Sapphic books – author’s pick (Sapphic Book Bingo #5)

This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo post features a special category: author’s picks.

For this category, choose an author and have them suggest one of their books to you to read.

You can either email the author of your choice and ask for their pick, or you can choose a book from the list of 185 authors I asked for you. You’ll find the list below.

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The big list of sapphic books authors picked for you:

I asked 185 authors of sapphic books which of their books they would pick for you to read. Here are their author’s picks (sorted alphabetically by first name):

• A. L. Brooks: Write Your Own Script
• A. L. Lester: The Fog of War
• Alison Grey: Contract for Love
• Abby Crofton: Say Yes to the Cheerleader
• Adrian J. Smith: Memoir in the Making
• Aimée : Always Believe
• Alexandra Beaumont: Testament of the Stars
• Ali Spooner: Cowgirl Up
• Alison R. Solomon : Timing Is Everything
• Alli Temple: Uncharted
• Amanda Radley: Fitting In
• Angela Greenman: The Child Riddler 
• Angela McKenna: The Visitor
• Ann Aptaker: Murder And Gold
• Ann Greyson: The Lonely Vampire
• Ann McMan: Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story
• Anna Larner: Love’s Portrait
• Anna Stone: Tangled Vows
• Anne Hagan: Relic
• Antonija Meznaric: What Do Nightmares Dream of
• Aprille Canniff: Finding Sarah
• Ashley Bartlett: Cash Braddock
• Barbara Valletto: Pulse Points
• Barbara Winkes: Indiscretions
• Belinda Harrison: Princess of Thermopylae
• Benna Bos: Investigating Helen
• Brenda Murphy: On the Square
• Brey Willows: Fury’s Bridge
• Brooke Campbell : The Warrior Within
• C H Clepitt: My Dream Woman
• C.L. Clark: The Unbroken
• Cade Haddock Strong: Fare Game
• Caren J. Werlinger: When the Stars Sang
• Cari Hunter: Unbreakable
• Carren Strock: Tangled Ribbons
• Carsen Taite: It Should be a Crime
• Cassidy Storm: Girl Talk
• Catherine Maiorisi: A Matter of Blood
• Cathy Pegau: Rulebreaker
• Chelsea M. Cameron: Just One Night
• Cheri Ritz: Vacation People
• Cheyenne Blue: A Heart This Big
• Chris Zett: Irregular Heartbeat
• Cindy Rizzo: Exception to the Rule
• Claire Highton-Stevenson: Blinded by Love
• Clare Ashton: The Goodmans
• Clare Lydon: Before You Say I Do
• Clifford Mae Henderson: The Middle of Somewhere
• Coffee Quills: Spells, Snow, & Sky
• Crystal Chard: Worth the Risk
• Danielle Grainger: Wrecking Bernadette
• Davina Lee: All the Feels
• Delilah Night: Comet’s First Christmas
• Donna K. Ford: Love’s Redemption
• E. J. Noyes: Gold
• Elena Graf: Imperative of Desire
• Eliza Lentzski: Don’t Call Me Hero
• Elizabeth Andre: Love’s Perfect Vintage (Lesbian Light Reads 1)
• Elle Armstrong: A Marine’s Conflict
• Elle E. Ire: Threadbare
• Elle Hyden: Lost & Found: A Mystic Meteor Tale
• Ellen M. Levy: Romance at Stonegate
• Emily Alter: Rub on Her
• Emily Banting: Lost in Love
• Emily Noon: Aurora’s Angel
• Emma Wallis: This is Not A Love Story
• Erica Ridley: The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
• Eule Grey: Emily Bronte and the Punky Pixie
• E.V. Bancroft: Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes
• Faith Prize: The Fifth Surgeon
• Fiona Zedde: Bliss
• Genevieve McCluer: A Fae Tale
• Haley Cass: Those Who Wait
• Harper Bliss: About That Kiss
• Hayden Quinn: Taking a (Second) Chance
• Iona Kane: Sleepless Nights
• Ivy L. James: Make the Yuletide Gay
• J. X. Sleator: Bleeding For Eurydice
• Jacqueline Ramsden: The Art of Growing
• Jae: Perfect Rhythm
• Jamey Moody: No More Secrets
• Jane Cuthbertson: Game Changers
• Jaycie Morrison: Basic Training of the Heart
• Jazzy Mitchell: Undertow
• Jenn Matthews: Hooked On You
