Hungerstone was one of my most-anticipated books of 2025, but it ended up being a disappointment. I love Carmilla and queer Carmilla retellings, not to mention sapphic vampire stories in general, so I thought this would be an easy win. Instead, I ended up feeling like this was a novel split in two, where theRead More
Southern Gothic Horror Meets Dark Academia: I’ll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker Review
In I’ll Make a Spectacle of You, we meet Zora Robinson, an ambitious graduate student and Hoodoo practitioner, as she enters her first year at the most respected HBCU in the country. Bricksbury University has a long and storied history, with more than a few secrets, the biggest of all involving a beast that roams theRead More
The 15 Best Sapphic Books of 2025
2025 was a year packed full of great sapphic books, and today, we’re here to celebrate 15 of the best. These are the Lesbrary reviewers’ favorite 2025 sapphic books we read this year—and yes, nine of them are my picks. Let’s call that Head Lesbrarian privileges. This is only scratching the surface of the sapphicRead More
A Sapphic Hunt for Legacy: The Guest Book by Mae Marvel
First and foremost, The Guest Book (June 2, 2026) gets a special mention as my very first NetGalley eARC. I feel like a proper book reviewer now! I was immediately drawn in by the synopsis: a whirlwind vacation to a cozy English inn for two young Americans in need of an escape from Hard Things, with aRead More
A Cozy, Black Sapphic Love Story: The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee Review
I’ve never read a book that would fall into the “low-angst romance” category, until I picked up The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee. The book is the third in a series that takes place in a quaint small town called Peach Blossom. This Black sapphic romance follows two women in their late 20s, Dani and Zoey,Read More
Make the Yuletide Gay: Season of Love by Helena Greer
This year I decided to clear out my unread shelf, full of holiday romances I never got around to. I’m so glad I picked up Season of Love and gave it a chance, even though my last holiday read left me wanting more. My usual tastes tend to lean away from the pure fluff ofRead More
A Cozy Queer Christmas Romance for Fans of The Holiday: I’ll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone Review
I watch The Holiday every December, so when I heard about a sapphic book coming out with the same premise—two strangers swap houses over the holidays and fall in love with people from each other’s lives—I knew I had to pick it up. As you’d expect, we have two main characters: Clover, who left herRead More
The Dragons are Fantasy but the Colonialism is Very Real: To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose
A magical school story, a political critique, a dragon rider fantasy: so many of my favourite things! Book 1 of the Nampeshiweisit series was one of my favourite books of the year and contained probably my most memorable reading moment, in which Anequs makes an incredible discovery that rewrites her understanding of her dragon and ofRead More
Jewish Sapphic Lit from Manhattan’s Lower East Side
For the majority of the twentieth century, Manhattan’s Lower East Side was an enclave of affordable housing (e.g. tenements) that housed lively immigrant cultures as well as many queer folk feeling the crunch of capitalism’s unceasing demands. Today, I’m discussing three books written by or recollecting the memories of queer Jewish women who lived andRead More
Gory Survival Horror at a Craft Store: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer Review
Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer is both a visceral survival horror and a balm to survivors of homophobic violence perpetrated by religious institutions everywhere. Once upon a time, Ruth was engaged to a man named Charlie, on track to become a picture-perfect, god-fearing, trad wife. Until, that is, Charlie becomes increasingly more involved with NewRead More
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