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A Celebration of Unlikable Women: Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

August 22, 2023 by Meagan Kimberly

Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a fascinating collection of stories about messy, flawed people. This book definitely challenged me to think about how I “relate” to characters that are not meant to be particularly good people. Specifically, women who aren’t written as likable. The women in these stories aren’t broken down into simple saints andRead More

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Sam reviews Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman

February 25, 2023 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link If you spend much time on Tumblr—and who doesn’t, these days—there’s a good chance you’ve seen at least one of Melanie Gillman’s gay fairy tale 24-hour comics. They’re well-loved on the microblogging social media, and for good reason. With simple but beautiful panels, an enchanting storybook feel, andRead More

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Til reviews The Gathering Dark edited by Tori Bovalino

February 23, 2023 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Gathering Dark is a collection of folk horror short stories. I went into this book expecting the folk horror short stories. The queerness of those stories came as a delightful surprise. I will own outright that whether or not this counts as a sapphic read is debatable.  To me,Read More

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Maggie reviews Queer Little Nightmares edited by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli 

November 21, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Queer Little Nightmares, an anthology edited by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli is a fun and sometimes terrifying collection of queer horror writing. The Lesbrary was provided with a review copy, and I was more than happy to spend time with this collection. Queer Little Nightmares let writers experiment withRead More

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Danika reviews Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel

June 18, 2022 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a collection of Métis futurism stories that rejects the concept that “education is the new buffalo” and instead imagines how Métis worldviews have survived colonialism in the past and present, and how they can influence the future. I’ll be perfectly honest and say I do notRead More

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Danika reviews A Dream of a Woman: Stories by Casey Plett

October 6, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Casey Plett is the kind of author I love and dread reading, because she so skillfully can break your heart. Her stories are beautiful, bittersweet, and achingly honest about the little ways we support and fail each other. My first experience reading Plett’s work was in chapbook form:Read More

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Sash H reviews Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett

March 22, 2021 by Danika Ellis

Science fiction shows us worlds of great technological advances and sweeping social changes. It shows us worlds similar to ours where a few fundamentals have changed, or lands beyond the stars vastly different to our own. But it does not always show us what it is like to be trans or queer in those worlds.Read More

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Meagan Kimberly reviews Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

November 24, 2020 by Danika Ellis

In this collection of short stories, Carmen Maria Machado does what skilled horror writers do best: she examines real-world beliefs through a lens that highlights that real horror isn’t monsters, but our own societies. This collection grapples with the trauma and horror women and women’s bodies are put through by a patriarchal society that wantsRead More

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Kayla Bell reviews Unspeakable: A Queer Gothic Anthology edited by Celine Frohn

October 3, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Gothic fiction is my jam. I love the slowly building sense of dread that is the cornerstone of the genre. If I could have the job of any fictional character, it would be the creepy groundskeeper of the haunted manors in gothic ghost stories. I also (as you can imagine from me writing for thisRead More

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Zoe reviews Body Music by Julie Maroh

August 13, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Body Music is a graphic novel translated from French, written and drawn by nonbinary lesbian artist Julie Maroh, best known for their book Blue is the Warmest Color. It’s a series of short 5-10 page vignettes about love and desire between different people in Montreal neighborhoods. The vignettes are connected by theme and location only.Read More

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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.

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