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
Houseswap 101 by Jaime Clevenger

Houseswap 101

Jaime Clevenger

8 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

This Delicious Death

Kayla Cottingham

8 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Potency Of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

The Potency Of Ungovernable Impulses

The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #3

Malka Older

256 pages • digital • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Libertad

Bessie Flores Zaldívar

12 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

320 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1 by Sumiko Arai

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All #1

Sumiko Arai

184 pages • digital • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart

The Paradox Hotel

Rob Hart

11 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction mystery science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

The Stars Too Fondly

Emily Hamilton

320 pages • digital • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

Before I Let Go

Marieke Nijkamp

5 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2018 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced