classics: 0:55 Passing by Nella Larsen 2:58 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3:51 Nightwood by Djuna Barnes 4:44 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein 7:10 Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown 8:35 The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith contemporary lesbian novels: 9:55 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 11:36 The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett 13:38 The Divines by Ellie Eaton 15:50 Shmutz by Felicia Berliner 17:40 Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin 19:58 Nevada by Imogen Binnie 21:53 Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh 23:32 Sedating Elaine by Dawn Winter 25:55 Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour 27:23 Blackwave by Michelle Tea 29:00 Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai 30:24 Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi 32:20 Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 34:00 Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 36:21 A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 37:34 Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier short stories (collections): 38:34 How to Wrestle a Girl by Venita Blackburn 39:59 Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country: and Other Stories by Chavisa Woods 41:07 Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang 42:26 Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan

Ah! Perfect timing! I've been wanting to pick up more lesbian fiction as my queer lit shelf needs more sapphics!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching ❤❤

I love your channel because you always recommend books I haven't heard of elsewhere. Can't wait to give some of these a read! Also very grateful because I bought a copy of Mrs. Dalloway ages ago and then completely forgot about it LOL I'm not sure if you've read it, but I'm reading She Who Became The Sun right now and I think you might like it. It's definitely more suited to a history-nerd-type because the plot is driven by politics, war, and the character's desire for power... but it's an incredibly poignant exploration of gender, and it's told in such a vivid and compelling way.

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

This is so sweet!! Thanks love. I’ve been hearing such good things about that book for a long time now! It’s kind of hard for me to get myself motivated to read books that long unfortunately :/ but hopefully I will be able to at some point in the future!

Just added a bunch of these to my TBR! I was wondering if in the future you could put a list of the books and their authors in the description? 😁

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Yay! So good to hear. Yes I most frequently do include a list in the description, but for this video I pinned a comment that someone so kindly made that has all the titles and timestamps :)

I've been meaning to read passing for awhile, definitely will now:) happy pride

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Happy pride month

thank you for this video! i actually recognized a good amount of the books here from you mentioning them before but appreciate the well worded summaries! i’m actually in the middle of Gods of Want and completely agree with you, gorgeous writing! will def check for a lot of these books at my library ☺️

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Yayyy! So happy to hear that you’re supporting your local library :) and thank you for the compliments to my summaries ☺️🫶

I haven't seen this video yet so I do not know if this story comes in it, but I recommend Mountain ways by Ursula K le Guin. Iconic sci fi author, interesting saphic story, and craziest of all, written in 1996! Definitely ahead of its time.

your videos are so comforting :( i cant wait to read these books 🩷🩷🩷

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much love ❤

Hey, I love your videos and it's just a suggestion, like can you put a picture of the books on the screen when you talk about them, that would be really helpful.

Just finished Pizza Girl bc of this vids recommendation and omg…so nuanced and complex and so intriguing i loved it

thank you!! i was looking for what to read next, lesbians are getting fed

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thank YOU!!!! 🫶☺️

Me when I want to read all of them but I remember I live in Poland and that most of them aren't translated, cost three times more than non-foreign books and can't be find in our libraries: 🥲

@bluengrey

Ай бұрын

Try to find pdfs online

@FresasAgrias

Ай бұрын

this is where piracy comes in hand 😈🏴‍☠️

@mushmoment

Ай бұрын

i recommend searching "[book title] epub vk" 🙂🏳️‍🌈

@bagqins

Ай бұрын

fellow polak to ostatnie czego sie tutaj spodziewalam buzka tho trzymam kciuki za powodzenie w piraceniu

@laecja

Ай бұрын

no wlasnie, to zawsze tak irytuje

Perfect timing! The ones I've been reading haven't been hitting

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Yayyy!! ❤❤

I really enjoyed Everybody in this Room Will Someday be Dead. I'm a former Catholic and I thought it was hilarious how she was trying to fake being Catholic. I have anxiety because I have a rare heart condition. I relate to living with anxiety and having related mental health issues because of my diagnosis. The humor can be dark at times, but that's my style. I listened to the audiobook which was good.

