Shortly after this year’s Winter Olympics, Adeline Kon’s Just Between Us was released and gave all of us sports sapphics a romance set in the high stakes world of figure skating. This young adult graphic novel delivers a medal-worthy ice queen, enemies-to-lovers sports romance filled with solid writing, compelling characters, and gorgeous art. Lydia “Ice Queen” ChenRead More
Sponsored Post: Bain Rock—A Sapphic 80s Fantasy
Bain Rock is a fast-paced dystopian sapphic 80s fantasy. It’s perfect for older teens and readers who like 80s aesthetic/ fantasy, political intrigue, sapphic romance and found family. As a GenXer, I wrote the book that I wanted to read. It’s a passion project and a tribute to my 80s childhood, pop culture and film,Read 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
A Forgotten Classic of Lesbian Literature: Olivia by Dorothy Strachey
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I had found out about Olivia by Dorothy Strachey through the 1951 film of the same name by Jacqueline Audry. MUBI describes the film quite beautifully: “Dreamy laces, soft lighting, and longing glances induce an erotic headiness that renders this landmark lesbian love storyRead More
Sponsored Post: Falling Through the Night by Gail Marlene Schwartz
Audrey Meyerwitz wants to fall in love and have a family. But for this queer 30-something insomniac who’s struggled with Generalized Anxiety Disorder since childhood, it’s a goal that’s far from simple. When best friend Jessica, a recovering alcoholic, helps introvert Audrey with a profile on SheLovesHer, Audrey takes that scary first step toward herRead More
A Sapphic Marriage of Convenience Manga: I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Machi has been going along with what other people want for as long as she can remember, but she’s so sick of her parents nagging her to find a husband that she’s ready to marry someone they’d hate to spite them. She wasn’t expectingRead More
The Lesbrary’s Favorite Sapphic Books of 2023
Every year, Danika and the other Lesbrary reviewers talk about our favorite sapphic books we read this year, whether they were published in 2023 or not. This time, there are so many reviewers at the Lesbrary that we needed to split this into two posts. The next one will round up Danika’s top ten-ish sapphicRead More
Enter to Win 1 of 10 Free Copies of FIT FOR THE GODS!
To celebrate the release of Fit for the Gods, co-editor Jenn Northington is giving away ten copies. There are so many retellings of Greco-Roman mythology out there—and now there are 15 more! For all the other fans who cannot get enough and are always hoping to see new takes and new identities on the page,Read More
SPONSORED POST: The Buy-In by Hakeela Buford
It was a love story… that WASN’T supposed to be a love story. The Buy-In, an interactive romantic comedy novel—— What do authors and culinary arts grads meeting in late summer have in common? What do past-life marketers/copywriters and actors have in common besides just selling a story?This is a sponsored post from I HeartRead More
9 Essential Books for Baby Gays
I have personally identified as bi since I was about 22, and 5 years on, I’ve now started thinking about what might have been different if I’d realised that any earlier, if my personal queer revelation had arrived during uni or high school. In this alternate imagined past, are there any books that could haveRead More
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