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

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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

A Botanical Daughter

Noah Medlock

375 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Cuckoo

Gretchen Felker-Martin

342 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith

The Price of Salt, or Carol

Patricia Highsmith

304 pages • paperback • 1952

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Poison Ivy Vol. 2: Unethical Consumption by Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

Poison Ivy Vol. 2: Unethical Consumption

Poison Ivy (2022) #07-12

Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

164 pages • digital • 2023

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Poison Ivy, Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness by Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

Poison Ivy, Vol. 3: Mourning Sickness

Poison Ivy (2022) #13-18

Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

168 pages • digital • 2024

fiction comics crime lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

224 pages • digital • 2022

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle by Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle

Poison Ivy (2022) #01-06

Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Arif Prianto

204 pages • digital • 2022

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark reflective fast-paced
Bets by Carrot Quinn

Bets

Carrot Quinn

222 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction dystopian science fiction speculative fiction
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

The Legend of Auntie Po

Shing Yin Khor

304 pages • digital • 2021

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Black Sun

Between Earth and Sky #1

Rebecca Roanhorse

454 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced