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• Murder, Mayhem, and Mascots: Rest in Peaches by Alex Brown

  

  After reading her debut novel, Damned If You Do, Alex Brown has quickly become one of my new favorite authors! As part of this year's Sapphic September... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 3 Sapphic Books I Rated 3 Stars (That You Might Rate 5 Stars)!

  

  One of the biggest struggles I have as a reviewer for the Lesbrary is wanting to present only the sapphic stories that I believe to be the best. I am very much... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Compelling, Real, & Raw: Roses in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman

  

  Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, alongside her best friend, Saima. When a family rift drives the girls... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Lush and Lesbian Political Fantasy: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

  

  In honor of The Lotus Empire being released on November 12th, I decided to reread The Jasmine Throne and actually continue with the series past the first book... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Finally, the Canonically Queer Lady Knight We Deserve in The Fireborne Blade by...

  

  Charlotte Bond's dark fantasy novella, The Fireborne Blade, is a beautifully straightforward dungeon crawler until it isn't. Protagonist Sir Maddileh is a... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Celebrate Halloween All Year with a Supernatural Cozy Mystery Romance: Pumpkin...

  

  The term "cozy mystery" first registered with me shortly after finishing Real Murders, the first book in the Aurora Teagarden series, written by Charlaine... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Queer Graphic Novels and Illustrated Books for Preteens and Teens

  

  These four books are listed in order of suitability for middle-to-high schoolers and deal with the timeless experiences of feeling like an outsider, finding... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• An Endearingly Gory Monster Love Story: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John...

  

  Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell is a gory monster love story about what it means to love someone and be loved. Shesheshen, Wiswell's main... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Queer, Anti-Colonial Sci-Fi Novella: Countess by Suzan Palumbo

  

  This review contains spoilers. Countess by Suzan Palumbo is a short science fiction novel that is a love story to the West Indies and its people even... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Beauty of Decay: Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

  

  Last weekend was Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon, which I've done every year for the past ten years. For the October readathon, I save up horror and other... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Not Quite Scared Straight: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

  

  "I was a cog in a terrible machine for years, and now I'm honored to be the monkey wrench dismantling it." Rose grew up in the extremely religious town of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Pick Up These Sapphic YA Graphic Novels for a Halloween Romp

  

  Last weekend was Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon, and every October readathon, I pack my TBR full of short Halloween-themed reads. Naturally, those are usually... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Finding Love in the Smog City: Kari by Amruta Patil

  

  This review contains spoilers. Kari by Amruta Patil is considered the first lesbian graphic novel in India. The book opens with a double suicide pact, which... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Successor to House of Leaves: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

  

  If you're looking for a haunted house story to really get under your skin, We Used to Live Here is for you. It's a slow build, but by the end, it was the kind o... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Brutal Colonial Horror Story: To the Bone by Alena Bruzas

  

  To the Bone is the story of Ellis, an indentured girl in the Jamestown settlement of the Virginia colony. Ellis aspires toward little more than goodness; born... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• An Immersive Steampunk Mystery: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

  

  A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark is many things: a steampunk mystery, an anti-colonial historical, an at once dark and whimsical fantasy, and more. But if I... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Feral Eldritch Ballerinas: I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamiso...

  

  Laure is a ballet dancer who has devoted herself entirely to her profession. She spends every waking moment honing her skill. And she is perfect. But as she soo... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Ghosts and Secrets of Suburbia: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

  

  If I had a nickel for every book I've read recently about a suddenly haunted suburb, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but I guess authors are stepping u... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Sapphic & Sanguine Vampire Gothic to Satisfy All Your Cravings: Thirst by...

  

  Are you searching for a spine-tingling sapphic read to round out your October TBR? Look no further! Thirst is a gorgeous Gothic novel that follows two women... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• All of the Sapphic Vampires, None of the Victorian Homophobic Overtones: An...

  

  Like many queer women, I'm sure, I have a strange relationship with the original . On the one hand, sapphic vampires are objectively sexy. On the other hand, th... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