Sapphic Reading Challenges 2025
In 2025, there are once again two sapphic reading challenges: One is my Sapphic Book Bingo; the other is the I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge, organized by TB Markinson & Miranda MacLeod.
You don’t have to pick one of the reading challenges; you can participate in both to double your fun and your chances of winning one of the prizes. Count each sapphic book you read in 2025 once for the Sapphic Book Bingo and once for the IHS Reading Challenge.
Below, you’ll find a list of my books and how they fit into the Sapphic Book Bingo and the IHS Reading Challenge categories.
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Medical romance, enemies-to-lovers romance, ice queen
- Witty banter
- Characters are co-workers
- Strong initial dislike
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
- Accidental admission of love
IHS Reading Challenge:
Enemies to lovers
Grumpy / sunshine
Ice queen
Medical
Opposites attract
Slow burn
Workplace romance
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Holiday romance + cute pet
- Set during your favorite season: winter
- Cat on the cover
IHS Reading Challenge:
Beach reads
Holiday romance
Starting over
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: ice queen , enemies to lovers, forced proximity , age gap, opposites-attract
- Witty banter
- Strong initial dislike
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring, summer
- Almost kiss
- Only one bed
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Age gap
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Grumpy / sunshine
Ice queen
Main character 40+
Only one bed
Opposites attract
Slow burn
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: friends to lowers + slow burn
- Witty banter
- Childhood friends-to-lovers romance
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
- Accidental admission of love
IHS Reading Challenge:
Slow burn
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Age gap + sapphic awakening
- Witty banter
- Sloth burn
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
- Flirting via text messages
- Unique nicknames
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Age gap
Beach reads
Main character 40+
Mistaken identity
Opposites attract
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: fake relationship, opposites-attract
- Witty banter
- Entertainment industry
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring, summer
- Almost kiss
- Only one bed
- Watching fireworks together
- Teaching the other character a skill
- Comforting the other character after a nightmare
IHS Reading Challenge:
Beach reads
Fake relationship
Only one bed
Opposites attract
Slow burn
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Fake relationship, opposites-attract, grumpy/sunshine
- Witty banter
- Entertainment industry
- Characters are co-workers
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Fall, winter
IHS Reading Challenge:
Fake relationship
Grumpy / sunshine
Opposites attract
Slow burn
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Celebrity, small town
- Entertainment industry
- Strong initial dislike
- Set during your favorite season: Summer
IHS Reading Challenge:
Celebrity
Return to hometown
Slow burn
Small-town setting
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Small town, coming out
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
- Only one bed
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Coming out
Only one bed
Slow burn
Small-town setting
Vacation / travel
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: workplace + opposites-attract
- Witty banter
- Characters are co-workers
- Strong initial dislike
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Vegetarian or vegan character
- Set during your favorite season: Winter, spring
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Beach reads
Nerdy / geeky
Opposites attract
Quirky characters
Slow burn
- Workplace romance
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Medical romance + sapphic awakening
- Witty banter
- Set during your favorite season
- Character has a big family
- Watching fireworks together
IHS Reading Challenge:
Medical
Opposites attract
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Single mom, doctor
- Witty banter
- Set during your favorite season: Summer
- Almost kiss
IHS Reading Challenge:
Divorced character
Single parent
Slow burn
Starting over
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Fake relationship, sapphic awakening
- Vegetarian or vegan character
- Set during your favorite season: Fall/autumn
- Almost kiss
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Fake relationship
Mistaken identity
Nerdy / geeky
Opposites attract
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Ice queen, holiday romance, workplace romance
- Witty banter
- Characters are co-workers
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Winter
IHS Reading Challenge:
Holiday romance
Hot for boss
Ice queen
Mistaken identity
Opposites attract
Slow burn
Vacation / travel
Workplace romance
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Butch/femme, Hollywood
- Witty banter
- Entertainment industry
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Winter
IHS Reading Challenge:
Beach reads
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Celebrity, sapphic awakening
- Witty banter
- Entertainment industry
- Sloth burn
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season
- Wearing the other character’s clothes
IHS Reading Challenge:
Celebrity
Coming out
Divorced character
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: One-night stand to forever, butch/femme, Hollywood
- Spicy or steamy romance
- Entertainment industry
- Characters are co-workers
- Set during your favorite season: Summer
IHS Reading Challenge:
No strings attached
One night to forever
Quirky characters
Workplace romance
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Police officer, hurt/comfort
- Suspenseful book
- Set during your favorite season: Fall, winter
- Comforting the other character after a nightmare
- Mistletoe kiss
IHS Reading Challenge:
Divorced character
Slow burn
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: ice queen, age gap, police officer
- Witty banter
- Suspenseful book
- Ice queen or grumpy character
IHS Reading Challenge:
Age gap
Ice queen
Main character 40+
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Marriage of convenience, single mom
- Suspenseful book
- Sloth burn
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring, summer, fall
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Action & adventure
Disguised as a man
Fake relationship
Fish out of water
Historical fiction
Self-discovery
Single parent
Slow burn
Starting over
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Vacation / travel
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Sapphic awakening, slow-burn
- Suspenseful book
- Sloth burn
- Strong initial dislike
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring, summer
- Wearing the other character’s clothes
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Action & adventure
Disguised as a man
Fish out of water
Historical fiction
Self-discovery
Slow burn
Starting over
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Vacation / travel
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Natural disaster, sapphic awakening
- Suspenseful book
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
IHS Reading Challenge:
Action & adventure
Historical fiction
Slow burn
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Toaster oven (sapphic awakening)
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn
- Entertainment industry
- Sapphic shape-shifter novel
- Suspenseful book
- Sloth burn
- Strong initial dislike
- Includes an epilogue
- Character has a big family
- Cat on the cover
- Almost kiss
IHS Reading Challenge:
- Action & adventure
Enemies to lovers
Slow burn
Small-town setting
Spooky sapphics
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract
- Sapphic shape-shifter novel
- Suspenseful book
- Strong initial dislike
- Ice queen or grumpy character
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Spring
- Teaching the other character a skill
IHS Reading Challenge:
Action & adventure
Divorced character
Enemies to lovers
Ice queen
Opposites attract
Single parent
Slow burn
Spooky sapphics
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Vacation / travel
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Combines 2 tropes you love: Forbidden romance, interspecies romance
- Characters are co-workers
- Sapphic shape-shifter novel
- Set during your favorite season: Winter, spring
IHS Reading Challenge:
Quirky characters
Slow burn
Spooky sapphics
Taboo / forbidden relationship
Workplace romance
Sapphic Book Bingo:
- Witty banter
- Entertainment industry
- Includes an epilogue
- Set during your favorite season: Winter
IHS Reading Challenge:
Beach reads
Quirky characters
Slow burn
Spooky sapphics
I hope you enjoy both reading challenges!
Happy reading,
Jae