Here it is! Lesbian sci-fi books with a central romance. Criteria: few to no men in critical or secondary roles (and definitely no male POVs), protagonists are uninterested in men, this does not exclude non-binary characters either as POVs or love interests. #lesfic - ThreadSky

benjanun.bsky.social • 146 days ago

Here it is! Lesbian sci-fi books with a central romance. Criteria: few to no men in critical or secondary roles (and definitely no male POVs), protagonists are uninterested in men, this does not exclude non-binary characters either as POVs or love interests. #lesfic

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aedy.gay•141 days ago

📌

caelyn.bsky.social•146 days ago

Dragonoak fits the bill, I think (been a while since I read the series.) There are male characters, but the bulk of the important ones are female or non-binary. I think the most prominent male character is the protag's brother.

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

isn't that fantasy?

caelyn.bsky.social•146 days ago

My brain broke and thought this was the fantasy one you posted the other day. Because I apparently can't read!

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

nah totally understandable

katie.bzky.team•141 days ago

furiously jotting this down

mossflwer.live•146 days ago

Was "This is How You Win a Time War" considered? Was one of my favs

spacegirl.cool•146 days ago

📌

truefeyqueen888.itch.io•146 days ago

📌

maddiequestions.bsky.social•146 days ago

for future reference for a book I may or may not be planning to write does a male villain count as critical or secondary

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

male villains are fine

maddiequestions.bsky.social•146 days ago

excellent

wifewolf.bsky.social•146 days ago

📌

teensinspace.bsky.social•146 days ago

I’d like to recommend Gearbreakers and its sequel Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta.

alexissara.bsky.social•146 days ago

I don't think this fits Benjanun's requirements. Is one protag bi with a boyfriend that plays an important role in the plot and there is secondary men in the story that are focuses. And in Godslayers the other protag is like super close to another man?

teensinspace.bsky.social•146 days ago

Fair enough.

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

g-witch clears again

danifinnwrites.bsky.social•146 days ago

Great list! Have you read or heard about No Shelter But the Stars? I keep meaning to check that one out.

4oh3.net•146 days ago

yess perfect thank you

vivianne900.bsky.social•146 days ago

📌

ouijab0red.bsky.social•140 days ago

📌

badatgender.bsky.social•146 days ago

No Shelter but the Stars by @virginiablack.bsky.social

rjmartin.bsky.social•146 days ago

My TBR is already unreasonable, stop it

rjmartin.bsky.social•146 days ago

📌 to add to my TBR

lapysaoneeris.bsky.social•146 days ago

📌

jessaminute.bsky.social•146 days ago

Would Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot be considered for the list? Established lesbian relationship, both in ship and arc way. There's a male side character but it's mainly as same goals but not really a POV. Male villain.

sonartaxlaw.bsky.social•140 days ago

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suasponte.bsky.social•146 days ago

Definitely loved “Compass Rose” and “These Burning Stars” (as well as 2nd book in the trilogy, “On Vicious Worlds”). Adding Virginia Black’s “No Shelter But the Stars”

foxenlock.bsky.social•146 days ago

Gimme gimme gimme

basicandbizarre.bsky.social•146 days ago

While "Metal From Heaven" skews more towards fantasy than scifi, it also has aliens and schizotech so just gonna toss it on the list.

Butches. Butches EVERYWHERE.

drtanenbaum.bsky.social•146 days ago

This is a great list! Are you looking for additional contributions? I can think of a few more from my recent reading.

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

feel free!

drtanenbaum.bsky.social•146 days ago

Definitely check out the writing of @galactoglucoman.bsky.social most notably their Ardulum series: the romantic elements don't get cooking until the second book, but it's a crackin' great space opera!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110270910-second-don

drtanenbaum.bsky.social•146 days ago

I also can't resist an opportunity to plug Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb books, starting with Gideon the Ninth, just because I like it when people react to the random cow facts that I drop into almost every conversation.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42036538-gideon-the-ninth?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7

ciricegray.bsky.social•146 days ago

I haven't even read tlt after the first book back in 2019 and even I know it doesn't fit the criteria

vyriadurav.bsky.social•146 days ago

Locked Tomb wouldn't meet the criteria, men feature quite prominently and the most explicit and onscreen romance is m/f
I like TLT but most who are sold it on lesbian grounds tend to come away disappointed for a reason

danifinnwrites.bsky.social•146 days ago

vyriadurav.bsky.social•146 days ago

I'm pointing this out because the reason Bee is building this and the fantasy list is due to the trend of "sapphic" marketing that features m/f relationships and men povs and how ppl recc those to sapphics looking purely for f/f or f/nb (lesbian)

inplacesdeep.bsky.social•146 days ago

Thank you from keeping me from wasting my time! I've been wondering about this one for a bit.

drtanenbaum.bsky.social•146 days ago

I'm not sure if @charliejane.bsky.social's Unstoppable series quite fits the bill, since the romance takes a bit of a back seat to the science fiction, but it's an absolute delight to read, and is at least adjacent to the books on your list!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53205810-victories-greater-than-death?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14

charliejane.bsky.social•146 days ago

Wow thank you!!!! <3

benjanun.bsky.social•146 days ago

8 titles out of these 12 are by transfem authors btw. :) Most 'sapphic book rec' lists don't have very many of those, if at all, so my selections take that into account.

garloid64.com•145 days ago

cathypegau.bsky.social•146 days ago

Great list.

amorphousblonde.bsky.social•141 days ago

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki def should be on here!

poudizuite.bsky.social•146 days ago

📌

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