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here is a short list of wlw books because there aren’t enough being talked about/hyped:

• everything leads to you – nina lacour; ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• huntress – malinda lo; fantasy; focused on a wlw relationship
• ask the passengers – a.s. king; ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• her name in the sky – kelly quindlen;

  ya; focused on a wlw relationship

• far from you – tess sharpe; mystery; wlw mc
• ash – malinda lo; fantasy; focused on a wlw relationship
• beauty queens – libba bray; ya; wlw side character
• you know me well – nina lacour; ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• what we left behind – robin talley; ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• pink – lili wilkinson; ya; wlw mc
• dare me – megan abbott; ya; wlw mc
• twixt – sarah diemer; fantasy; focused on a wlw relationship
• lies we tell ourselves – robin talley; historical; focused on a wlw relationship
• the traitor baru cormorant – seth dickinson; fantasy; wlw mc
• dirty london – kelley york; ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• the upside of unrequited – becki albertalli; ya; wlw side characters
• adaptation – malinda lo; sci fi; focused on a wlw relationship
• not your sidekick – c.b. lee; superhero; focused on a wlw relationship
• afterworlds – scott westerfeld; fantasy/ya; focused on a wlw relationship
• the miseducation of cameron post – emily m. danforth; ya; wlw mc
• we are okay – nina lacour; ya; wlw mc
• queens of geek – jen wilde; ya; wlw mc
• noteworthy – riley redgate; ya; wlw mc
• under the lights – dahlia adler; ya; focused on a wlw relationship

feel free to add on/send me recs/books i’ve missed/talk to me about wlw books!!<3

Robin Talley has also written two other YA books focused on wlw relationships – As I Descended (horror) and Our Own Private Universe (contemporary). Also, check out Sarah McCarry’s About A Girl (fantasy) and T. Kingfisher’s The Raven and the Reindeer (also fantasy).

-deep breath-

(asterisks mark books that are part of a longer series that either I haven’t read all of or doesn’t have prominent WLW characters in other installments)

Series:

Mangoverse, Shira Glassman, fluffy Jewish fantasy ft. lesbian queen and her chosen family

Nemesis, April Daniels, trans lesbian superhero YA

Alpennia, Heather Rose Jones, romantic fantasy ft. court intrigue, swordplay, magic, and lots of f/f romance

The Wolf House, Mary Borsellino, queer punk vampire YA

Middle grade:

Star-Crossed, Barbara Dee, bi theatre kid romance

Space Battle Lunchtime (comic), first human contestant on space masterchef falls in love with alien rival chef

YA (contemporary):

How To Make A Wish, Ashley Herring Blake, girl with a toxic mother falls in love with girl with a dead mother.

Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel, Sara Farizan, girl develops her first crush on an intoxicating new girl at school

Not Otherwise Specified, Hannah Moskowitz, friendship between a black bi girl and the straight white Christian girl she meets in her ED therapy group

It’s Not Like It’s A Secret, Misa Sugiura, this one is billed as a sweet YA romance but it’s also about racism, including racism directed from one POC group to another, which can be a difficult read.

This Is Where It Ends, Marieke Nijkamp, controversial as heck, set during a school shooting. Spoiler: the lesbian couple survive.

YA (speculative fiction):

Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire*, neglected twin girls find themselves in a Hammer Horror inspired secondary world/portal fantasy

The Abyss Surrounds Us, Emily Skrutskie*, enemies-to-lovers romance ft. pirates and genetically engineered sea monsters

Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust, Snow White retelling with alternating POVs between the princess and her stepmother

Labyrinth Lost, Zoraida Cordova*, a blend of urban fantasy and portal fantasy starring a bi latina girl from a family of witches

Sound, Alexandra Duncan*, teen scientist helps rescue the brother of the girl she loves from the interplanetary slave trade

Adult (literary fiction):

A Thin Bright Line, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, novel inspired by the real life of the author’s aunt, a lesbian working in a Cold War-era climate research facility.

Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown, the archetypical semi-autobiographical lesbian coming of age novel, originally published in 1973. Molly Bolt’s narrative voice is incredibly engaging.

Adult (contemporary romance):

Knit One, Girl Two, Shira Glassman, yarn-maker finds inspiration in the work of a local painter, who turns out to be even more intriguing in person

Roller Girl, Vanessa North, former wakeboarder who quit the sport when she transitioned finds a new sport… and a new love.

Treasure, Rebekah Weatherspoon, college freshman dealing with depression and anxiety starts dating a classmate… who happens to also be a stripper who she met at her sister’s bachelorette party

Thaw, Elyse Springer*, mousy ace librarian falls in love with glamorous supermodel

Ester and Artemisia, Rivka Aarons-Hughes, cat-and-mouse game between an art forger and the expert who proves her works are fake

Adult (Speculative fiction):

Humanity for Beginners, Faith Mudge, lesbian werewolves run a bed and breakfast

Chameleon Moon, RoAnna Sylver*, upbeat dystopia ft. married triad of superhero moms 

Cinder Ella, S.T. Lynn, trans girl Cinderella!!!

Romancing the Inventor, Gail Carriger*, lesbian mad scientist Genevieve Le Foux (side character in many of Carriger’s other works) meets a parlourmaid with a gift for mathematics

Beauty & Cruelty, Meredith Katz, Sleeping Beauty and the Wicked Fairy work together to save their world from a real world that thinks fairy tales are irrelevant

An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon, brutal dystopian take on the Generation Starship concept

Borderline, Mishell Baker*, urban fantasy about the connections between Hollywood and Faerie

My Real Children, Jo Walton, elderly woman has two competing sets of memories; in one timeline she has children with her female partner

The Drowning Girl, Caitlin R. Kiernan, impossible to describe meditation on art, madness, love, and ghosts

Maplecroft, Cherie Priest*, lesbian Lizzie Borden fights eldritch Lovecraftian horrors

Ascension, Jacqueline Koyanagi, delightfully complex space opera starring a black lesbian with chronic pain

Modern Serpents Talk Things Through, Jamie Brindle, neurotic dragon Tina’s fascination with humans takes an unexpected romantic turn

Walking on Knives, Maya Chhabra, Little Mermaid retelling where the Sea Witch’s sister is in love with the mermaid

❤ Soooooo many books to check out here ❤

I put together a book fair in April of a bunch of books with wlw protagonists and I’m not seeing them here, so here’s the link to the fair, where I labelled the books with genre, amount of sex, and price.