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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Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

Best Hex Ever

Nadia El-Fassi

291 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary fantasy romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk

136 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart

This Poison Heart #1

Kalynn Bayron

400 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction biography memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels

The Christmas Swap

Talia Samuels

328 pages • digital • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

236 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Obeliskporten by N.K. Jemisin

Obeliskporten

The Broken Earth #2

N.K. Jemisin

395 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Iron Heart by Nina Varela

Iron Heart

Crier's War #2

Nina Varela

416 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

What the Woods Took

Courtney Gould

323 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction horror lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced