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As the year comes to a close, we have one burning question for book lovers everywhere: What were your top 5 sapphic reads of 2025?
Luckily our readers like to share! We look forward to passing along these recommendations to you daily into the new year.
It’s not too late to submit your own top reads and get in on the fun. Click here for the form. Our only rules are that authors may not submit their own books and your list needs to be new-to-you books that were read (not necessarily published) in 2025.
Here are Alex Washoe’s top sapphic reads of 2025:
1. Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan Revord
This is a sweet, low-angst young adult fake dating romance with wonderfully quirky supporting characters. It’s also a coming of age story. Warm and comforting.
2. Desert Magic by Dharma Kelleher
Urban Fantasy with Sapphic romance mixed in. Fun, good action, a good mystery, and great world-building.
3. Book Lovers by TB Markinson & Miranda MacLeod
The two main characters are just delightful. I fell in love with both. The book takes some unexpected twists and I was hooked the whole time.
4. Overtime by Tracy Richardson
Hockey Romance between a Hockey star and an Irish literature professor. I couldn’t help but love them both.
5. Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger
A newcomer opens a sex shop next to a bakery and the two business owners clash, fight, and fall in love.
