25for25 Sapphic Representation

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60 participants (464 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Diversify your 2025 reading list with 25 sapphic books and/or authors! Pick your poison. Any book that centers sapphic women/nonbinary people in some capacity and/or is written by a sapphic author is fair game. 

(After some feedback, I relaxed this to include sapphic characters and/or sapphic authors because some great sapphic characters have been written by non-sapphics and some sapphic authors write great things that aren’t explicitly sapphic in nature.)

And, in case there is any confusion: Sapphic is an umbrella term that describes women, nonbinary people, and trans people who are attracted to other women or nonbinary people. It's inclusive of people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, aromantic, asexual, or queer. (Thanks, Google.)

Challenge Books

All books added
Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes

Ask, Tell

Ask, Tell #1

E.J. Noyes

240 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional medium-paced
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

How to Excavate a Heart

Jake Maia Arlow

368 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower

The Wild Wynchesters #2

Erica Ridley

368 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
1979 by Val McDermid

1979

Allie Burns #1

Val McDermid

11 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

Make the Season Bright

Ashley Herring Blake

10 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias

Guava Flavored Lies

J.J. Arias

340 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Down the Drain by Julia Fox

Down the Drain

Julia Fox

10 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes

9 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery

Vera Kelly #2

Rosalie Knecht

6 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

Who Is Vera Kelly?

Vera Kelly #1

Rosalie Knecht

272 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery lighthearted mysterious slow-paced