• Jennie Davids: Seashells and Sleigh Bells
• Jess Lea: A Curious Woman
• Jess Newton: Posterity
• Jesse J. Thoma: The Chase
• Jo Havens: The Blood We Spill
• Johana Gavez: Match to Love
• Jordan Meadows: Kissing Practice
• Julie Tizard: The Road To Wings
• K. Aten: Remember Me, Synthetica
• K. A. Moll: Seeing by Heart
• K. L. Gallagher and Ali Spooner: Diamond Dreams
• K’Anne Meinel: Doctored
• Kate Gavin: Table for Two
• Kate Hershberger: The Calling
• Katherine McIntyre: Strength Check (Dungeons and Dating #1)
• Katherine Rupley: Calculated Risk
• Kathleen Jowitt: Speak Its Name
• Katia Rose: Catch and Cradle
• Kaya LaSalle: Do It for the Prestige
• KC Luck: Everybody Needs a Hero
• Kelly Farmer: Out on the Ice
• KG MacGregor: A Proper Cuppa Tea
• Kim Hartfield: Mine
• Kimberly A. Todd: A.M.P.: Serena & Katerina
• KJ: Coming Home
• Kris Bryant: Listen
• Krystina Rivers: Something Between Us
• Lee Winter: The Brutal Truth
• Lianyu Tan: Captive in the Underworld
• Lila Bruce: Love Bites
• Lily Seabrooke: Fake It
• Lily St. Michael: Something or Everything
• Liz Rain: Perks of Office
• Lola Keeley: The Music and the Mirror
• Lori G. Matthews: #CassiNova
• Lucy Bexley: No Strings
• Lyn Denison: Friends and Lovers
• Lynda Lyons: Priorities (The Controllers Book 1)
• Lynn Ames: All That Lies Within
• Lynn Galli: Uncommon Emotions
• Lynnette Beers: Saving Sam
• Mar Romasco Moore: I Am The Ghost in Your House
• Mari SanGiovanni: Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer
• Max Ellendale: Rabbit
• MB Austin: Strictly Need to Know (Maji Rios #1)
• MB Guel: Internet Famous
• Melanie Mitzner: Slow Reveal
• Melissa Tereze: Mrs Middleton
• Mickey Brent: Underwater Vibes
• Milena McKay: The Headmistress
• Miranda MacLeod: Accidental Honeymoon
• MJ Duncan: Veritas
• Monica McCallan: Back to the Start
• Morgan Lee Miller: All the Worlds Between Us
• Morgan Rogers: Honey Girl
• Nance Sparks: An Alaskan Wedding
• Nancy J. Hedin: Bend
• Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk: The Power to Rise
• Neen Cohen: Cold As Hell
• Nico J. Genes: Magnetic Reverie
• Nicole Pyland: The Meet Cute Café (out May 2022)
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence
• Patty G. Henderson: The Burning of Her Sin
• Patty Schramm: Better Together
• Quinn Ivins: Worthy of Love
• Rachael Sommers: Never Say Never
• Rachel Lacey: Don’t Cry for Me
• Rachel Spangler: Thrust
• Rae D. Magdon: Lucky 7
• Regina Hanel: Cassethea of Mercia
• Regina Jamison: Choosing Grace
• Renée Bess: The Butterfly Moments
• Renee Dahlia: Her Pregnant Rival
• Renn Loraine: Moon Over Old Hollywood
• Rita Potter: Thundering Pines 
• RJ Layer: Dreams Unspoken
• S D Simper: The Fate of Stars
• Sage Donnell: Puppy Love
• Sally Bellerose: The Girls Club
• Sam Ledel: Rocks and Stars
• Sandra Barret: Blood of a Traitor
• Sandra de Helen: The Illustrious Client
• Sarah Bell: The Murder Next Door
• Scarlett Knight: The Neon Fishnets: Playing With Fire
• Serena J. Bishop: Leveled
• Sheri Lewis Wohl: The Talebearer
• Shira Glassman: Knit One Girl Two
• Skye Kilaen: If I Were A Weapon (All These Gifts Book 1)
• Stacy Lynn Miller: Out of the Flames (Manhattan Sloane Thriller Series #1)
• Stephanie Shea: Chef’s Kiss
• Susan X Meagher: Almost Heaven
• Suzie Clarke: Moon Shadow
• Tagan Shepard: Swipe Right
• TB Markinson: The Setup
• Tiana Warner: The Valkyrie’s Daughter
• Tiffany E. Taylor: Whimsical Haven
• TJ Dallas: Prewrath and Rapture
• Toni Logan: The Marriage Masquerade
• Veronica Gutierrez:
• Vesna Kurilic: Johnny’s Girls
• Violet Morley: Under the Sitka Sky
• Wendy Hudson: The Island Between Us
• Zoey Lennox: Playing Catch-Up

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