Stella is in her late twenties and inexperienced in sex, but she wants to change that. Going to a sex club, she has a steamy encounter with a gorgeous stranger, but still hasn’t traded in her “v-card.” Cut to the next day at work, where the company she works for is introducing a new AIRead More
Sophomore Graphic Novel Fires on All Cylinders: Cannon by Lee Lai Review
Cannon by Lee Lai (she/her) is a thought-provoking and propulsive graphic novel that explores how one can get taken advantage of in all different types of relationships—family, friend, romantic, and professional—and the importance of making yourself and your mental health a priority. Lucy, also known as Cannon, a nickname lovingly coined by her best friend, Trish,Read 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
Love Across Lifetimes: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri Review
On the Lesbrary’s list of favorite 2025 releases, I named The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri as both my most anticipated 2025 release and my favorite sapphic read of the year. As said in that post, the author’s clear yet lyrical writing delivers an aching star-crossed romance, a high-stakes adventure, and ever-relevant anti-colonial commentary. InRead More
A Collection Beyond My Grasp: Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang Review
Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang (she/her) won the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and was hailed as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Described as “[v]isceral stories that center the bodies, memories, myth, and relationships of Asian American women” (back cover) and “unapologetically queer” (The Guardian), I wasRead More
Reaching Across Generations: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto
In Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Next Time Will Be Our Turn, sixteen-year-old Izzy is shocked, along with the rest of her family, when her glamorous grandmother, Magnolia, walks into the family’s New Year’s celebration with a woman on her arm. In the midst of the fallout from this shocking revelation, Magnolia sits Izzy down to share herRead 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 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
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