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Articles

250 of My Favorite Sapphic Books

February 11, 2024 by Danika Ellis

I’ve updated the Lesbrary Recommendations List! This is the page where I keep a consolidated list of every sapphic book I’ve read and enjoyed, organized by genre. I’ve been reading sapphic books for quite a while now, so the list has grown to roughly 250 books! Most of them are also linked to my review,Read More

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Medieval Queer Chaos: Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

February 10, 2024 by Jazelle H.

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Gwendoline and Arthur have been betrothed to one another since birth. Too bad they absolutely hate each other. When forced to spend a summer in Camelot together, Gwen and Arthur discover tantalizing secrets about one another: Gwen witnesses Arthur kissing a boy, while ArthurRead More

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A Rich Fantasy Novella: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

February 9, 2024 by Katherine

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I don’t know why I put off The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo for so long despite all of the good reviews. Maybe it was the short length, novellas sometimes being an awkward pace. Or maybe it was the fact that all tooRead More

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An Enemies-to-Lovers Space Opera for the Ages: No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black

February 8, 2024 by J.P.

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black was published on January 23, 2024 and follows Kyran Loyal, the last in her line of family royals for a planet that has been lost to her people for years, and Davia Sifane, a woman fromRead More

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An Epic, Slow Burn F/F Romance: The Senator’s Wife by Jen Lyon

February 6, 2024 by Liv

Amazon Affiliate Link Since reading The Senator’s Wife, I’ve been thinking about what exactly my criteria is for rating a book with five stars. Anne of Green Gables is the first five-star book I ever read; Anne of Avonlea was, unsurprisingly, the second. The three books by Jeanette Winterson that were the subject of my undergraduate thesis—The Passion, Written on theRead More

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Sapphic Books by Black Authors Out in 2024

February 5, 2024 by Danika Ellis

It’s Black History Month, so I wanted to highlight some of the sapphic books out this year from Black authors! Quite a few came out in January, so you can buy those now, but this is also the perfect time to preorder the books coming out later this year. I want to throw some quickRead More

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An Ode to Burning it All Down: The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

February 4, 2024 by Susanne Salehi

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Have you ever been seized with the inexplicable urge to destroy an intricate and beautiful object? But you don’t; you just sit with that strange, uncomfortable urge twisting in your chest and gnawing away at your heart. That’s a bit like what reading The GenesisRead More

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A Vampire Pandemic: Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

February 3, 2024 by Ire

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin isn’t your ordinary vampire book. In this world, vampires are known as Saras: people who are infected with Saratov Syndrome, a brutal pandemic that changes how society functions. You can’t get into a place without first pricking your finger onRead More

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A Memoir of Medical Bias—Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

February 3, 2024 by Anna N.

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Bless The Blood: A Cancer Memoir is a striking book that gets under your skin and stays there for days afterward. Though billed as a YA book, the writing and story hold a depth of feeling and insight that will engage far older readers, too.Read More

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A Bittersweet Portrait of Platonic Partnership: Significant Others by Zoe Eisenberg

January 31, 2024 by Danika Ellis

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Jess and Ren were college roommates, and they have been inseparable ever since. That’s acceptable in college, but much less common when you’re in your late 30s, have bought a house together, and co-parent a dog. They’re committed to each other, but not dating—JessRead More

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About the Lesbrary

The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

Sapphic Book Blogs

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  • I Heart Sapphfic
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Queer Book Blogs

  • Book Riot's LGBTQ Coverage
  • Gay League: LGBT Comics
  • Lambda Literary
  • LGBTQ Reads
  • LGBTQ Reads tumblr
  • Our Queerest Shelves: My LGBTQ Books Newsletter at Book Riot.
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