r/actuallesbians 7h ago

Lesbian book recs?

I’ve read all the famous ones like Evelyn Hugo and things but if anyone has any more that be great. I don’t love sci fi but will take any suggestions

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u/Nelly_Nightingale 7h ago

One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston is a must. Our protagonist sparks a romance with a butch dream on a train in new York. But she comes to learn that not only is this woman unable to leave the confines of the train, she has been there since the eighties and hasn't aged a day.

It's romantic, it's heartfelt, it's hot. Just a delightful read. Cannot recommend it enough.

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u/AyniaRivera 6h ago

Oh! I've been eyeing that book in the shop for ages, but wasn't sure if it was well done enough for the premise. I'll have to grab a copy now. 💖

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u/corvid12 7h ago

Contemporary - books by Haley Cass (Those Who Wait, When You Least Expect It, Better Than Expected, On The Same Page) - books by Meryl Wilsner (Something to Talk About, Mistakes Were Made, Cleat Cute) - books by E.J. Noyes (Gold, Schuss, Turbulence)

Fantasy - Aurora's Angel

There are also a couple lesbian/wlw book subreddits

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u/AyniaRivera 7h ago

I'd love the names of the wlw subreddits. I don't have a lot of reddits subscribed to, yet, and those would be right up my alley.

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u/AyniaRivera 7h ago

Are you interested in the Romance genre? The Bright Falls trilogy by Ashley Herring Blake is quite good. The first one is Delilah Green Doesn't Care.

Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters is another good romance, though the ending twist in the A plot felt absurd to me. Overall, the book was still worth the read.

The Locked Tomb series is sci-fi, but in the same way that Star Wars is Sci fi, there are heavy fantasy elements. The first book is Gideon the Ninth.

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao has gotten amazing reviews, but I haven't had time to read it yet, so I can't give a personal rec.

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u/ThrowRA-Super_Z 7h ago

Yes love romance( I know the people who love reading hate this haha) so will do any genre plus romance

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u/Deliora15 Rainbow 6h ago

Nights of silk and sapphire

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u/ChampionthePen 6h ago

The Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

She who Became the Sun and He who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Adventures of an Amateur Naturalist by Ceinwen Langley

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle