Character with a different sexual orientation or gender identity (Sapphic Book Bingo #21)

For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book featuring a main character whose sexual orientation or gender identity differs from your own. For example, if you are cis, pick a book about a trans, intersex, or nonbinary character. If you are a lesbian, pick a book about a bisexual, pansexual, or asexual character, etc.

This week’s post is one of the longest I’ve put together for the Sapphic Book Bingo because I wanted to include recommended reading lists for all of the identities within the LGBTQIA+ community. I hope you find it helpful–not just for the reading challenge, but also to read more diversely and to find a few new favorite books!

 

Make sure you don’t miss my anniversary giveaway!

Tomorrow (October 21), I’ll be celebrating my 10-year anniversary of publishing my first book with Ylva Publishing. I’ll give away three signed paperbacks (or ebooks–winner’s choice) plus cool romance trope candles that match the tropes in the books. I’ll send out a newsletter once the giveaway has started, so make sure you are subscribed so you won’t miss it!

 

15 recommended books with a lesbian main character:�� Just for Show by Jae The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay Big London Dreams by Clare Lydon No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey If I Don’t Ask by E.J. Noyes Misfit Christmas by Anne Hagan What the Heart Sees by KC Luck Fool For Love by Rachael Sommers Good Spin by Monica McCallan Maverick by Max Ellendale Winter Calling by Lynn Galli The Last Days of Autumn by Donna K. Ford Thundering Pines by Rita Potter Spin My Heart Around by Abby Crofton Seashells and Sleigh Bells by Jennie Davids

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15 recommended sapphic books with a bisexual main character:�� Paper Love by Jae ��� On sale for 99 cents on Amazon until October 25! For the Long Run by Cheyenne Blue Back to September by Melissa Brayden The Awkward Truth by Lee Winter Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters Full of Promise by Kate Gavin Dark Horse by A.L. Brooks Stop and Go by Elizabeth Andre The Light of the World by Ellen Simpson Love Detour by Allie McDermid Broken Beyond Repair by Emily Banting Love and Lotus Blossom by Anne Shade Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae Delilah Green Doesn���t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

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15 recommended sapphic books with a pansexual main character:�� Just a Touch Away by Jae Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler Stability by Emily Alter The Loudest Silence by Olivia Janae Stone���s Mistake by Adrian J. Smith Strange Attractors by Ana K. Wrenn The Bodyguard Affair by Anna Stone Final Draft by Riley Redgate In the Ravenous Dark ��by A.M. Strickland Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur Who���d Have Thought by G Benson If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen Swipe Right by Tagan Shepard Love, Nature by Jenn Matthews Not Guilty by Brit Ryder

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15 recommended books with an intersex main character:�� The Queen Has a Cold by Jane Kolven An Ordinary Wonder ��by Buki Papillon Arcadia ��by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam, translated by Ruth Diver That Inevitable Victorian Thing by�� E.K. Johnston Annabel by��Kathleen Winter An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Double Exposure by��Bridget Birdsall Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman In Between by Jane Hoppen Pantomime by Laura Lam by Trace Kerr Lum by Libby Ware A Proper Young Lady by Lianne Simon Trans Liberty Riot Brigade ��by L.M. Pierce None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

 

15 recommended sapphic books with an asexual main character or a main character on the asexual spectrum:�� Perfect Rhythm by Jae The Love Project by TB Markinson and Miranda MacLeod Under the Sitka Sky by Violet Morley Unexpected Goals by Kelly FarmerRising from Ash by Jax Meyer Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton Moving On by Sage Donnell An Unfortunate Incident by KT Brodland The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell The Art of Growing by Jacqueline Ramsden The Sting of Victory by S D Simper Do It for the Glory by Kaya LaSalle Posterity by Jess Newton It���s Always Been You by Elin Annalise

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15 recommended sapphic books with a trans main character:�� Fake It by Lily Seabrooke Blackpoint by Kate Hershberger The Seep ��by Chana Porter Tengoku ��by Rae D. Magdon Cinder Ella ��by S.T. Lynn Being Emily by Rachel Gold Pet ��by Akwaeke Emezi Knowing Her ��by Raquel De Leon Dreadnought ��by April Daniels Nevada ��by Imogen Binnie The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle A Safe Girl to Love ��by Casey Plett Grey Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton

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15 recommended books with a nonbinary main character:�� The Art of Growing by Jacqueline Ramsden Plain English by Rachel Spangler The One True Me and You by Remi K. England Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly In the Silences by Rachel Gold Ignis by KJ The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel Love Bleeds Deep by Rien Gray The Holiday Detour by Jane Kolven The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley Christmas Inn Maine ��by Chelsea M. Cameron Dithered Hearts ��by Chace Verity She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Chef���s Kiss by TJ Alexander Simply Connected by Alex Washoe

 

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