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My Best Books Read in 2025
Most of the books I read were Advanced Review Copies accessed through NetGalley, though some were off my TBR list. I read a total of 89 books, with 24 rated 5-star. They are listed in their genre categories in no particular order. Plus, I'll add a 5-star book I beta read: Discovering Nicola
Sapphic Romance
Ordinary Love
Girl Next Door
Only Ever One Choice
Sapphic Young Adult
Love Points to You
Say A Little Prayer
Girls Girls Girls
Sunburn
Nobody in Particular
Sapphic Fiction
Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn
The Wildest Things
Like Family
Sapphic Historical Fiction
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett
The Songbird
The Rio Affair
A Spell for Change
The Safekeep
On the Edge of Uncertainty
Jewish Fiction & Jewish Historical Fiction
A Fool's Kabbalah
Sisters of Fortune
Number 5 Babyn Yar Street
A Rooftop in Jerusalem
Crossing the Line
Historic Fiction
The Book of Guilt
Poole of Light
Sapphic Lit and Other Book Stuff
7 Queer Books You'll Love in 2026 - by Heather Hogan
Heather Hogan as already read several books coming out next year that she loved and think you might love, too! Here are seven of them.
650 Sapphic Books That Came Out in 2025
These are books with sapphic main characters, not necessarily sapphic romances. You can filter for just F/F books if that’s what you’re looking for.
A Golden Age of Romance: PW Talks with Alyssa Morris
What do you predict will be the hot romance trends in 2026?
People want books with big emotions, to go on a huge emotional journey
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
Ask This Book is, in effect, “an in-book chatbot. You ask any question about the book, and a generative AI process provides you answers.” Which would seem…hmmm…to raise some rights concerns.
Press Release - December 19, 2025 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Our Complete Nebula Awards® Rules take this approach to heart. The rules state:
Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible. Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot. To repeat, works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible. The Nebula Awards honor writers and the work they create, not the LLMs they employ.
The Case for Shrinking Your Novel | Jane Friedman
I’m sharing five newfound insights about ruthlessly cutting my manuscript—and why that’s a good thing
News For A Challenging Time
Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data - The New York Times
Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.
Tagg's Sapphic Wrapped: Our Most Popular 2025 Articles -
. Out of all of the articles published in 2025, here are the 10 that most captured your attention.
The good news that outshone a brutal year for our community - Attitude
Even as institutions stalled, hedged, or turned openly hostile, queer communities organised, and found ways to survive anyway
2025 In Memoriam - Lambda Literary
These are some of the authors, publishers, playwrights, artists, activists, and icons we’ve lost since June 2024. Their dedication to the preservation of LGBTQ+ life and culture as well as their contributions to the arts are foundational to our communities and to Lambda’s work. We are indebted to them and honored to keep their memory in joy and celebration.
Hunting Wives, Hot Milk, & sapphic longing: How 2025 became the unlikely year of the lesbian - Queerty
a general embarrassment of sapphic riches on the big and small screen. Here are some of the highlights.
A Message of Hope for LGBTQ Kids in America
Uncloseted Media asked Americans to leave voicemails for queer youth, nearly 40% of whom seriously considered suicide in the last year.
Lillian Bonsignore to be first out gay NYC fire commissionef | Advocate.com
She was named chief of the FDNY’s Emergency Medical Services division in 2019, becoming the first woman to head the division and first uniformed woman to be a four-star chief in the department. During her tenure, she was a first responder in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and led the EMS division during the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Pluribus' Becomes Apple TV’s Most-Watched Show, With Lesbian Lead Carol At The Center - GO Magazine
Pluribus stars Seehorn as Carol, a lesbian romance novelist living in a near future where a global hivemind has absorbed nearly the entire population. Carol is among a small group of people who are immune to the hive, leaving her isolated.
