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• The Unique Venom of Found Family: Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe Review

  

  Su and Emerald are sisters with nothing in common: Su lives in Singapore, playing the perfect wife to her conservative politician husband. Emerald is a queer... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Sapphic Take on a Classic: Tink and Wendy by Kelly Ann Jacobson Review

  

  Tink and Wendy sets the story of Peter Pan with a small twist that changes everything: instead of bringing the Darling siblings into their world, Peter and... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Future of Dirty Computers: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe Review

  

  This is an entire collection of short stories, but I am only focusing on the titular short story for this review. "The Memory Librarian" follows Seshet, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 8 Short Queer Books to Help You Reach Your 2024 Reading Goal

  As the end of the year comes barrelling towards us at the speed of light, I'm sure many of us are starting to question the high expectations we had for our... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Perfect Sapphic Horror Read for a Cold Winter’s Night: Feast While You Can b...

  

  Just in time for dark, chilly winter nights, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta's Feast While You Can (Grand Central Publishing 2024) is one of my top reads... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Reluctant Roommates to Real Romance: The Snowball Effect by Haley Cass

  

  In Haley Cass's latest release, The Snowball Effect, she brings readers back to the world of Sutton Spencer's and Charlotte Thompson's New York City (from Thos... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Soothe Your Sapphic Soul with Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

  

  With the weather getting colder and the... general state of the world, I've been gravitating towards cozy fantasy lately, which is why I finally picked up a boo... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Perfect Pick for Queer Horror-Loving Teens: Come Out, Come Out by Natalie...

  

  Now that we're out of October, it's time to move on from spooky books, right? Wrong. Now is the time to read all the books other people read during October and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Cult Classic Sapphic Novella: Women by Chloe Caldwell

  

  As a millennial bibliophile with a mortgage, one of my favorite pastimes is perusing and purchasing Kindle daily deals with reckless abandon. A few weeks ago, m... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• A Fiery Finale: The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri

  

  In 2021, three brilliant, yellow-covered epic fantasy books came out, all of them with sapphic leads, and thus the Sapphic Trifecta was born. I have read and... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2024 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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