The Lesbrary Goodreads Project: 150+ Lists of Sapphic Books to Blow Up Your TBR

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Happy Pride! This year, we’re celebrating at the Lesbrary with content every day. Today, I wanted to share with you a pet project you might not be aware of: the Lesbrary Goodreads Project. This is where I keep my giant lists of lists. On Goodreads, there are tons of LGBTQ book lists of every variety, but they can be a little difficult to browse due to mislabeling–and, of course, “LGBTQ” can so often mean “90% gay men.” So here are more 150 lists of bi & lesbian books, separated by identity (like asexual f/f romances, trans lesbian books, lesbian Jewish sleuths,  and Asian queer women books), general (like Best Lesbian Fiction), SFF and Horror, YA and Children’s, Romance and Erotica, nonfiction, and “specifics” (like Lesbian Nuns, Queer Women Road Trip Books and Lesbian Retellings).

If you know of a good sapphic book Goodreads list I’ve missed (not generally queer/LGBTQ/gay and lesbian, but specifically for queer women), let me know in the comments, and I’ll add it in!

Specific identities:

• Books With Asexual Spectrum F/F Romances  (also see Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction)
• Bisexual Women Fiction and Memoirs
• Trans Lesbian (Bisexual, etc) Books
• Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs
• Butch lesbian characters
• Butch women and female masculinity
• Butch/Femme couples (also check out the butch-femme shelf)
• Queer Female Authors of Color
• Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
• Fiction about queer and lesbian women of color
• QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
• Two-Spirit / Indigenous LGBTQ Books
• Interracial Lesbian Fiction
• Asian Lesbian and Queer Women Fiction
• Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters
• Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books
• Lesbian Jewish Fiction
• Lesbian Jewish Sleuths
• Queer Islam
• Canadian Lesbian Fiction and Memoirs
• Italian Lesbian Books
• British Lesbian Fiction Books (Also check out UK Lesbian Fiction)
• Australian LGBTQ YA
• Swedish Lesbian Fiction
• Norwegian Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Books
• Francophone Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Books
• German-Language Lesbian/Bisexual/Queer Books
• Faith-Positive LGBTQIA+ Fiction /  GLBTQ Christian Fiction
• Lesbian & Bi Women with Mental Illness
• Lesbian Fiction With a Character with a Disability
• Coming Out Later In Life: Books About Coming Out as Bi or Lesbian at 30+ 

General:

• Best Lesbian Fiction
• Autostraddle’s 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
• Lesbian Canon
• Lesbian novels from before 1990
• Pre-1960s Lesbian Literature
• Best Lesbian Novel Series
• Casually Queer Books
• Lesbian Fiction in the Kindle Unlimited program
• Best Lesbian Books Available On Audible  (see also Lesbian Audiobooks and the Lesbian Audiobooks Facebook group)

Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):

• Fantasy & Sci-Fi Featuring Lesbian Characters
• Bi WOC SFF
• Lesbian and Bisexual Women (etc) Sci Fi / Lesbian Sci-Fi
• Lesbian Fantasy
• Lesbian & Bi Women Medieval Fantasy 
• Lesbian and Bi Women Dystopians
• F/F Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
• Lesbian & Bi Women Fairy Books (Stories about fairies)
• Lesbian & Bi Women Cyberpunk
• Robot/Android/Cyborg Sapphic Books
• Sapphic Off-Earth Sci-Fi
• Lesbian Steampunk Books
• Lesbian Horror
• Lesbian Zombie Books
• Lesbian Ghost Stories
• Lesbian Werewolf Books
• Lesbian Books with Non-Werewolf Shape-Shifters
• Lesbian Vampire Books
• Queer Mermaid Books
• WLW and Dragons

Young Adult/Teen/Children’s:

• Lesbian Teen Fiction
• QPoC YA/NA (Queer People of Color Young Adult/New Adult)
• YA LGBT Books – Not “Coming Out”
• Lesbian & Bi Women YA SFF
• 2016 f/f SFF (sci-fi & fantasy) with HEA/HFN
• Lesbian Historical YA
• Bisexual Fiction in YA
• Queer Girl YA with Happy Endings / Best Teen Lesbian Books with Happy Endings
• Beyond Heather Has Two Mommies: Picture Books with LGBT Parents
• Children’s & teen fiction featuring lesbian mothers
• Australian LGBTQ YA

Romance and Erotica:

