25for25 Sapphic Representation

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54 participants (266 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
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Poison Ivy, Volume 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson

Poison Ivy, Volume 1: The Virtuous Cycle

Poison Ivy (2022) (Collected Editions) #1

G. Willow Wilson

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark reflective fast-paced
Bets by Carrot Quinn

Bets

Carrot Quinn

222 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian science fiction speculative fiction
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

The Legend of Auntie Po

Shing Yin Khor

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Cuckoo

Gretchen Felker-Martin

14 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

A Botanical Daughter

Noah Medlock

11 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Black Sun

Between Earth and Sky #1

Rebecca Roanhorse

454 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Grey Dog by Elliott Gish

Grey Dog

Elliott Gish

389 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

10 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced