Probably a million more recs but I tried to keep it to a minimum.
Truly one of my favorite fantasy series of all time. I don’t reread often but have reread this many times.
The Lost Queen #1
Gorgeous writing that will enthrall you into a mystical ancient Russia. Based on real history and traditional folklore. Vasya is one of my all time favorite protagonists.
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1)
All epic fantasies which they were as good as this series
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) by Andrea Stewart
My fav indie fantasy series that I will forever be championing!
Secrets of The Tally by Halie Fewkes Damewood
I need the next book in the series so bad
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Honestly the new covers of the series ruined my life
A Darker Shade of Magic
Anyone who ever tells me they want to get into fantasy I start them off with this series!
The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1) by Mary E. Pearson
RF Kuang stan till the day I die
Babel by R.F. Kuang
I will never accept the Caraval slander!!
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
This series was a bit darker than I initially expected but I really fell in love with the characters
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
If you’ve never read The Night Circus, what are you even doing?
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
My inner ancient Egypt obsessed child, could not put this book down!
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) by Isabel Ibañez
This duology is severely underrated
These Rebel Waves (Stream Raiders, #1) by Sara Raasch
💖 Sapphic 💖
I will not be trying to keep this list to a minimum.
If you don’t love this book I don’t trust your book recs
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Beth and Gwen are my favorite girls 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
File Countess Elizabeth Báthory under “Hot Women I Would Do Anything For”
Blood Countess by Lana Popović
Epic fantasy with sapphic lovers who change the world 🥹
The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) by Tasha Suri
Nina LaCour consistently makes me cry
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
Honestly, worth the hype! (Or maybe I just love gay girls)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I own like five tea dragon plushies
The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3) by Kay O'Neill
This book was lowkey hella weird but I loved it
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Hunger games but they’re gay
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
Alix E Harrow is an auto-buy author for me. Everything she writes is a masterpiece.
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Super fun duology for the future dystopian loving sapphics
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
I need a Lady Georgianna in my life
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
This book awoke something within me 😳
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
My little baby gay heart loved this book 🥺
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
Sapphic graphic novels have me in a chokehold!
The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha
Chapter 21 🥵
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
A pansexual icon 🥺
In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland
I’m always here for a sapphic retelling
Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
I never understood the hype of vampires growing up… until I discovered sapphic vampires
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Short but still rips your heart out
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
Idk what I liked more, the gays or the beautiful dresses (it was definitely the gays)
The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp
I mean read the title, what else could you want in a book? Oh yea also make it gay!
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
📓 Middle Grade 📓
There’s more to middle grade than Percy Jackson and Harry Potter!
The townspeople think they have to sacrifice a baby to the witch in the woods. The witch in the woods is wondering why the townspeople abandon babies in the woods. The witch saves these babies and nourishes them on starlight.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
An autistic 11 year old goes on a campaign to create a memorial for the witch trials held in her home town.
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Will young witch, Eva Evergreen, pass her novice trial before her thirteenth birthday?
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe
Clover lives in a world full of oddities - seemingly every day objects that are magically enhanced.
Oddity by Eli Brown
Join Roda and Ignis as they learn to defeat the monsters plaguing the Aerlands.
The Prince of Nowhere by Rochelle Hassan
Cass has a strange ability to see ghosts. What happens when her parents become hosts of a tv show that visits the most haunted cities around the world?
City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) by VE Schwab
When Kiki’s sketchbook comes to life she ends up falling into her own magical fantasy kingdom.
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom by Sangu Mandanna
A spooky tale where Ollie and his classmates find their way out of the field filled with sinister scarecrows.
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Amari joins a secretive magic school on a quest to find her missing brother.
Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
Safiya starts having dreams about her mother’s childhood that may change their relationship forever.
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
Can the last Windwitch master the weaving of the seasons while on the run from the queen’s huntsman?
The Last Windwitch by Jennifer Adam
Lora’s real life friends seem to be moving on with out her so she takes matters into her own hands and makes a new friend - with a ghost!
Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
What could be scarier than an haunted house? A haunted house with a portal to another dimension!
Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms) by Brandon Mull
A zombie graphic novel with an all new Netflix series as well!
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Fable must enter the forest ruled by a demon prince on a quest to find her own face.
