Book Releases: 2023 Sapphic Releases (July to December)

It’s finally that time again! If you’ve been waiting impatiently to find out just what the second dhalf of 2023 has in store for us in terms of sapphic books, well wait no longer! Here you’ll find a post chock full of sapphic reads to fill your TBR right up. It will, of course, be regularly updated, so if I’ve missed anything off this time around (undoubtedly true), then let me know and I’ll add it later on!

Looking for last year’s? Find them here and here!

Looking for January to June? Find it here!

And hey, a lot of these titles are (or will be) available on Scribd, so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.)

JULY

Contemporary

Wanderlust by Elle Everhart (bi mcs, m/f)
All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky (sapphic mc)
Here For You by D. Jackson Leigh (f/f)
I Do, I Don’t by Joy Argento (f/f)
Marigold by Melissa Brayden (f/f)
An Acquired Taste by Cheri Ritz (f/f)
It’s All In the Details by Dena Blake (f/f)
The Town That Built Us by Jesse J. Thoma (f/f)
Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia (bi mc, f/m)
Lioness by Emily Perkins (sapphic mc)
Onside Play by Liz Rain (f/f)
A Kind Deception by Skye Von Triessen (f/f)
Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant (autistic bi mc, lesbian li, f/f)
Her Forgotten Promise by Corin Burnside (f/f)
What Are the Chances by Chelsea M. Cameron (f/f)
Diva by Tessa Vidal (f/f)
Piper by Karmellah Howlett (f/f)
Protected by Her Bodyguard by Emily Hayes (f/f)
My Forbidden Love by Reba Bale (f/f)
Of Love and Libraries by Brenna Bailey (f/f)
Our Silent Love Song by Andi Bergold (f/f)
The Buy In by Hakeela Buford (Black sapphic mc, Black lesbian mc, f/f)
My Love Mix Up!, Vol. 8 by Wataru Hinekure & Aruko (f/f)
In Defence of the Act by Effie Black (sapphic mc)
All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan (Indian American lesbian mc, sapphic li, f/f)
What a Desi Girls Wants by Sabina Khan (f/f)
Firebird by Sunmi (East Asian American sapphic mcs, f/f)
The Sundae Delivery Service by Holly Rivers (f/f parents)
The Showdown by Jessica Burkhart (f/f)
The Trick to Finding Love by T. J. Dallas (f/f)

Fantasy

Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis (bi mc, f/f, nonbinary character)
The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre (bi mc, f/m)
The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz (f/f, Venezuelan cast)
Thick as Thieves by M. J. Kuhn (f/f)
How to Get a Date With the Evil Queen by Marie Cardno (f/f)
The Crane Moon Cycle by J. C. Snow (f/f)
The Gloom Between Stars by Piper CJ (bi mc)
The Order by TJ O’Shea (f/f)
Married by Moonlight by Ali Williams (f/f)
A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton (f/f)
The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley (f/f)
The Valkyrie’s Shadow by Tiana Warner (f/f)
Splintered Magic by L. L. McKinney (Black sapphic mc)
The Valley of Stars by Yona Katz (f/f)

Historical

Forever’s Promise by Missouri Vaun (f/f)
Counting Lost Stars by Kim van Alkemade (sapphic mc)
Stars Still Fall by Jules Kelley (f/f)
Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders (Black sapphic mc)
Little Nothing by Dee Holloway (f/f)
A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin (side f/f)
Devil’s Slide by Stacy Lynn Miller (f/f)
Trouble by Lex Croucher (bi mc & li, f/m, transmasc character, gay character)
The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse (f/f)
Rana Joon and the One & Only Now by Shideh Etaat (Iranian American lesbian mc)

Mystery/Thriller

The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford (lesbian mc)
A Crime of Secrets by Ann Aptaker (f/f)
Penance by Eliza Clark (bi mc)
Case Sensitive by A. K. Turner (bi mc, bi li, f/f)

Paranormal/Horror

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (lesbian mc)
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi (sapphic mc)
A Second Chance at Life by Genevieve McCluer (f/f)
Best Friends’ Promise by Issy Waldrom & Mackenzie Sutton (transfem sapphic mc)
Dark Haven by Brey Willows (f/f)
Here in the Night by Rebecca Turkewitz (bi & lesbian mcs)
Into the Pines by Ryan Lill-Washington (f/f)
Cruel Angels Past Sundown by Hailey Piper (f/f)
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia (bi mcs, m/f)
A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui (bi mc, f/f)

Science Fiction

Black Sails to Sunward by Sheila Jenné (sapphic mc, past f/f)
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (sapphic mc)
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (sapphic mcs, nonbinary mcs)
Where Starlight Burns by Alicia Haberski (f/f)
Truth & Dare by So Mayer (gay mcs, lesbian mcs, trans mcs)
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Best (f/f)
Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention ed. by Rhiannon Rasmussen & Dave Ring (lgbt cast)