Intro Thread: Say Hi!

[GG]

Hi, y'all! I don't read a lot of YA, but I'm very into fantasy and mean to read more wlw works. Lots of recs here to check out!

I'll rec a beautiful fave: One Saved to the Sea

[ellie]

Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that already, but people are always talking about how lgbt+ representation in books seems to be getting bigger but the pile of mxm gets bigger so much faster than fxf?? Which...is sad.

[Elle]

@ellie that’s SO TRUE. especially with popular lit? this group was partially inspired by me looking up a mlm book I adore on tumblr and the first post being an “lgbtq rec list” that had legit 20 m/m books and not ONE sapphic book or book with a trans lead or even a bi lead! and I feel like reading only m/m is really common when people have just figured it out, but I’d like it to change. I wish I’d had more f/f book lists when I was just figuring it out, you know?

[aleks]

Hi, I'm Ola! I'm Polish and I'm planning to study Spanish and French in England :)
I'm kind of going through a sexuality crisis :') and I'd like to read more sapphic books! (God, I love this term <3)
I'd love to write one, too :D

My personal favorites are:

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Cam Girl by Elliot Wake

None of these are ya(although the girls in Fingersmith are 17, I think?)... sorry about that... I recommend all of them, though! I've just read Cam Girl and it's like one of the most romantic things I've read ever...

As for ya, my favorites are The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Annie on My Mind :)

[aleks]

love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that already, but people are always talking about how l..."

Exactly! I used to only read m/m, but now I just want to read as many books with f/f relationships as possible, and I know there are quite a few of those out there, but NOT ENOUGH :((( Every time I read an epic ya series now I wish I could read the same thing but with f/f in it...

[Elke]

Victoria wrote: "Hi I'm Victoria!
I read mostly fantasy and rarely contemporary books, I guess that explains why I don't actually have a favorite f/f book? I'm a mess I know but hopefully I'll find a favorite with..."

Hi Victoria! I have some fantasy or sci fi f/f recs if you'd like! Some of my faves are The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (scifi), Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

[Elke]

Y'all, I never join goodreads groups, but this is such a great idea so here I am! My name is Elke, I'm a 21y/o bi girl from Belgium, used to be blogger and I love diverse books with intersectional characters and issues.

Some of my fave books with an f/f relationship are
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde,
Far From You by Tess Sharpe,
Always Human by Ari Walkingnorth (you can read this for free online),
Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutski and
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.

Also, not personal favourites but some I haven't seen mentioned yet: The Melody of Me and You, Labyrinth Lost, Knit One Girl Two

[Sanne]

Hi! I'm Sanne, and I'm bi myself, so I always try to read books with LGBTQ characters in them, and I realised lately that almost all of them are mlm.
So I mostly joined this group to get some recommendations, and because this seems like a really cool group.
My personal favorite book with saphic main characters is: Not your sidekick by C.B. Lee.

[Silvia]

Hi everyone! I'm Silvia and I've always consumed a little bit of sapphic content but only in the past few months I've actively been looking for it, reviewing it and recommending it!

Some of my favorite sapphic books are:

Annie on my Mind
The Abyss Surrounds Us
Godsgrave
A&B
Princess Princess Ever After (read for free here: http://strangelykatie.com/princesspri...)
Always Human (read for free here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/al...)

I'm always looking for more recs and I especially love finding new sapphic webcomics (like the two free ones I mentioned above) because I'm always in the mood for cute (and free) content :P I also think they're especially great to recommend to people who don't usually read f/f, because it's pretty easy to get into them.

[Sydney]

Noelle wrote: "hey friends! my name is actually shaye despite what everything on here says. (noelle is my middle name & the one I've used online since I was tiny.) I'm currently getting over a two-years-in-the-ma..."

Okay why do so many libraries/bookstores have few lgbt books? Like not even the really popular ones?

Even Barnes and Noble doesn't have that many, and there isn't an lgbt section. You have to search for them in the general YA or fiction sections, and you can't usually tell by a cover or title if a book has rep.

[iam]

Hi, I'm iam! I'm ace and from Germany, and unsurprisingly I spend a lot of my time reading. A friend sent me the link to this group and I'm super excited to see more sapphic recs!

Some f/f books I read & liked recently were The Better to Kiss You With and Romancing the Inventor, and since I saw some people mention f/gq as well I also really loved Don't Feed The Trolls, Winterglass and Huntsmen.

