WLW Wednesday is a bookish meme among bloggers who read sapphic books. Hosted by Sasha and Amber @ Sasha and Amber Read, we are encouraged share our recent wlw/sapphic reads every week or two.
Since my last WLW Wednesday post was two weeks ago, I am sharing every sapphic book I’ve read during this time! Being more than two weeks into grad school had me realize that I barely have time to read, so I guess my participation in WLW Wednesday will be biweekly from now on.
As a companion list to Sasha and Amber Read’s amazing “2021 – The Year of Sapphic Book Excellency,” here you will find scheduled sapphic releases in 2021 from LGBTQ+ indie publishers, including Bella Books, Bold Strokes Books, Bywater Books, Ylva Publishing, and several self-published authors. All information is provided by publishers and authors.
If you are looking for more new releases with strong women and feminist/queer themes, check out Women and Words’ monthly updated page.
The following list contains books featuring sapphic main character(s) and/or sapphic relationships. It will be updated accordingly as more information becomes available.
This is a passion project. I did not receive any compensation for this, nor are any of the links affiliated with any company.
last updated on March 9th 2021
A Shot at Gold (Sports #2) by Nicole Pyland
Content warnings: loss of father figure, loss of loved one, alcoholism, anxiety
“You’re not a terrible coach. You were just not meant to be mine because you were meant to be so much more.”
Madison
A Shot at Gold was a very emotional read for me but I don’t know why. I have never lost anyone close, and yet I still felt every bit of the main characters’ lingering pain and understood all their insecurities stemming from their losses.
Fair Game (Payback #2) by Charlotte Mills
Content warnings: stalking, poisoning, murder, attempted murder, death, self-harm in antagonist, blood, alcoholism, suspected cheating of minor character
This book takes place about two months after the epilogue of Payback.
Lexi Ryan (~34) now works at internet firm Shield Securities while her girlfriend ex-DCI Helen Taylor (~40) is settling down as a civilian. When Lexi feels like she is being stalked, Helen makes it her job to protect her and find out what is going on.
Payback (Payback #1) by Charlotte Mills
Content warnings: off-page arson, murder, suicides, pedophilia, rape, deaths of family members, sexual harassment; blood, cancer
I did not expect the story to escalate like this.
Dead body. Arson. Missing person. Throughout most of the story, I had trouble getting into the plot, connecting with detective Kate Wolf (34) and her boss Helen Taylor, as well as understanding their attraction. A lot of things did not add up for me, so it took me a very long time to get past the first few chapters and keep reading. Even as I was close to finishing, I couldn’t understand why everyone loved it so much. Until I did.
