Lesbian book recommendations for Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

some of my favorite lesbian books (that I own, I have a lot more favorites I don't have physical copies of lol)! for more of my sapphic/wlw book recs, check out this playlist: • lesbian/sapphic/wlw bo...
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0:00 - 01:34 intro
01:34 - 05:34 #1
05:34 - 08:05 #2
08:05 - 09:59 #3
09:59 - 13:00 #4
13:00 - 15:19 #5
15:19 - 18:33 #6
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23:50 - 25:35 #9
25:35 - 27:44 outro

[@ninatheinkling5748]

1. Everyone in their room will someday be dead 2. Siren queen 3. Sarahland 4. The divines 5. Light from uncommon stars 6. Midnight lie 7. We set the dark on fire 8. Last night at the telegram club 9. Fortune favours the dead

[@OzmaOfOzz]

You are an angel, tysm ❤

[@megdrummond-wilson824]

New to your channel and I love your energy so much. So happy to see a booktuber openly adoring and celebrating lesbian lit.

[@andreas3304]

I happened to be in San Francisco when I started to read Last Night at the Telegraph Club and tried to visit some of the locations that appear in the book. It was such an awesome and beautiful experience! So is the book! highly recommended.

[@emilymoran9152]

Can second 'Light from Uncommon Stars' and 'Last Night at the Telegraph Club'. Some other recommendations: - A master of Djinn (F/F romance AND F/F buddy cop shenanigans in a steampunk Cairo) - Our wives under the sea (Our main POV character's wife went on a deep sea expedition and comes back...different) - The worm and his kings (Also read for the creep factor more than the romance!) - Women of the silk (Historical fiction about silk workers in China) - This is how you lose the time war (Imagine Doctor Who + Good Omens fanfiction, but make it lesbian and also very...literary) - The color purple (Historical fiction about trauma and healing for a black woman in the deep south) - In the vanisher's palace (Basically Vietnamese 'Beauty and the Beast' with a lady scholar and a water dragon) - The Gilda Stories (Black lesbian vampire makes "family" across multiple time periods) - Hood (Recent-past historical fiction that looks back on a messy lesbian relationship.) - Otherside picnic (Slow-burn sapphic manga/light novel about two girls exploring doorways to a creepy other world) - Love After the End: An anthology of two-spirit and indigiqueer speculative fiction - Affinity (Sad Victorian lesbian meets an imprisoned medium) - Fingersmith (More Victorian lesbians, but less sad and more...penny-dreadful thriller-y?) - Sorrowland (Cults and weird fungus and sapphics. What more do you need?) - The Fox Maidens (a Korean historical fantasy graphic novel) - Other words for smoke (Because who doesn't like some gay witches?) - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Probably the only actual romance book I've ever rated 4/5 stars. Our protagonist is an...Edwardian, I think, the timeperiod is vague...young lady scientist and the love interest is a wealthy widow who wants to be her patron)

[@poisonapple9950]

Ahh yes! Finally a comment that mentions Sarah Waters books! I feel like she's heavily underrepresented in discussions of lesbian literature considering how wonderful her writing style is.

[@poplillyp]

I've read many of these because you've recommended them and I just wanna thank you for bringing them into my life and showing me three of my favourite books of all time (Sarahland, Naamah, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club). Dying to get my hands on that Nghi Vo book and see what everyone raving about with that Emily Austen book

[@Lenaandthepages]

I am obsessed with all of your suggestions. Light From Uncommon Stars is one of my favorites… so quirky and incredible.

[@AmberlyyK.]

I read “Everyone in this room will someday be dead” in march because of you and now it’s one of my all time favs! Will definitely add the ones you mentioned in this video i haven’t yet read to my tbr because so far I’ve loved all of the books i read because of your recommendation!

[@IsabelleDG]

I got that book on vacation and left it there 😭😭

[@RaspberryDevil]

Repeating books is a good thing because my tbr is so long and sometimes I forget about a book because my library doesn't have it :') Thankfully, I don't need pride month to read lesbian books (I did read one this month but hated it) so hopefully I can read some of these books later this years! Thanks for sharing these titles with us and happy pride 💖🌈

[@angelabarron7275]

Just finished Siren Queen and loved it. Can’t wait to read more books on this list! Thank you for this!

[@sophiemurphy9711]

I read Last Night at the Telegraph Club earlier this year and really loved it 🥰 Also Siren Queen sounds so good!!

[@ell4736]

im so excited to read Siren Queen now!! I've been somewhat putting it off even though I love nghi Vo, but I just wrote a paper about early Asian American film and stereotypes so I'm really intrigued by an Anna May Wong inspired book :o!!

[@cchota1023]

Emily Austins second book “Interesting Facts About Space” is also so good!

