Essential Sapphic Reading Guide

While it may feel like there aren't enough Sapphic books in the world (because there aren't), when it actually comes down to choosing what to read next, picking can be overwhelming. This guide is just a starting point for the many great Sapphic reads out in the world waiting for you to discover them. 

Sapphic Classics
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Sapphic Science Fiction/Fantasy
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
Even Though I Knew The End by CL Polk
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
This is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El Mohtar

Sapphic Horror
Chlorine by Jade Song
A Game in Yellow by Chlorine by Jade Song
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Sapphic Romance
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
D'Vaugn and Kris Plan a Wedding
Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun
Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

Books about Sapphic Community
Cantoras by Caro de Robertis
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Sapphic Page Turners
Boulder by Eva Baltasar
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sapphic Books with Deep Emotional Impact
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth