25for25 Sapphic Representation

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60 participants (464 books)

01 Jan 202531 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.)

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357 pages2019 56 editions

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

235 pages2021 72 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional tense medium-paced

148 pages2009 35 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced

384 pages2024 10 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

589 pages2018 4 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced

608 pages2023 11 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction emotional funny medium-paced

416 pages2018 32 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

308 pages2022 7 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Mooncakes

Suzanne Walker

242 pages2019 18 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

390 pages2022 41 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced