Taiwan Travelogue by Shuāng-zǐ Yáng, translated by Lin King, won the National Book Award for Translated Literature as well as the 2026 International Booker Prize, two of the largest literary prizes for books in translation. It was also my queer book club’s most recent pick, and it inspired the most passionate discussion we’ve had yet:Read More
A Medieval Murder Mystery with a Sapphic Subplot: Death by Misadventure by Jane Bitomsky
Jane Bitomsky’s historical murder mystery is expected to debut at the end of September, just in time for spooky October vibes. Death by Misadventure takes place in 16th century England after a body is found face down in the water, naked, with his bits cut off. It’s told in first person from the point of view ofRead More
Return to Camelot: Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher
Three years ago, Lex Croucher made their YA debut with the very witty Gwen & Art Are Not In Love, a historical-ish romcom about a princess and a noble who have been betrothed their entire lives and cannot stand each other. When Gwen catches Art kissing a stable boy and Art discovers Gwen’s crush on Camelot’sRead More
Suffocating Sapphic Horror: Mere by Danielle Giles
There has been an abundance of sapphic historical fiction in the last year, especially those that centre an isolated nunnery/convent with something untoward happening. The Starving Saints and The Unworthy are likely to be the most well-known, but there is another that was published in summer 2025 set in the medieval British countryside with an eerie folk horror simmeringRead More
Gothic Schoolgirls: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran Review
Avery Curran’s Spoiled Milk is a gothic tale of a girls’ boarding school in 1928. After the tragic death of golden girl Violet, Emily, Violet’s best friend, knows this was no accident. Emily is desperate to prove she was murdered, so she enlists the help of the other girls in her year, including even prim and properRead More
A Fictional Account of a (Maybe) Real Pirate: The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
Briony Cameron’s The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye takes the story of the legendary pirate Jacquotte Delahaye and imagines her rise to captain of a fleet of over a hundred pirates. While her existence is debated, her legacy nonetheless makes for a fascinating story, one that deserves to be shared as widely as any other historical (or semi-historical)Read More
Between Devotion and Obsession: Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu Review
In “Lonely Crowds,” we follow the complex relationship between protagonists Ruth and Maria. The two meet as children at their all-girls Catholic school in New England and become fast friends. Ruth is the only child of recent immigrants, and Maria is an orphan under the care of her mentally ill aunt, and the two are someRead More
A Beautifully Melancholic Read: Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
Briefly, A Delicious Life has been on my radar for years—a literary novel with a sapphic ghost main character? I’m listening. But it made its way to the top of my TBR after I read and loved Nell Stevens’s 2025 release, The Original. This one follows Blanca, who died when she was 14 years oldRead More
A Dizzying Fever Dream of a Horror Novel: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling Review
Caitlin Starling continues to wow with The Starving Saints, a dizzying yet lush horror novel set during a siege of a fantastical medieval fortress. At the start of the novel, the siege has run long. Provisions are depleted, water is short, and even the resident order of nuns cannot conjure up enough of a miracle toRead More
A Disappointing Carmilla Retelling: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Review
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
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