[@vitoriar8753]

these all sound exactly up my ally 😩😩😩 i've started fortune favors the dead (and am loving it) and i've already bought last night at the telegraph club!!! can't wait to read more historical queer fiction, and these ones feel like just what i've been looking for. tysm

[@lineguldberg8466]

Love these videos! Just made me add more to my TBR 😍

[@duchessofautumn]

I been looking for some good books that represent my path of life thank you for sharing this information with us! 🧡

[@thea4676]

Added all these to my tbr! thankfully most have an audiobook availble through everand!

[@HasabeMizurukara]

I really enjoyed this. I found 2 new books. I adored both Telegraph Club and Uncommon Stars. I've wanted to read Sarahland for so long, why is my TBR too big. Love the look!

[@fleur1492]

I didn’t even have the Divines on the radar as being lesbian, now I’m even more excited for it! Also I just started watching your videos so I might have missed them but haven’t seen two of my absolute favourite lesbian/queer books: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters and The bricks that build the houses by Kae Tempest (who also has a full album that deals with the same characters). Both have really complex characters and are beautifully written.

[@ninatheinkling5748]

Until now I've read 4 of these and loved them all

[@aj-nu1vl]

yes i’m so excited for this video!

[@elize3137]

Well, I guess I'm changing my summer tbr priorities (once again) because I want to read basically all of those now! Not complaining tho 🌈

[@banannakis6723]

Fortune Favors the Dead sounds great and right up my street. A historical mystery set in the 40s with queer characters. Yes please, gonna need to read that.

[@ilovewillowrosenberg]

Well one way to get me to read a book is to mention Buffy in the synopsis! But besides that, great video. It's nice to see some lesbian books that aren't purely romance, though i like those sometimes. I think I'll like Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead and the duology.

[@oh5793]

thank you for the recs

[@hallieelizabeth4990]

love your earrings!

[@isabeldejesus1924]

hi

[@Star3marie304]

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters is a childhood favorite of mine ❤

[@noorsbookshelf]

omg derry girls pin!! i just started watching that show because of your recommendation on your podcast!!

[@cowboylikeana]

love the lesbian content 🫶🏻

[@manicpixiebooknerd]

Hey- just to let you know, any english county ending in shire is pronounced sh-ear not sh-aye-er. Love the video! So many cool recommendations :)

[@Jessieberryy]

Thankyou so much

[@meghna2274]

I'm currently reading everyone in this room will someday be dead and I love it sm!!

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

You are my favorite youtuber

[@OlivesAndOtherThings]

My absolute favourite lesbian romance is 6 times we almost kissed and omg I cannot tell you how much I love this book. I could read it a trillion times over it is amazing and possibly my favourite romance I’ve ever read. 100% recommend!!

[@bhagyashreedeshmukh6124]

hey does it have happy ending cause i want to read that too and hey can you recommend me some another lesbian romance to

[@filmaru8556]

First comment and please lay them awesome books on me. Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Tangled Vows were my favorites so far. Actually The Telegraph Club was my first Sapphic book review so if you guys want to hear my full opinion on this amazing book you can find it on my channel

[@luciaz4439]

So glad I found you :))

[@uwu-nr9mh]

thank you!

[@floralreads3601]

i want to read fortune favours the dead SO bad

[@lusiennn]

Where are you buying books?

[@akksnj7461]

Thank you sunny!

[@asunnybooknook]

thank you for watching :)

[@deeznusr]

love the video but just wanted to ask. isnt nghi vo vietnamese american though? since vo is a viet surname so like yeah

[@curiouslanguage2032]

From the list I've only read Last Night at the Telegraph Club. I was reading it while I worked my way through Wild Swans, which is a nonfiction biography/memoir of three generations of Chinese women going through the rise of the Communist party in China and into Mao's dictatorship and the fall of Mao. It was really interesting reading those two together because as I am sure you're aware, the US took the side of Kuomintang who opposed the Communists, but they were really terrible too! The Communist party starts out as clearly the better option for the Chinese citizens who just went from oppressive regime/occupation (Japan) to the next. Unfortunately all the ideals of the Communist party got perverted under Mao. Anyway, it was nice having the full scope backstory for the McCarthyism present in Telegraph Club. Have you read Wild Swans? I had to read it slowly because it was just so devastating the whole time, but I'm really glad I read it.

[@roadworkaheaduhyeahisureho5674]

"Next, we have, the Midnight Lie -" *pauses video* AAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@zinaak4194]

I love this channel so much. Damn.

