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2023 Upcoming Sapphic Fiction I’m Excited For! 🏳️‍🌈

Here is my list of nine sapphic women-led fiction to look forward to in the coming year! Romance and redheads seem to be as popular as ever, and to my delight we have the debut novel from Lesbian Jesus herself, Hayley Kiyoko!

Below you’ll find titles, summaries, and Goodreads links for the above books. Every year, the number of stories with bisexual women and lesbian main characters grows, and I’m so delighted each and every time. This list is only a starting point - explore Goodreads and StoryGraph further and you’ll find so many more!

Just As You Are by Camille Kellogg Liz Baker and her three roommates work at The Nether Fields, a queer magazine in New York that’s on the verge of shutting down—until it’s bought at the last minute by two wealthy lesbians. Even though Liz is eager to leave listicles behind for more meaningful writing, she knows that she’s lucky to still have a paycheck. But it’s hard to feel grateful with minority investor Daria Fitzgerald slashing budgets, cancelling bagel Fridays, and password protecting the color printer to prevent “frivolous use.” When Liz overhears Daria scoffing at her articles, she knows that it’s only a matter of her time before her impulsive mouth tells Daria off and gets herself fired. But as Liz and Daria get thrown together more and more, Liz starts to see a softer side to Daria—she’s funny, surprisingly helpful, and actually seems to like that Liz’s gender presentation varies between butch and femme. Even as the evidence that Liz can’t trust Daria piles up, it starts getting harder and harder to keep hating Daria—and harder and harder to resist her.

You Don’t Have A Shot by Racquel Marie Valentina “Vale” Castillo-Green’s life revolves around soccer. Her friends, her future, and her father’s intense expectations are all wrapped up in the beautiful game. But after she incites a fight during playoffs with her long-time rival, Leticia Ortiz, everything she’s been working toward seems to disappear. Embarrassed and desperate to be anywhere but home, Vale escapes to her beloved childhood soccer camp for a summer of relaxation and redemption…only to find out that she and the endlessly aggravating Leticia will be co-captaining a team that could play in front of college scouts. But the competition might be stiffer than expected, so unless they can get their rookie team’s act together, this second chance—and any hope of playing college soccer—will slip through Vale’s fingers. When the growing pressure, friendship friction, and her overbearing father push Vale to turn to Leticia for help, what starts off as a shaky alliance of necessity begins to blossom into something more through a shared love of soccer...and maybe each other.

Margo Zimmerman Gets The Girl by Sara Waxelbaum and Brianna R. Shrum Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her newly discovered gayness. All she needs is the right tutor. Abbie Sokoloff has her own gayness down to a science. But a flunking grade in US History is threatening her acceptance to her dream school. All she needs is the right tutor. Margo agrees to help Abbie get her history grade up in exchange for “Queer 101” lessons. But as they spend more and more time together, Margo realizes she doesn’t want just any girl—she wants the girl.

Something Like Possible by Miel Moreland On the worst day of her life, Madison is dumped by her girlfriend, then fired as said (ex)girlfriend’s campaign manager... plus she accidentally rear-ends the student government advisor—the one person whose good word might help her win a spot at a prestigious youth politics summer camp. But Madison is nothing if not a girl with a plan, and she isn’t going to let a little thing like heartbreak (or a slightly dented bumper) get in her way. Soon, she has a new junior class president candidate to back—although the two of them might be getting a little too close on the campaign trail. Between navigating her growing crush and corralling a less than enthusiastic election team, Madison has had it with unexpected changes to her carefully laid plans. But when she and a group of queer classmates discover a pattern of harassment within the student government, Madison's forced to shift gears once again.

The Fiancee Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes. Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further—and announces their engagement. Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family won’t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy’s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout…

Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe Penny and Tate have always clashed. Unfortunately, their mothers are lifelong best friends, so the girls’ bickering has carried them through playdates, tragedy, and more than one rom-com marathon with the Moms. When Penny’s mother decides to become a living donor to Tate’s mom, ending her wait for a liver transplant, things go from clashing to cataclysmic. Because in order to help their families recover physically, emotionally, and financially, the Moms combine their households the summer before senior year. So Penny and Tate make a pact: They’ll play nice. Be the drama-free daughters their mothers need through this scary and hopeful time. There’s only one little hitch in their plan: Penny and Tate keep almost kissing. It’s just this confusing thing that keeps happening. You know, from time to time. For basically their entire teenaged existence. They’ve never talked about it. They’ve always ignored it in the aftermath. But now they’re living across the hall from each other. And some things—like their kisses—can’t be almosts forever.

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili—newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends. Imogen's thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she's finally visiting Lili on campus, she's bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen's all in. Even if that means bending the truth, just a little. Like when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: she's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero—not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa. Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with...