• Best F/F Romance Books / Lesbian Romance
• F/F/F Love Triangles (and poly triads)
• Erotic Lesbian Novels
• Lesbian Erotica Collections
• Funny Lesbian Romance books
• Best Femme/Femme Couples (also Femme/Femme Romances)
• Lesbian Romantic Suspense
• Lesbian May/December Romance
• F/F Tearjerkers
• Romantic Lesbians In Uniform
• F/F Office Romances (Coworkers)
• Best Lesbian Enemies to Lovers
• F/F Enemies/ Rivals/ Forbidden Love
• Lesbian Romance with Characters Who Are Famous
• Angsty Lesbian Romance with a Happy Ending
• F/F Romance Without The Drama
• F/F BDSM
• F/F Bondage in Fiction
• F/F Spanking Romance
• Non-YA lesbian/bi lady fiction without explicit sex scenes (”Fade To Black” F/F)
• F/F Long-Distance Relationships
• F/F Books for Jane Austen Lovers

Mystery and Thrillers:

• Best Lesbian Mysteries
• Novels about Lesbian sleuths (Detectives & Mystery Novels)
• Lesbian Private Investigators
• Lesbian & Bi Cozy Mysteries
• Lesbian Jewish Sleuths
• Bi & Lesbian Psychological Thrillers
• Lesbian Fiction Military (F/F)
• Lesbian Spy/Military/Cop
• Lesbian Spy Novels
• Lesbian Police Fiction

Nonfiction:

• Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
• Lesbian Humor Books
• Lesbian Photography
• Lesbian Self Help
• Lesbian Memoirs
• Lesbian history
• Books On Femme Idenities
• Best Lesbian Poetry (Also check out Contemporary LBT+ Women & Non-Binary Poets)
• Best Lesbian Graphic Novels / Sapphic Graphic
• Yuri Manga in English

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Specific genres/content:

• Lesbian Short Stories
• Lesbian Anthologies
• Bi & Lesbian Magical Realism
• Historical Lesbian Fiction
• Lesbian Westerns
• Lesbian WWII Historical Fiction
• Regency, Victorian and Edwardian WLW
• 1920s WLW
• Lesbian Pulp Fiction
• Lesbian Fairy Tales
• Queer Princesses (see also Lesbian Princesses in Fiction)
• Lesbian Retellings
• Lesbian New Adult/Contemporary
• Lesbian Action-Adventure
• Lesbian Doctors
• Lesbian Nuns in Fiction and Memoir
• Lesbian Pirates
• Toxic Lesbian Relationships
• Lesbian Books Happy Ending
• Lesbian Feelgood Books
• Fluffy Bi & Lesbian Books
• Lesbian Fiction Set In New York City
• Lesbian Fiction Set In the American South
• Lesbian Fiction Trope: Childhood Friends Reunited
• Lesbian Romance: BFF turned lovers
• Lesbian Fiction with Sports Theme
• Lesbian Christmas Books / F/F Winter Holiday Books
• Lesbians In Cold Places
• A Lesbian Wilderness
• Queer Women Road Trip Books
• Sapphic Boarding School Books
• Sapphic Witch Books
• Lesbrarian (Lesbian Librarian) Books
• Lesbians and Cats
• Sapphistry & Saddlery (Lesbian Horse/Equestrian Books)
• Non-YA Lesbian/Bi Lady Fiction Without Explicit Sex Scenes
• Pregnant Lesbians and Lesbian Mothers
• Lesbian books on alcoholism and sobriety
• Lesbian Beach Reads
• Women’s lands in fiction (all-women societies)
• Queer Books About Fictional Plagues

Good Lesbian Books’s lists that I haven’t put on Goodreads:

• Lesbian Historical Fiction
• Lesbian Knights in Fiction
• Lesbian Librarians in Fiction and Nonfiction
• Lesbians with Physical Disabilities
• Lesbian Shapeshifter Fiction
• Lesbians in Space: A Reading List
• Lesbian Steampunk Stories
• Lesbian Time Travel Fiction
• Lesbian YA With A Non-Lesbian Main Character
• Lesbian YA Historical Fiction
• Transgender Young Adult Fiction
• Good Lesbian Fantasy Novels
• Lesbian Lawyer Books
• Lesbian First Responder Romances
• Award-winning Graphic Novels
• Award-winning Romance and Erotica (unfinished)
• Award-winning Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction
• Picture Books For Children With Lesbian Parents
• Depression in Lesbian Fiction

Other lists not yet on Goodreads:

• 50 Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour & 49 More Books by Lesbian Writers of Colour
• A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians (1960)

The good thing about the Goodreads lists is that you can add books and vote for your favorites!

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