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I’m always on the hunt for good literary fiction with sapphic relationships but they are few and far between. While The Safekeep is getting a lot of well-deserved praise, I wanted to shout out another book that was published shortly after but seems to get overlooked - Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski.

I find myself recommending this book here constantly but never see it on anyone else’s list so here is my public service announcement: go read it.

You will enjoy this book if you like emotional, character-driven stories that span multiple years. It is a serious novel that addresses the insidious nature of emotional manipulation and abuse (with a toxic man), but that is balanced with strong female relationships and some incredible romantic and sexual moments. The protagonist is bisexual, and the story does include a heterosexual marriage, but the main love story is between two women. The characters are frustrating and flawed, but they feel real, and the ending is satisfying.

If you are looking for more literary fiction with sapphic love please give it a try. It deserves more hype.

So.. I just finished reading Those Who Wait AND I need to convince myself that Midnight Rain is worth the read or will break my heart but STILL was worth the read. Anyway, just need to get this off my chest because I really love Charlotte and Sutton wtaf.

Hi all!

I just finished reading Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester, and I LOVED it so much. ( I also just finished listening to Backward to Oregon by Jae)

Looking for my next read with a strong butch/stud/masc character as the mc or romantic lead, would love something that feels cozy the way Shifting Gears did!

Thanks in advance (:

I know these have been covered many times. BUT, I just needed a space to express how much I enjoyed these books. I have just finished the audiobooks (including Forever and a Day too) and I’m just obsessed with Charlotte Thompson.

Currently cooking dinner and I cannot stop thinking abou it them.

There will be those who get it, I’m sure!

please “spoil” it for me with LITTLE DETAILS as possible i just want to know.. the vibe? is it extra sad? i’m 50% in and i can’t take it anymore💔 i love the protagonist too much to watch her suffer :(

I wanna find a book where the plot is a murder mystery but theres two main characters that have a love development (sapphic ofc) but then the murderer revealed is one of the wlw protagonists and the other one is like ah omg I must end this. Yk what even not a book, id take a movie of that or a show of that or anything.

For me:

Shifting Gears chapter 16 (first strap scene)

Truth and Measure chapter 51 (Vivian's dirty talk 🥵)

I read the classics (Micky Knight etc) and am now looking for more lesbian private eye series. I really like complex stories and characters, so I prefer longer books. I like the Alex Peres series a lot, but they are just too short. You enter Alex's world, next thing you're out again. Also, I like some romance and eroticism, but it shouldn't dominate the mystery. No police protagonists, private investigators only!

Grateful for any suggestions!

Should have mentioned: Not looking for fantasy/scifi/horror stuff, I'm into "old-fashioned" realistic stories and characters solving real-world mysteries.

Her everyone do any of you have recommendations for books with a fem main character and masc romantic lead? Preferably historical romance/royalty/etc

If you have other reccs not in that specific genre but still with a masculine romantic lead PLS send it my way! Thank u!!

I’m not entirely sure how to describe my taste, but these are some of my favorite books because they got me deeply emotionally invested in the characters, dynamics, and atmosphere. I love yearning, tension, and slow-burn intimacy. I think what I love most about these books is that the relationships feel so tender, but also painfully heart-wrenching at the same time?

Favorites:
- Tell It to the Bees — Fiona Shaw
- The Safekeep — Yael van der Wouden
- Fingersmith — Sarah Waters
- The Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night — Samantha Shannon (I absolutely love the dynamics between the love interests in both)

Other books I enjoyed:
- Breaking Character — Lee Winter
- When You Least Expect It — Haley Cass
- Listen — Kris Bryant

To add more context to my (questionable) taste: I also loved the relationship dynamic in The World to Come (I know, I know, the ending was messy).

Does anyone have recommendations for books with a similar vibe?

Thanks!

I heard it features a love story between two women. The synopsis sounds really interesting and I do plan on picking it up when it becomes available near me. Has anyone read it yet, and any thoughts??

I'm looking for the title. I like fantasy, and badass lesbians, so I want both. Is there any badass fantasy sapphic novels you'd recommend? (Little to no smut, please; I don't like that).

Just that nothing too far beyond that request, i do enjoy the old hollywood ambiance like in 7 husbands so thats a plus, if its developed on like the 40s and 50s or 60s but if not thats also ok

Ok…toodles!

Hi there,

I'm looking for good books with F/F relationships (spice more than welcome) that are set in space (ships, planets, earth even, fights and whatnot). I do love the Mass Effect and Starfield universe (anyone who would find me a book with a character like Andreja would be my new best friend). Preferably 2 fems and no aliens 👽

I'd prefer something scientifically plausible and logic, morally ambiguous, with deep character traits and personality, something good to read regardless of the romance part. In terms of style I LOVE sarcasm and zero-fucks-given writings like Georgette Kaplan. I also love Lee Winters and G. Benson, if that helps.

Anyway, thanks a lot!

Hi, I wanted to give her a book for her birthday so I thought you could give me some ideas :)

She reads a lot and has a variety of interests.

Here are some books she enjoyed:

-The Traitor Baru Cormorant

-The locked tomb series

-The space between worlds

-Into the drowning deep

-Some desperate glory

I think she likes deeper topics, also social criticism etc. :)

I would appreciate if you have some new ideas. Thanks!

I’m about to start reading the book, but is there any cheating involved? I really don’t enjoy love stories that start because of cheating issues

Self-explanatory title. I want to get angry.

Think Harrow from Gideon's perspective at the very start of Gideon the Ninth.

Some examples:
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (Sci-fi cave-delving horror)
Shadow of the Knife by Jane Fletcher (Crime and mystery set on a medieval-like world populated by only women)
The Last Woman on Earth by Bex Benjamin (Post apocalypse survival)
The Bloodborn Dragon by J.C Rycroft (Low-magic fantasy set in Fantasy-Australia)
Alone by E.J Noyes (Psychological suspense with a bit of mystery. I will keep shilling this book til the day I die!)