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko It’s summertime and 17-year-old Coley has found herself alone, again. Forced to move to rural Oregon after just losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate. Coley worries she isn't worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she's loved has left her. And Sonya's never been with a girl before. What if she's too afraid to show up for Coley? What if by opening her heart, Coley's risking it all? They both realize that when things are pushed down, and feelings are forced to shrivel away, Coley and Sonya will be the ones to shrink.

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude Avery Byrne has secrets. She's queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. But on the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are only nine days left to live: an asteroid is headed for Earth, and no one can stop it. Trying to spare her family and Cass additional pain, Avery does her best to make it through just nine more days. As time runs out and secrets slowly come to light, Avery would do anything to save the ones she loves. But most importantly, she learns to save herself. Speak her truth. Seek the support she needs. Find hope again in the tomorrows she has left.

#wlw books #wlw literature #sapphic books #queer fiction #lgbtqa literature #lgbt #lesbian #book recommendations

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al1ie56 · 2 months

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Bored...hit me up for fun babes🌹

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spiritmoodboards · 10 months

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Icons for Yuri (DDLC) Bi themes For an anon~ Hope you like the look!!

Send an ask, we're open~

#icon #icons #icon aesthetic #yuri #yuri ddlc #ddlc #ddlc yuri #doki doki #doki doki literature club #yuri doki doki #yuri doki doki literature club #bi #bisexual #bi pride #bisexual pride #lgbt #lgbtqa #lgbtqia

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msnewobsessioneveryweek · 11 months

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LGBTQA+ Character 5: Monika

Monika is a queer character from the game Doki Doki Literature Club. I’m using queer as a more general term as her official sexuality is not said. Monika’s entire goal as a character is to get the players attention on her. She messes with the code of the game to take away the other options until there is just Monika. She is madly in love with the player. And by player, I mean the person playing the game (you), not just the player character in the game. While the player character is male, Monika knows that this isn’t necessarily what the real person is. She doesn’t care about what gender they are; she loves them. This is confirmed by in-game dialogue in the later part of the game. There is also a Reddit post from Dan Salvato (the game’s creator) that somewhat furthers this. He continuously ‘person’ and talks about Monika loving someone who loves themself. The post is shown below.

#Ddlc #doki doki literature club #doki doki #Monika #ddlc monika #just monika #monika #lgbtqa+#lgbtq #gay #queer #pride #pride month #games #video games

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mountainnamemama · 11 months

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Support your local bookstores 🏳️‍🌈 | Novelette Booksellers, East Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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danceswithlaundry · 6 months

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Read all the MM Shifter Romance on the planet? Try something else with big, bad teeth to sink into on a lonely night in.

🏳️‍🌈💥 Alex is Book One of his Trilogy exploring sexy Romance in the near Post-Apocalyptic future.

After a new wave from above ignites humanity in chaos, all Alex wants is to avoid the firefight and stay the Hell out of dodge.However, when the fighting spills over into his last remaining safe haven in nowhere Connecticut, out unlikely MC will find out, you can't avoid the Apocalypse forever.

💥🏳️‍🌈Now on Kindle Unlimited and Amazon

Alex is a story about being true to yourself, even when the world burns to ashes around you.

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meninadobanheiroazul · 10 months

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amor com gosto de baunilha

bebezinha, te gosto tanto e tu nem sabes

te imagino vivendo um amor comigo e nem sabes

queria encher teu cabelo com margaridas e outras pequenas florzinhas

flores me lembram de tu

delicadas

fofas

macias

meu amor por ti é assim: delicado, gradual, concreto

queria poder andar na rua de mãos dadas enquanto tomamos sorvete, por que meu amor por você é assim:

inocente

como o primeiro amor dos jovens

mas agora me conta

se eu escrever em um bilhetinho

“me dá um beijo”

você marcaria sim ou não?

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ajnmbooks · 8 months

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TW: Fake Blood!

Did you miss me? Back and better than ever with a new book to boot. See below for the blurb for my current WIP “Blood of The Covenant” which is currently entering the editing stages.

“Some human beings will find any excuse to act like an animal.”

When three teenagers were attacked by a wolf one evening in the middle of a highlands woods the town plummeted into mourning.

Here is what they knew: One girl named Melissa died. Her brother Mitch and best friend Val barely survived.

What they don’t know is that two others, Lolly and Radwa, were bitten and together the four of them have never had a normal full moon since.

Three years later the town has moved on and the pack have started to put together some shred of normality. That is until people started going missing last year and showing up maimed.

Enter Wren: a born werewolf training to be an assassin. They’ve been sent with a mission: neutralise the threat, and put down the “rogue” wolf believed to be behind these attacks, including the one three years ago.

Apathetic to suffering these wolves kill, turn, and consume people blaming it on instinct.