Prominent Lesbian TV News Anchor Returns to Catholicism - New Ways Ministry
A renowned lesbian television anchor has publicly reverted to her Catholic faith, crediting Popes Francis and Leo for her decision. Rachel Maddow, the longtime host of her eponymous show on MS NOW, and the first lesbian to host a major prime-time news program, said at a recent event that she now identifies with her inherited Catholicism after nearly 30 years away from the Church
Aetna Agrees to Equitable Fertility Benefits for LGBTQ People Nationwide - Mombian
Millions of LGBTQ people across the U.S. could benefit from the settlement in a class action lawsuit against healthcare insurance giant Aetna, which had been improperly making LGBTQ policyholders pay more out of pocket than others for fertility services.
Culture and Joy
Kate Winslet Says First ‘Intimate’ Experiences as a Teen Were with Women
Reflecting on her role in Heavenly Creatures, which followed the star and Melanie Lynskey as two teens with an obsessive friendship, Winslet said the connections she had with women as a teenager helped inspire the “really intense connection” between her character and Lynskey's.
Turns out the raunchiest thing Emily Dickinson ever wrote wasn’t about death… it was her sapphic love letters - Queerty
Dickinson lived next to Gilbert and her brother, and according to academic and Dickinson scholar Martha Nell Smith, “the 40-year relationship between Emily and Susan was of a committed lesbian character; that they lived together, if not in the same house, then side by side.”
Hallmark's 'The Christmas Baby' Spins an Outlandish Premise Into a Sweet Lesbian Christmas Movie | Autostraddle
This year’s holiday offering for the sapphics is The Christmas Baby starring Ali Liebert (Bomb Girls, Friends & Family Christmas) and Katherine Barrell (Wynonna Earp). At this point, Ali Liebert is a professional Hallmark movie lesbian. When I saw she was involved, I knew a high standard was being set, and I was very excited about it.
‘The Christmas Writer’ Delivers Underbaked Insta-Love | Autostraddle
The Christmas Writer tells the story of Noel (shockingly not named for Christmas), a woman from a small town who has moved to the big city to exclusively write sapphic Christmas novels. That’s it! She just churns out one sapphic Christmas novel a year as her entire career.
'90 Day Fiancé' Star Chantel Everett Is Engaged to Ashley Bowen (Exclusive)
Chantel, who is best known for her appearances on 90 Day Fiancé and its various spinoffs, officially came out about her sexuality during the Aug. 18 episode of 90 Day: Hunt for Love.
During the tell-all episode, the TLC star admitted that she was ready to explore her connection with her friend after they shared a kiss, saying, "So before coming here, a friend of mine who is also a woman, reached out to me and actually told me that they had feelings for me."
Everlasting love: 20 long-term queer celebrity couples giving us relationship goals - Queerty
a list of 20 of our favorite, long-term celebrity couples…
Sue Bird And Megan Rapinoe Produce New Short Film Series About Female Athletes - GO Magazine
a 4-part short film series that highlights “the grit, determination, tenacity, and strength of female athletes around the world.”
Dwayne Johnson’s Daughter Simone Goes Instagram Official with Tatyanna Dumas
The couple are both wrestlers for WWE's weekly NXT program
Porsha Williams Introduces New Girlfriend Patrice 'Sway' McKinney
The relationship is the first the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star has made public since her divorce from ex Simon Guobadia
Top 5 Lesbian Films And Series Released In 2025 - GO Magazine
Every year, right around Madrid’s queer film festival, CineQueerMad, I have a little burst of cinephilia. And lucky for you all, I’ve done the digging, sifted through the chaos, and narrowed it down to my top five lesbian films and series released in 2025.
Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe Put Faces to Sapphic Longing in '100 Nights of Hero' Clip | Them
The clip is rife with unspoken sapphic longing, from the way that Hero’s hands linger in Cherry’s hair to the extended silent eye contact at the end. But wait, there’s more! As the trailer shows, 100 Nights of Hero isn’t just a seemingly sapphic love story, but a bisexual love triangle.
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