Book Recs: Twitter’s Favourite Sapphic Romances

The other day I asked people on book twitter to list 5* of their favourite books with best sapphic romance and this is what happened. I got so many great responses, I couldn’t just leave it as a tweet and let it disappear forever! Which is why I decided to turn all those recs into a post.

*Yes, Charlotte was allowed ten books because she’s my co-blogger and gets special treatment.

Some books appear multiple times on this list, yes, I know! But that only shows the bookish community loves them a lot. And I mean, a lot. And if they shower those books with love like that, then you definitely want to read them as well!

(As always on this blog, ownvoices books are marked with a 🌈 emoji.)

MY RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Shatter The Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Joyride by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Marcus To & Irma Kniivila
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

CHARLOTTE’S RECS

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Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 🌈
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson 🌈
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin 🌈
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger*
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone

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The Gay Girl’s Guide to Ruining Prom by Siera Maley 🌈
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Isola by Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl & Msassyk
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott 🌈
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 🌈

JUDITH @NirrimsLiar‘s RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
The Gay Girl’s Guide to Ruining Prom by Siera Maley 🌈
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 🌈
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera 🌈

KARIN @ghostbrides‘S RECS

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The True Queen by Zen Cho
The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust 🌈
The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈

JOHARIS @Joharisjanel‘S RECS

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The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer 🌈
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum 🌈
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

SASHA @midnightb00ks‘S RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

ISABEL @onceuponaisabel‘S RECS

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The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff**
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone

COLE @womenelle‘S RECS

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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

LINDA @acrimsondaisy‘S RECS

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The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera 🌈
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 🌈
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈

CALEB ROEHRIG @MikalebRoehrig‘S RECS

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The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum 🌈
Nothing Happened by Molly Horton Booth
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 🌈
Pulp by Robin Talley 🌈
Final Draft by Riley Redgate 🌈

AMY @bookish_heights‘S RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 🌈
Always Human by Ari North 🌈
A Lady’s Desire by Lily Maxton
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

AMS @wastinginks‘S RECS

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Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn 🌈
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour 🌈
Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer 🌈
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈

NAD @sabranberethnet‘S RECS

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The Afterward by E.K. Johnston
Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 🌈
Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke 🌈
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis

SADYE MALEY @Sadye1999Maley‘S RECS

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Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden 🌈
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

IZZIE @izziesbusy‘S RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈

LIZZY SOMEONE @lizzy_someone‘S RECS

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Penhallow Amid Passing Things by Iona Datt Sharma
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta 🌈
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone
On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden 🌈

ANANYA @ananya6410‘S RECS

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Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🌈
Dirty London by Kelley York 🌈
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler 🌈
Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley 🌈
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake 🌈

EMMA STERNER-RADLEY @EmmaSterner‘S RECS

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Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy 🌈
Survival Instincts by May Dawney
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 🌈
Going Up by A.E. Radley
Thorn by Anna Burke 🌈

ELOISE @eloisewrites‘S RECS

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Who’d Have Thought by G. Benson
Song of the Dead by Sarah Glenn Marsh
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Perfect Rhythm by Jae 🌈
Second Chances by A.E. Radley

LAURA @laurabookcorps‘S RECS

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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 🌈
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Proper English by K.J. Charles

JAMI @jamishelves‘S RECS

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Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 🌈

LUCY @clockworklucy‘S RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

FRAN @nighteverhart‘S RECS

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Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈
Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor
Colorblind by Siera Maley 🌈
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger*

RACH @rh_aitken‘S RECS

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Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈

LILY @lilyellereads‘S RECS

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🌈
Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum 🌈
My Heart Goes Bang by Keris Stainton 🌈

LEA @DrumsOfAutumn‘S RECS

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Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta 🌈
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone
First Position by Melissa Brayden
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

STRESS SONG @stress_song‘S RECS

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Pulp by Robin Talley 🌈
Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry 🌈
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan 🌈
Ship It by Britta Lundin
Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

KAPPA @kappa_books‘S RECS

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Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 🌈 & Max Gladstone
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 🌈
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

DOU @jaegerolivias‘S RECS

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Crier’s War by Nina Varela 🌈
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fine or Punishment by Mira Margrave
The Matchmaker by Natasha West

ANNA @camitrikotova‘S RECS

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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski 🌈
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
Sunsets and Shades by Erica Lee
Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

*Please note that since this post was published, Paul Krueger has been accused of sexual harassment by several women and, as such, we can no longer recommend this book (although it will not be removed from the post, for full clarity).

**Please note that since this post was published, it has come to light that Jay Kristoff included racist depictions of Maori people in his works, along with co-opting East Asian stories.

So what are your 5 favourite books with best sapphic romance in them?

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