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed that one! It’s so very relatable to so many people. Thanks for watching :)

I loved Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. My therapist did not love me reading it. It hit a little to close to home in the anxiety department for me.

@Nothereforit174

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a bad move then. Mental health over books. Until you’re more in a stable place and yes I know it can be chronic but there’s progress with that too. It can always wait until better times

Heck yes! I'm always up for more lesbian romance 😍🫶💕

every story in gods of want changed my life, truly an amazing collection

you sold me so quick on rubyfruit jungle. went straight to my cart

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Hahahha so good to hear ! Such a fun one

I highly recommend Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth. Haven’t finished it yet but the yearning is there!!

WHY TERE IS NO SARAH WATERS FINGERSMITH AHHHHHH

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Hahahah I’ve always wanted to read Sarah Waters but I find it difficult to begin long books! I’m sure I’ll read them eventually :)

Thank you so much for all these amazing recs!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thank YOU for watching

I’m sending you love❤ happy pride month love (:

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thanks love ❤ right back at you!

@chocolateoreo6489

9 күн бұрын

@@asunnybooknook Aw anytime! And thank you too💚

I love these recs and I *love* Emily Austin, I can't wait for her next book to be out! But I had never heard of This very nice box and I totally want to check it out now. Besides, I saw it's narrated by Rebecca Lowman, YES PLEASE!

More suggestions: I Love the Campus Queen by Marie Young: Set in the late 1950s, a college sophomore falls for her best friend’s older sister The Senator’s Wife by Jen Lyon: A women’s soccer star falls for the wife of a Republican Senator Ice Massacre by Tiana Werner: Girl falls for a mermaid

Please remember to buy the books, request at a library, and demand more from publishers if you don’t find good options where you live. But don’t steal from lesbian authors guys. Already paid less and published less so they need the sales to get offers and not be in debt if books don’t sell(they owe traditional publishers whatever gets sent back), and to not be at a loss if they’re indie. Classics matter too even if the author isn’t here because buying means it needs to be in print from publisher’s perspective. Lots of lost lesbian fiction and buying directly or via library prevents that.

much needed thank you sunny!!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

You're so welcome!

You're awesome - it's hard to find a queer/lesbian book I don't already know about, but you showed me several here. Thanks! BTW - if you like Shmutz (great book!) you may enjoy Milkfed by Melissa Broder :)

loved this sunny!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Miles :)

oh i'm so excited to eat all of these up, thanks for the recs!!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy!!! 🎉

Please look at “Beyond Any Experience” by Anne Terpstra! The main character is a middle-aged parent (gasp!) and it’s so sex positive. Writing is amazing: a very realistic portrayal of trauma, grief, and the wisdom of the multigenerational feminine.

@Nothereforit174

26 күн бұрын

I feel I see that age range and older, and single parents representation a lot these days. But I use social media to find books and my bookstore is pretty expansive in romance

woooooooooo!!!! another sunny upload!!!

@asunnybooknook

9 күн бұрын

YAYYYYYY ❤🎉

what about Sarah Waters novels ?? T_T

Thank you ! 🥰

These sound so good.

Love these videos!!

Nice!

Have you read Carmilla?

[My Longest Yeah Boy Ever]

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I love your lesbian book recs because it is RARE that 1) I find someone who focuses on literary fiction with nuance or an actual compelling plot 2) haven’t read or heard of it already and most importantly 3) actually has black writers recommended. Writers of colour in general. You don’t understand how much of a hidden gem you are 😭 I’m tired of these people telling me to read Sarah Waters it’s so stale

@misssssesssssbudderfly

17 күн бұрын

Also it would be very helpful to add the titles either in the video or in your description! I was v grateful that someone added the list in the comments! X