[@asunnybooknook]

[@anjaxuanreads]

I would say that you’re doing God’s work, but clearly with these recs, you are God

[@serene1486]

Hey I am not sure if you're gonna see this comment but I'm a sapphic baby, My last relationship was my first wlw relationship and I feel like im not cultured enough and I didn't have many discussions with my ex so I decided to be here to finally bought "Last Night at The Telegraph Club" to learn about being gay I've consumed LGBT media since and I still feel like im not "gay" or "cultured" enough throughout dating so.. is that normal?

[@clarasalles1456]

❤

[@gnakitasworld]

Hello! I am interested in having my book reviewed by you. I write gay romance with diverse characters and elements of BDSM.

[@samiraeddaoudi9085]

if you loved evelyn hugo you would fall in love with Celia Hepburn: the secret life of a hollywood legend (sapphic)

[@Squashy_The_Bear349]

Clicked right away

[@Arcadian707]

You missed out on saying your "Lesbian Arsenal" when referring to you stack of lesbian books

[@xAzureXHazex]

😂

[@beentheredonethat5908]

May I ask a question? My best friend was gay, sadly he passed away a few years ago, and my daughter is bisexual , and both never wanted to be treated as different, used any label on themselves, just their names, and wanted a normal life to love who they wanted freely with no judgement. Now with that said, why now is it so important to shine lights on people's sexual choices and matters of the heart, if being equal to others is the goal? It's a genuine question. I dint know if it's because they grew up without judgement they didn't feel this way, or if it's something else. I don't understand, and the only way I might is if I ask. My friend and I spent many days partying when we were young, each taking turns picking where we went. I actually very much enjoyed gay clubs, there were always straight women I could talk to, I alway felt it was more fun there, and I learned that by going with him, because that's where he always wanted to go, and like I said above I learned it was a super fun place to go and just have a great time. I spent many years being accused of being gay be ause I had gay friends, I'd just laugh because I was secure in who I was and say they had no idea what they were missing lol. I have never had judgements or fear of anyone based off of sexual or love interests. People are people, so why draw the attention, anyone in the spotlight gets judgement, straight or gay, so doesn't doing this cause more issues? If I tool a month an made the whole world listen to my sexual interests, or even love interests, I'd be beat down by society for it, the spotlight causes the smallest spot to be noticed, being not perfect I avoid it at all costs, and I'm a married straight man. Idk, again, I'm seriously working to understand. Shouldn't love be the main focus, not sex? Sex always gets people all worked up, either in ways we want or negative, but if the goal is equality and to live side by side and be normalized wouldn't it make more sense not to draw attention? It's also ptsd month, both side by side. So we should definitely also make people aware of this as well. To many in all our communities suffer silently from this horrible issue, myself being one, so let's make sure we all work together to help each other! Cheers, and I look forward to some insite here, thanks in advance. If my buddy was still alive we would talk about this together and he'd probably be able to help me understand, but without him I have to reach out and hope someone will help me out. People are such amazing creatures, I want to understand as much as possible about as many as possible, to many fear conversation, but it beautiful to know each other. Thanks again!

[@nithyasreesathyanarayanan5611]

Sorry for the late reply, but I like how open minded you are about your question. So I'm a closeted bisexual and my country is very conservative about the LGBTQ community. And let me answer your question. The reason why this community has utilized drastic of ways to express themselves is because that's what it means to "be free". I know not all will like the choices one makes, but don't you think the LGBTQ community deserves not only peace but also validation just for being themselves? They're breaking gender sexuality rules. Their literal existence is against many religions. I mean, that's really tough. Which is why I understand why they want to express themselves in drastic ways. Also, they want to reach out to closeted individuals so that they can be confident in themselves. I'm OK with it as long as it doesn't hurt anybody (I do hate the parade where I see people wearing almost nothing and kissing and rubbing each other. Not in public bruh!). So let me explain this with few instances. When you have a crush or love someone romantically, and when you're finally dating them, wouldn't you want people to be happy for you? If nobody supports you, will you want to ever be in a relationship or feel good about yourself?? Especially your family and friends. Another instance would be adopting children. Wouldn't you think gay parents deserve appreciation when they raise their adopted child well?? Like it's not for everyone but some do like children. But straight people get all of that validation relatively easily. They can choose their partner from the opposite sex and people will be happy when they marry. Or atleast they won't be bothered by anyone for their choices. The LGBTQ community also wants that level of validation. To be included, respected and loved. This need for validation is very biological bcz we humans always desire to belong somewhere in this world. If the world does not give a place, people tend to make one for themselves. Which is how the LGBTQ community was formed. I know this freedom is being misused a lot these days but trust me, not all of them are like that. I hope I answered your question and peace to you! ❤️

[@ariverdreaming]

Wow your earrings are amazing where did you get them? 🥹 thank you so much for giving so many recs!!