Here Are The Best Sapphic Books To Add To Your Library.
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Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! Every year we have the Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26th which falls right in the middle of the week long Lesbian Visibility Week. According to the official website the aim of Lesbian Visibility Week is to celebrate lesbians and show solidarity with all LGBTQIA+ women and non binary people in the community. As a later in life lesbian I love connecting to my lesbian identity and queerness through books! So in honor of Lesbian Visibility Week here are my favorite sapphic and queer books divided into different categories.
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Coming Out Books:
Whether you’re coming out or coming in to your sexuality or have been out for decades but are curious about hearing about other’s experiences: these books are for you!
Ask a Queer Chick: A Guide to Sex, Love and Life for Girls Who Like Girls by Lindsay King-Miller
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Would You Rather by Katie Heaney
Portrait of a Body by Julie Delporte TW: talk of sexual trauma
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women by Candance Walsh
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (novel)
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Queer Sex Education & Erotica Books:
So many of us didn’t receive the queer sex positive sex education that we 100% deserved! Here are some books to help you get the sex education that you deserve:
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon and Kd Diamond
Lesbian Sex Bible by Diana Cage
Queer Sex by Juno Roche
Hot and Unbothered: How to Think About, Talk About and Have the Sex You Really Want by Yana Tallon Hicks.
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica edited by Tristan Taormino
Queer YA Novels & Books:
A great way to tend to your queer inner kid is by resourcing your queerness through young adult books! I like to ask myself: “what books would have been so healing for my queer child self to read?” Here are some of my favorites:
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Annie on My Mind and Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
When Sparks Fly by Kristen Zimmer
Queer Poetry Books:
I love poetry so much and reading queer poetry has supported my own queer homecoming in so many beautiful ways. Here are some of my favorite queer poetry books:
Lord of the Butterflies and You Better By Lightning by Andrea Gibson
Cuarenta y tres maneras de soltarse el pelo by Elvira Sastre (Spanish.)
Drive Here and Devestate Me by Megan Falley
Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Lesbian Fashion Struggles by Caroline Earleywine
Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley
Sapphic romances:
Sapphic romances are one of my biggest special interests-so I have so many lovely recommendations for you! I believe that sapphic romances can be healing, fun and a delicious way to experience sapphic love representation. Here are sapphic books that I’ve deeply loved:
Sapphic Fantasy:
The Fate of Stars by S D Simper. I’m only going to say butch princess kidnaps and then falls for a mermaid. Enjoy the two other books in the series too!
A Knight To Remember by Bridget Essex. What happens when a modern woman meets an actual knight who time traveled from the past?
Pirates of Aletharia by Brittney Jackson. A beautiful pirate captain meets a dragon sorcerer running from the law-such a great, funny and sexy book!
Contemporary Romances: These are your typical light hearted (more or less) fun and delightful romances:
Built to Last by Aurora Rey.
30 Dates in 30 Days, The Holiday Treatment and A Long Way to Fall by Elle Spencer
Anyone But Her and Sunset and Shades by Erica Lee.
Love At Last Call by M. Ullrich
The Final Rose by Eliza Lentzski
Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond
Sweetest Thing by Natasha West
Before You Say I Do By Clare Lydon
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail and Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
How You Get The Girl by Anita Kelly
Written in the Stars, Count Your Lucky Stars and The Fiancee Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
Fly With Me by Andie Burke
Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner. Neurodivergent representation!
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
Sapphic Hollywood Romances : In case you’re in the mood for romances that take place in Hollywood-here you go!
Breaking Character and Changing The Script by Lee Winter
Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer
Something To Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
For Her Consideration by Amy Spalding
Holiday Romances: If you’re in the mood for some holiday romances, here are my favorite ones:
Seasons of Love by Helena Greer
The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels TW: abusive past relationship
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
In The Event of Love by Courtney Kae
Queer Joy, Resistance and Identity Books
I believe that learning about queer history, joy and resistance is incredibly important and that it can also support us in connecting to our queerness and to the queer community. Here are some of my favorite books:
Queer history:
Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance By Syan Rose
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele (Queer theory)
The Gay Agenda. A Modern Queer History and Handbook by Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed The World by Mason Funk
Butch & femme identities and gender.
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme Edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman
The Persistent Desire: A Butch Femme Reader edited by Joan Nestle. This is a hard to find book, I suggest reaching out to your local library.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg.
The Butch Lesbians of the ‘20’s, ‘30’s, and the ‘40’s Coloring Book by by Avery Cassell and Jon Macy
Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step Into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel
Health & Wellness:
The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Healthcare edited by Zena Sharman
The Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese Singh, PhD
Queer Joy & Fun:
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Allison Bechdel
The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!) by Anna Pulley and Kelsey Beyer
Enjoy your reading!
I hope you enjoyed this blog post and have plenty of queer reading material now! If you have a favorite queer book, please let me know below in the comments!
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Tiffany Landry is a queer autistic coach and trauma resolution practitioner. She works with queer and autistic clients in her programs Slow and The Autistic Mentorship. Tiffany also writes a newsletter on Substack called The Queer Autistic Newsletter.