biandlesbianliterature:

I haven’t read a lot myself (I am decidedly not sporty), but definitely check out this goodreads list: Lesbian Fiction with a Sports Theme

I’ve heard good things about Spinning by Tillie Walden (Ice Skating Memoir). For dance, there’s First Position by Melissa Brayden.

I hope that helps!

muralofsolitude replied to your ask post

I didn’t see this on the sports list, so I thought I’d :mention Tumbling by Caela Carter. It’s about gymnastics and it has several girls narrating, one of whom is a wlw. It doesn’t take center stage since there are so many POVs, but it’s still there!

That is a very, very good question! Here’s what I came up with:

To add to the comics pile, I’d definitely sayJem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Sophia Campbell. Group of girl friends/sisters and a F/F romance (with the rival band!) Also, Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (review), particularly the friendship between two of the girls. This is a little less fluffy than Jem. I’m tempted to throw Goldie Vance by Hope Larson (Author) and Brittney Williams (illustrator) (review) in there too, but the friendships she has with other girls aren’t entirely the focus… but they’re still important, and the romance is adorable. The 2nd and 3rd volumes have more focus on the friendships.

Into the non-comics suggestions, I would definitely say The Color Purple by Alice Walker (review), which is so much about the support these women have for each other.

Just Girls by Rachel Gold (review) and Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (review)  are mostly just about the friendship between the two girl main characters, but they’re both strong relationships.

Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman (review) is about a group of girl friends, but there’s definitely some… cattiness. It’s not entirely positive.

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (review) has a poly relationship in space that I feel like might fit, but it’s been a while since I read it and can’t speak to this completely.

I would definitely recommend the Circle of Magic series, though the queer content doesn’t show up until the last book: Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (review) This is a tightly-knit group of three girls and one boy. Definitely one of the strongest friendships I’ve ever read.

Does anyone else have suggestions? I’d love to read more female friendship books!

canthinkofaurl:

dude i have read like three survival books! :D i really dont know. survival isnt my thing. 

maybe someone else can lets see if my followers are ghosts tonight

…hello?

Here are a few f/f survival books!

• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (young adult, place crash, deserted island–cast of characters, including two queer women)
• Rescue Me by Julie Cannon (plane crash, deserted island)
  
• Snow Falls by Gerri Hill (stranded in a cabin in avalanche)
  
• Taken by Storm by Kim Baldwin (train derails, caught in avalanche)
  
• Above the Tree Line by Lois Cloarec Hart (lost in wilderness)
  
• Stranded by Blayne Cooper (stranded in jungle)
  

the-knights-who-say-book:

hello! hi! YOU BET I DO

there are unfortunately not nearly enough lesbian princess books (me and @wordmage-girl tried to get a wlw royalty list going here and it didn’t get very far) but here’s what i got for wlw in fairytales and fantasy:

• Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst — princess engaged to the prince of a neighboring land falls for his sister, romance and angst ensue. LOVE this one!
  
• The Second Mango by Shira Glassman — a lonely newly-crowned queen goes on a dragon-riding road trip with her bodyguard to find a girlfriend (a girlfriend is, of course, obtained)
  
• Robins in the Night by Dajo Jago — a robin hood retelling focusing on marian (and lots of snails. what are the snails doing)
• Once by Julia Heslin — a wannabe fairtytale beast kidnaps a young woman, forcing her girlfriend to step into the role of brave knight to rescue her
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova — a girl trying to banish her magical powers accidentally banishes her family instead, must go on a journey to save them (bisexual love triangle)
• Unburied Fables by Tiffany Rose — an anthology of short fairytale retellings, various lgbt+ characters (not all of them wlw)

and also there’s a bunch i know of and still need to read that i’ll list!

• Ash and Huntress by Malinda Lo
  
• The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher
  
• The Shewstone by Jane Fletcher
• Marian by  Ella Lyons

hope there’s some good ones in there for you!

Check out these lists, too!  Queer Princesses and Lesbian Princesses in Fiction