[emma]

Elise wrote: "@ellie that’s SO TRUE. especially with popular lit? this group was partially inspired by me looking up a mlm book I adore on tumblr and the first post being an “lgbtq rec list” that had legit 20 m/..."

love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that already, but people are always talking about how l..."

Y E S this is why I'm so excited for this group!! seeing all of the recs y'all are posting is so lovely and I'm happy we have this platform now (thanks to Elise)! <3

[emma]

🌟Sydney🌟 wrote: "Noelle wrote: "hey friends! my name is actually shaye despite what everything on here says. (noelle is my middle name & the one I've used online since I was tiny.) I'm currently getting over a two-..."

this is so so frustrating :// I'm really lucky to have access to a fairly well-stocked library, but they tend to only have the most well-known lgbtq+ books and v few sapphic ones. it makes things difficult bc I'd like to read more lesser-known titles, but I don't have much of a book-buying budget at the moment.

[emma]

iam wrote: "Hi, I'm iam! I'm ace and from Germany, and unsurprisingly I spend a lot of my time reading. A friend sent me the link to this group and I'm super excited to see more sapphic recs!

Some f/f books I..."

hey!! I'm ace as well and on the lookout for more ace books (esp. sapphic ones)! I'd love to know if you (or anyone else) has any recs :)

[✶ sc ✶]

🌟Sydney🌟 wrote: "Noelle wrote: "hey friends! my name is actually shaye despite what everything on here says. (noelle is my middle name & the one I've used online since I was tiny.) I'm currently getting over a two-..."

this is why I'll always support lil independent bookstores. many of them usually have dedicated lgbtq+ sections with waaay more options.

[ellie]

Elise wrote: "@ellie that’s SO TRUE. especially with popular lit? this group was partially inspired by me looking up a mlm book I adore on tumblr and the first post being an “lgbtq rec list” that had legit 20 m/..."

um okay that tumblr list is just fucking messed up. lgbt+ rep is not just mxm. i swear to god sometimes it feels like mxm isnt even that good rep bc it feels fetishized. ugh

[ellie]

WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that already, but people are always..."

i agree! i want fantasy books with lgbt+ rep and it be as casual as all the fantasy books that are somehow all straight. im currently reading obsidio, the third book in the illuminae trilogy and it has GREAT rep in terms of disability and poc but like....how u gon set a book in a future where sexuality would be accepted as fluid and not have any gays?? like? not even ONE side character? how? how does an AI have feelings seem like a thing to add but not gay people lmao

[Kaylin]

love, ellie wrote: "WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that already, but people..."

All of this is so on point.
I just finished Obsidio, and there is a throwaway line that reveals one of Rhys' fellow-soldiers talks about her ex-girlfriend, but it's definitely not representation and seems to only be there so another character can make a joke about how "hot" he finds it (It annoyed me greatly)

[Tyler]

Kaylin wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I know we know that..."

That sucks. I just got Obsidio, was planning on binging the trilogy next month. I've only read Illuminae and it was awhile ago (loved it though) so was going to re-read it, then move onto Gemina and Obsidio. I don't mind lack of representation, not every book is going to have lgbt+ rep, but that just sounds...rude. To just have it there to say how "hot" he finds it.

[Kaylin]

Stephanie wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have enough of them. I kn..."

Just pulled my copy of the book out so I wouldn't be speaking out of turn, the actual quote is:

(view spoiler)[ "...she caught me in bed with Rowena Harding, came at me with a ___ing combat knife. That is crazy."
"Jesus," Woźniak mutters. "You beat her off?"
"Speaking of beating off," Markhak smirks, and holds his hands out as if to steady the room. "I'd just like to savor the thought of the sarge in bed with Rowena Harding, if I may."
Karpdsia chuckles, shaking her head. "You're a ____ing pig, Markham." (hide spoiler)]

So I feel the need to amend my statement and point out that these are the 'bad guys' and maybe isn't there SOLEY for a joke. But it's still sadly the only mention through out the series.

(Which as a whole, is very good and one of my favorites; it just fails spectacularly in this aspect)

[Sydney]

Noelle wrote: "🌟Sydney🌟 wrote: "Noelle wrote: "hey friends! my name is actually shaye despite what everything on here says. (noelle is my middle name & the one I've used online since I was tiny.) I'm currently ge..."

