Every single sapphic book I've read and loved | Drinking By My Shelf

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

OOPS SOME THINGS TO SAY: 1. Raff has reminded me there is LOADS of sapphic love in Girl Woman Other and that I’m an idiot. 2. I forgot to put the finished covers up when I said I would. 3. #JoMarchShouldHaveBeenALesbian

[@zofiabochenska1240]

I was about to comment immediately after you mentioned it 😁 My favourite one is the middle aged woman unexpected WLW romance, AND the casually mentioned polyamorous madness of the 80s 🙃

[@AZebraReads]

I'll be honest, I always felt Jo was on the ace spectrum

[@one_smol_duck]

Jo March can really be read as most queer identifies imo. There's toooonnnsss of support for an interpretation of Jo as trans or nonbinary. A good basis to read her as ace or as a lesbian. Really the possibilities are endless with Jo.

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

@@one_smol_duck yes agreed, I’ve made a whole video on that topic before too! So many ways to read Jo

[@CheyeW13]

[furiously taking notes]

[@gabrielle_vx]

Love the video! I'm ready to fight and report any haters in your comment section. You deserve to be wholly yourself and to celebrate the joy of queer literature without getting hate comments.

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

Thank you! Have already had to delete a nice few. People suck so much!

[@oliveannelisemusic]

The surprise sapphic content in books that you had no idea were gay is the best. I also love that it happens so often like subconsciously we must KNOW, yknow

[@mj5697]

Me, with my library app open: “I’m ready!” 😂

[@PrettyPurplePolkaDots]

"You have to take a course, or else they don't let you do it."

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

One of my favourite scenes

[@ricruin]

Thought "Love is for Losers" was funny, heart warming, positive...one of the best books I've read in years. Totally agree with your summary of the book. 😍

[@indubitablyzara]

So many good books! For more YA sapphic reads I highly recommend Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan, Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy, We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Pulp by Robin Talley, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo.

[@Bananaboat13798]

I loved we are okay 😊

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Also, I’d highly recommend Tipping The Velvet!

[@SkimwithSteph]

Need more content like this 😂❤️ Some of my favorites from this year are Delilah Green Doesn’t Care and Midnight Girls

[@christinacampbellbooks]

The Confession sounds great. Just added to my ever-expanding TBR! And I'm planning to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo on holiday ☺

[@katiejlumsden]

So many amazing books in this video 😊

[@lenaheitmann4500]

Just a quick reminder for potential comments Gaby Dunn is now transmasc and goes by they them

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Loved seven husbands of evelyn hugo and the confession! I have concerning my daughter and I am looking forward to reading it at some point.

[@AzleeBarasuri]

The few I've read I've loved!! Gonna go read more thanks for all the recommendations 😁😁😁

[@hayleyrutland-walker6931]

Great video! I really need to read Patsy,I've owned a copy for ages. I just bought Briefly A Delicious Life too,can't wait to read it.

[@r4ch4elreads]

Yasss Emma!! Excellent video idea. Absolutely bloody love it 🥰 x

[@Natali_Talis.Library]

A few others to check out: Already mentioned in another comment - but a second vote for This how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohter and Max Gladstone (Sci-Fi), Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Sci-Fi, and Trans rep), Cinderella is Dead by Kaylynn Bayron (YA), The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigir (YA), Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (YA Horror)

[@tinaw94]

I can't remember if you've maybe read and got rid of it, but The Confessions of Frannie Langton is an outstanding sapphic book!

[@booksandbargains]

So many of these books are on my TBR because of you :)

[@lindqvistsandra]

Pressing play and getting ready to expand my TBR. :)

[@rubymcdime7382]

Great video! I’d like to add The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

[@eidechsebernstein954]

Yes! Few books have made me sob like The Mercies did

[@MaryE171]

Great video! Sarah Waters is a must, I highly recommend anything she's written (my fave was The Night Watch). I'd also recommend One Last Stop and Queerly Beloved, which are super fun romance books.

[@bellafalcone7221]

Can you do more 24 hour series readathons???? I binge yours all the time

[@ManuPlansAndWrites]

Haven't even seen the whole video but I think this is a great idea!! Can't wait to pick up some of these :D

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Let’s hear it for the LESBIANNNNNS 🎉

[@KrystalJanson]

Honestly thank you for just being your complete self no matter what anyone says! ♥️♥️♥️ you’re an inspiration!

