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Sapphic Romance Book Recs!

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These are all my favorite lesbian and bisexual book recommendations and reviews. All happy endings!
 
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Genres: Romance, Queer 
Tags: deadbeat parent, child abandonment, substance abuse problems, famous ppl, actors, lesbians, everyone’s gay
Adorable, everything I’ve been reading recently just makes me want a gf
Dream On, Ramona Riley (Clover Lake, #1)
 
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Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Queer
Tags: domestic violence, murder, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, child abuse, manipulation, homophobia, sexism, guns, dead parents, found family, lesbians
A lot of really traumatized witches love on each other, it was cute but be warned
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
 
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Genres: Religion, Romance, Queer
Tags: references to suicide, cheating, manipulation, lesbians, deal with the devil, Dante's Inferno style hell
This was very cute, the beginning was way less serious than I thought it would be.
The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: misogyny, cheating, gaslighting, dating show, royalty
This book is so precious to me, it was really funny and the characters felt rly real to me.
Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: The Bachelor, comphet, sad gay people, failed proposal
Nothing really bad happens, and I happy that the guy wasn’t a complete dick this time.
Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen
 
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Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Queer
Tags: demons, murder, evil ex bf, stealing, monster fucking
This was definitely my favorite of the series, featuring a tad bit of nonbinary bias. I thought it was really cute and I liked how it didn’t have the whole “I’m am traumatized little baby and you need to save me” vibe.
The Demon's Bargain (Peculiar Tastes #2)
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: Love Island UK, predatory man, misogyny, slut shaming, love bisland, corporate nonsense
Honestly, thank god for love island uk for teaching me about all the nonsense slang in this book.
Hot Summer by Elle Everhart
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: royalty, high school, fake country, lesbians, homophobia, past character death, suicidal thoughts, dead parent, fake relationships, non consensual kissing, underage drinking
Throwback to being 16 and dumb. I only read this cause they have the same uniforms I did in high school.
Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: military coup, murder, attempted murder, guns, mentioned forced abortions, greek mythology influences, polyamory
So many loose ends to tie up, I was missing the lesbian sex.
Shattered Gods (Dark Olympus, #10) by Katee Robert
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: adoption, nasty internet people, theatre kids, fancy boarding school
It was really sweet, the author was working hard to make me hate alfie at the beginning though.
Epically Earnest by Molly Horan
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: dead mom, miscommunication, coming out
This was so adorable, I cried
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: slight homophobia, divorced parents, absentee parents, judaism, comphet
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: alchoholism, social workers, neglectful parenting, cheating, deadbeat dad, found family-ish, underage drinking
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports, Queer
Tags: football, homophobia, blackmailing, hatecrimes, misogyny, qb/cheerleader, beards (in a gay way), underage drinking
Home Field Advantage - Adler, Dahlia: Books
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Race, Queer
Tags: homophobia, unsupportive family, slight misogyny, unrequited feeling, love angle, lots of gay ppl
I fucking love this book.
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Race, Queer
Tags: homophobia, racism, outing, unsupportive parents, supportive parents, cultural appropriation, misogyny
I love this book, I remembered with like 50 pages left that they all had irish accents which cracked me up.
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: homophobia, biphobia, internalized biphobia, comphet, outing, supportive parents, sapphic
You know it’s good when you’re begging the author not to put in a 3rd act breakup.
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer
Tags: abusive bf (not physical, mainly emotional), pressuring for sex, slutshaming, kicking kids out, supportive/unsupportive parents, vaginismus
I love this book sm, love to see a book about black ppl without racism.
Confessions of an Alleged Good Gir by Joya Goffney
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sports, Disability, Queer
Tags: soccer, manipulation, bad exs, supportive parents
Oh my god, they were bumping and grinding
Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Mental Health, Queer
Tags: suicide attempt, mental institution, homophobia, unsupportive/supportive parents, deportation, catholic school, religious trauma
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
 
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Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Mental Health, Queer
Tags: domestic abuse, relationship abuse, slight transphobia, divorce, therapy
Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve
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