Yes! I feel so guilty everytime I buy a book on Amazon... which is often because I have a kindle... but ya girl is broke. Wow I am contributing to the capitalist destruction of the independent bookstore

[Tyler]

Kaylin wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we do not have en..."

Ah, ok, thank you. It's sad that it fails in this aspect, but glad it's still very good and one of your favorites. (view spoiler)[And Karpdsia does call him a pig for it, and that they are the bad guys so there's that (hide spoiler)]I feel so behind, don't know how i've managed to put off Gemina so long and now I finally have all 3 books, staring at me.

[cathy]

Hey everyone! I'm Cathy, I'm 23 and bisexual. I really love reading, tv/movies, blogging, and video games. I actually just basically started reading LGBT books in general last year, so the only sapphic book I've really read is Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (and You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan if that counts?) So yeah I'm really excited to find more, especially fantasy ones because those are my favorite!

[ellie]

Stephanie wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Kaylin wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "WV wrote: "love, ellie wrote: "Hi, I’m Ellie! Everyone’s mentioned my favorite sapphic books already, which just tells me that we..."

I hope we get to a part where lgbt+ relationships are normalized enough that we'll just get side characters being in lgbt+ couples. And it'll be more than a throwaway line. But thank you for letting me know, Kaylin! I'll probably give it 5 stars anyway, because I love the series.

My review will be like: 4.5/5 not enough gay - ellie

[Elle]

IM SECONDING THE ACE BOOKS THING. NEED MORE ASPEC SAPPHIC GIRLS IMMEDIATELY THANKS

also, SAME. I’ve read so many good books about mlm, but I find it so difficult to recommend them as lgbtq books because it feels like I’ll recommend one m/m book and eight f/f books and the person asking will only read the m/m book, EVERY TIME. it’s so annoying!!

[Linda]

Hey, everyone! My name's Linda and I'm a 22 year old lesbian from germany. I'm pretty shy, and probably won't talk or participate in discussions a lot, so sorry in advance about that. I know it can seem a little rude to do that :§ I'm not a blogger or anything, really at all.

Some of my favourite sapphic books are:
- Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeannette Winterson
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Twixt by Sarah Diemer

[maddi]

hey im maddi and I'm a lesbian. I don't read many sapphic books, but my favourite would have to be
godsgrave by Jay kristoff.

[Sabrien]

@jamieson
Same; I actually feel guilty that I haven't read Nina LaCour yet. Also I will read anything Alice Oseman writes. Period. If she comes out with a sapphic book, sign me up! I feel like she'd do a really good job with it too.

[Elle]

WV wrote: "Hi, I'm Ola! I'm Polish and I'm planning to study Spanish and French in England :)
I'm kind of going through a sexuality crisis :') and I'd like to read more sapphic books! (God, I love this term ..."

these are some GOOD books Ola!! Into the Drowning Deep is one of my fav sapphic books, I think I'm annoying everyone else by how much I talk about it :') I haven't read Cam Girl yet, but I'm in the middle of Black Iris [same author] and it's SO AMAZING.

[emma]

Sabrien wrote: "@jamieson
Same; I actually feel guilty that I haven't read Nina LaCour yet. Also I will read anything Alice Oseman writes. Period. If she comes out with a sapphic book, sign me up! I feel like she'..."

ahhhh a sapphic alice oseman book,, my heart would burst of happiness!!

[emma]

Linda wrote: "Hey, everyone! My name's Linda and I'm a 22 year old lesbian from germany. I'm pretty shy, and probably won't talk or participate in discussions a lot, so sorry in advance about that. I know it can..."

it's ok if you're not super active!! we're still happy to have you and hope you can get some good recs out of this <3

also, we are okay and juliet takes a breath are two of my favs!! so so wonderful and meaningful :)))

[Biz]

hi my name is rachael I'm a genderqueer lesbian and I love books about wlw!!

my faves rn are how to make a wish, the apocalypse of elena mendoza, and people like us!! also all the ff stories in three sides of a heart!

