling, and/or surreal experiences

Horror books featuring sapphic characters and relationships!

Retellings of all types from fairy tales to classics to myths and legends

Recommendations and suggestions welcome

books set in drowned or drowning worlds

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

Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

Is it bury your gays if they're all queer?

Books where a sapphic character is being a menace. Maybe they're messy, monstrous or murdering someone.