[@mariat6202]

I’m loving getting new recommendations from your video and all the comments so adding mine here! Historical: THE MERCIES (!!) Contemporary: How to Make a Wish & Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake, the Poet X & Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Watch Over Me, We Are Okay, Hold Still, & Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno, The Falling in Love Montage, She Drives Me Crazy, Far From the Tree Nonfic: Girls Can Kiss Now, In The Dream House, Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Horror: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Crime/Thriller: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo, The Roxane Weary series by Kristen Lepionka SciFi/Fantasy: To Be Taught, If Fortunate, The Weight of the Stars, The Seep, Wayward Children series, Carmilla, This is How You Lose the Time War, Foundryside, Santa Olivia

[@mariat6202]

If anybody has any similar recs I’m all ears!!!

[@goster4070]

(Emma, I was clicking around on my laptop, and accidentally hit the 'don't like' button. I don't know if I undid it, I can't even see, but know I did not mean to hit that button. Hope you're having a great day and keep up the lovely book reqs.)

[@AbiofPellinor]

#JoMarchShouldHaveBeenALesbian forever

[@lozziehumphreys]

So many amazing books!

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Aaaaand my TBR grows again! Thanks! ☺️💛

[@logan771]

I adore you Emma!

[@zofiabochenska1240]

Some recommendations for different genres: Sci fi (the low key ones, no space battles or anything like that): An absolutely remarkable thing Long way to the small angry planet (also polyamorous rep) I belive "this is how you lode the time war" as well, however - haven't read this one Fantasy: The Witcher has a WLW plot, one of the first I've read I think. Priory of the orange tree (I haven't read this one, but it is all over the internet) YA: "You should see me in a crown" is a very cute high school drama. Bit cliche, but lovely nontheless.

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

Hey, just in case you didn't notice and want to correct and re-upload, but whenever you say 'finished cover here' for the exhibitionist and we had to remove this post, there is no pictue of the finished cover that flashes up

[@bethmetcalf3447]

I was just about to mention that but saw you had. Obviously she was busy snd just forget. I think it’s hilarious because she’s normally on the ball😂😂 No one’s perfect and sometimes it’s good to see our favourite book tubers making opsies😂😂

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

whoooopssss

[@BohoBookworm]

Pull Of The Stars and Great Circle are two on my list to read this year!

[@emmatobias6813]

hellll yeahhhh !!!

[@cass465]

How HOW are their no books by Sarah Waters?? The absolute best lesbian writer.

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I know I need to read her next!

[@sandraraedeer4849]

Double Booked by Lily Lindon is a nice read.

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

You need to read some Sarah Waters 😊

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I really do!

[@piscespaperbacks]

Realizing I need to work on my pool of lesbian books in my tbr lol

[@CourtneyMiller]

As a Bi girlie in a Hetero marriage I am constantly reading all the sapphic things and wondering why I was cursed with falling in love with a measly MAN 😭 🤣 thanks for all the recs-loving you in this phase of life 🥰

[@jenniferb319]

I need to see this TikTok

[@PumpkinMozie]

I’m inexperienced in sapphic reading…can anyone explain the Little Women bit to me? (Not negating Emma by any means-just genuinely curious). Is it Jo? Lol I feel dumb

[@zofiabochenska1240]

Emma has a video about the author being non-binary, and how she didn't want Jo to marry. I'm not sure if she really suggest Jo is in fact a lesbian, but I can't think of anybody else. Unless Aunt March is unmarried, but I think in the book she's actually widowed?

[@PumpkinMozie]

@@zofiabochenska1240 thanks!! I’ll look up that video right away

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

It was just a joke! Just my own fan theory about Jo :)

[@stitchwitchreading9460]

Word of warning Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe could be a very triggering read, lots of very hateful language, especially regarding race and ableism, and it’s pretty fatphobic as well. Regarding sapphic books I have loved this year: The Dead Go to Seattle by Vivian Faith Prescott, Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia, Written in the Stars/Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly, Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec and This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

[@Himynameismai]

You have to take a test otherwise they won’t let you do it :(

[@thoughtsandwanders8866]

💖💖💖

[@amesforbooks1343]

Happy Friday Emma! 🍻

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

Cheers!

[@velmavlogs7693]

Who are the 'clearly' lesbians in Little Women?

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

It's just a joke 😝 just my own theory about Jo!

[@velmavlogs7693]

@@DrinkingByMyShelf I thought I'd missed something really obvious! :)

[@lindylouwho550]

I have just read The Unlit Lamp by Radclyffe Hall - can highly recommend 🦚🦚🦚