[Greyson]

Hi I’m Grey, I’m a queer woman. I’m looking for more wlw to read! As a baby queer, I’ve not read a whole lot but I’m hoping to change that this year. If only I could actual read lately 🙃

[Elizabeth]

Hi, I'm Elizabeth! I'm a 20 something college student, bisexual, voracious reader & writer. I'm over the moon happy to join this group (because I need ALL the diverse books)
I'm also currently writing a book with F/F relationships. :-)

Some of my favs include
🌈 And I Darken
🌈 Foolish Hearts

[Elle]

@Rachael you just named THREE of my favorite f/f reads plus one of my fav anthologies I love this [also on the anthology note HAVE YOU READ ALL OUT YET]

[Elle]

@Grey that’s totally okay! we’ve gotten a lot of baby sapphic participation and that’s great, honestly helping people find more queer girl books is the life goal 😊 I hope you find some good ones!

[Elle]

@Elizabeth welcome!! and I JUST STARTED HEARING ABOUT FOOLISH HEARTS HAVING SIDE F/F AND I’M SO EXCITED TO READ IT NOW

[aleks]

Elise wrote: "WV wrote: "Hi, I'm Ola! I'm Polish and I'm planning to study Spanish and French in England :)
I'm kind of going through a sexuality crisis :') and I'd like to read more sapphic books! (God, I love..."

It was actually your review that made me read Into the Drowning Deep! I was scrolling the reviews because I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy it, your review mentioned the FF romance and that convinced me, so thanks for that :D

Aaand I'm dying to read Black Iris :)

[Biz]

Elise wrote: "@Rachael you just named THREE of my favorite f/f reads plus one of my fav anthologies I love this [also on the anthology note HAVE YOU READ ALL OUT YET]"

IM OVER HALFWAY THROUGH and tbh I'm not loving it as much as I loved Three Sides of a Heart,,,,,,,, I FEEL BAD CUZ ITS SO IMPORTANT BUT SO MANY OF THE STORIES ARE JUST RUBBING ME THE WRONG WAY LOL

[Stella]

Hey, I'm Stella! Some of my favorite sapphic books are Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore, How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake, Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta, and Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore. I'm about to read Reign of the Fallen, which apparently has a f/f romance, so hopefully that will become a new fave!

[Elizabeth]

Elise wrote: "@Elizabeth welcome!! and I JUST STARTED HEARING ABOUT FOOLISH HEARTS HAVING SIDE F/F AND I’M SO EXCITED TO READ IT NOW"

Foolish Hearts is SO CUTE! One of my fav reads last fall. SO CUTE.

[Elle]

@WV HEARING THAT SOMEONE IS READING INTO THE DROWNING DEEP BECAUSE OF ME FEELS LIKE VALIDATION IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU 💚💚

[Elle]

@Stella I have literally five starred ALL of those books, lmao. [Jane Unlimited my underrated fav!!] Reign of the Fallen is really fun too! not my favorite ever, but the first line is so badass and I’m super excited for book two👌👌

[Elle]

@Rachael I totally am not mad *throws table* not at all :) :)

[but in all honesty the later stories were better for me and the first few were a lot of threes and fours, so maybe you’ll like the later stuff better?]

[Colleen]

wassa i'm colleen i go by they/them and i know no sapphic books!!! i'm sad that's why i joined oof idk what else to put wassaaaaaaaaa

[Rusty]

Oohkay ! Hey guys , I'm Rusty . And I've not read many sapphic books . But I hope I'll get a lot of recommendations here . So looking forward to it . And hats off to you guys . I think representation matters so much . And this group represents the lgbtqia community , it's great . Though I might not belong to this community , it wouldn't be a problem , right ? I read all genres and have just started venturing in these books .

[Elizabeth]

Colleen wrote: "wassa i'm colleen i go by they/them and i know no sapphic books!!! i'm sad that's why i joined oof idk what else to put wassaaaaaaaaa"

Hey, Colleen! I hope you can get to know some sapphic books :-)

[Bella]

Hai Everyone! I know I'm extremely late, but this looks like my kinda group lol. My name's Bella and I'm from the art capital of the south (Savannah, Ga). What can I say other than I'm a queer female that LOVES books and art, maybe that last ones not so important haha.

[~Estelle~]

Hi everyone, I’m Estelle! I love books and tv series (especially if there are sapphic characters) and some of my favorites are:

~Godsgrave 🌸
~Girls Made of Snow and Glass 🌸
~The Edge of the Abyss🌸
~Queens of Geek 🌸

[Nat]

Hey! I just stumbled upon this group and it seems super groovy.

I'm Natalie and I'm a bi biology student and I love fantasy and ridiculously cliché cheesy romance novels.

I've not read many sapphic books before (terrible me) but I am super excited to start!!