It’s a pity then that as their alpha this one can pull any of the four under their control.

How will the pack come out unscathed, relationships untouched?

If they survive, how will it change them? And what long-buried secrets will be unearthed?

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Four different shots of a pale hand and wrist dangling on the screen in different positions. In one the hand is posed in a monstrous position, in another it’s curled in on itself, and then in the final two, it hangs limp. Long, dirty and claw-like nails protrude from the hand with fake blood under each nail. In each picture, the hand is covered in blood and dirty, and the wrist is wearing a thread bracelet with trans pride colours.

#ya literature #lgbtqa+ books #fantasy books #lgbtqa #trans books #ftm trans characters #mtf trans characters #nonbinary characters #transgender werewolves #bisexual characters #polyam shipping #polyam characters #queer werewolves #queer writers #tw: fake gore #tw: fake blood

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venicepearl · 1 month

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Antoinette Corisande Élisabeth, Duchess of Clermont-Tonnerre (née de Gramont; 23 April 1875 – 6 December 1954) was a French writer of the early 20th century, best known for her long-term lesbian relationship with Natalie Clifford Barney, an American writer. Élisabeth de Gramont had grown up among the highest aristocracy; when she was a child, according to Janet Flanner, "peasants on her farm… begged her not to clean her shoes before entering their houses". She looked back on this lost world of wealth and privilege with little regret, and became known as the "red duchess" for her support of socialism and feminism.

She was a close friend, and sometimes critic of writer Marcel Proust, whom she first met in 1903.

#Antoinette Corisande Élisabeth #women in history #lgbtqa+#feminism #photo #photography #black and white #women in literature

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sainthony · 2 years

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“His eyes opened ‘Name one hero who was happy’

I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus’ back.

‘You can’t.’ He was sitting up now, leaning forward.

‘I can’t.’

‘I know. They never let you be famous and happy.’ He lifted an eyebrow ‘I’ll tell you a secret.’

‘Tell me.’ I loved it when he was like this.

‘I’m going to be the first.’ He took my palm and held it to his. ‘Swear it.’

‘Why me?’

‘Because you’re the reason. Swear it.’“

- Achilles & Patroclus, tsoa

#the song of achilles #tsoa #madeline miller #achilles and patroclus #literature #booklr #quotes #writing #books #tattooed trees #lgbtq #lgbtqa #lgbtq literature #queer #gay #patroclus deserved better #crying over fictional characters #happy pride 🌈#pride 2022

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woolfinbooks · 11 months

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Elder Queer Book Recommendations

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al1ie56 · 2 months

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Sexy trans girl❤️

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bookworm-merlin · 1 year

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𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 🌿🌜

#marauders #lgbtqa #hard rock #literature #the secret history #lockwood & co #bookworm #dead poets society

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milo-the-musical-pagen · 8 months

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Hello! My name is Milo(they/them). I am a non-binary gay furry.I enjoy playing music, writing, and occasionally drawing. The types of writing I'll do will most likely be gay romance story being either horror or comedic. My stories will more often than not contain explicit content (mental disorders, various types of death, torture, ect) so be warned. I want to use tumblr as a way to share my writing and improve my writing. Love you all :)

#writeblr #authors #artists on tumblr #digital art #literature #horror #introduction #lgbtqa #furry art #furry fandom #furry community #furry #writers and poets #nonbinary #gay mlm #love yourselves #pagen

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mountainnamemama · 11 months

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Cute library displays | East Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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saccharinesapphic13 · 10 months

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Introduction Post

Hi! I’m Gemma (or Gem/s), here’s a little about me so wonderful possible mutuals can get an idea of the blog.

• I’m 19

• She/Her mostly, also comfortable with They/Them

• Autistic, Plus Size, Femme4Butch lesbian so if you’re going to be annoying about any of that, fuck off!

• Leftist and inclusive feminist, TERFS and racism will not be tolerated

• This is not an NSFW blog but I’m not strict about what I put on here either so for everyone’s comfort 16+ please! Again, I’m 19 so I won’t put a limit on it but if you’re much older, don’t be weird obviously

• Most content I post here will relate to my Femme identity and lesbian culture and art

• Film & Lit student so I’m also always excited to talk about books, poetry, tv, film and music: Fav Film is Bound (1996) by the Wachowski Sisters, favourite director is Greta Gerwig and I have many favourite books and authors but talk way too much about Donna Tartt

•From an aesthetic perspective I love anything hyper-feminine, pink, lace and valentine related

DMs and Asks are open!

#lesbian #femme #femme4butch #butch #lgbtqa #film #classic literature #poetry #bound 1996 #sarah waters #greta gerwig #boygenius #hyper feminine #lovecore #pink aesthetic #its still valentine’s day to me #autism slay

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