SapphicAThon Announcement and Recommendations

When the SapphicAThon was announced, I was stoked. A two-week readathon focused on reading female/female romance books? I’m in, mostly because I love readathons. Hey, it fuels the book nerd in me.

The SapphicAThon goes from 12 am your time on December 14 through 11:59 your time on December 28. You can read as many books as you like, but the main focus is to have fun.

There is an optional bingo challenge where you try to complete as many of the themes listed on the card below. You can use a different book for each spot or one book for multiple spots, but the only rule of the readathon is to read f/f romances that involve the main character.

If you are looking for suggestions, I have compiled a list of books that fit the category and are based on books I’ve read, enjoyed and reviewed for Sistahs on the Shelf. All feature POC main characters. Any book I haven’t read is marked and are based on other participants’ recommendations (*).

Bisexual MC

• Little & Lion – Brandy Colbert
• Not Otherwise Specified – Hannah Moskowitz
• Broken in Soft Places – Fiona Zedde
• Black Girl in Paris – Shay Youngblood
• Water in a Broken Glass – Odessa Rose
• At Her Feet – Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Bi-Curious – Natalie Weber

SF/F

• Shattered (The Superheroine Collection #1) – Lee Winter*
• The Power of Mercy (The Superheroine Collection #2) – Fiona Zedde*
• Sacred Fire – Tanai Walker
• An Unkindness of Ghosts – Rivers Solomon*
• The Beast of Callaire – Saruuh Kelsey*
• Ascension – Jacqueline Koyanagi
• The Gilda Stories – Jewelle Gomez*
• The Salt Roads – Nalo Hopkinson
• Rescues and the Rhyssa – TS Porter*
• Unicorn Tracks – Julia Ember*

Under 500 Ratings on GR

• The majority of the books on this list meet this criteria. Please check Goodreads.

Jewish MC

• Little & Lion – Brandy Colbert
• The Second Mango – Shira Glassman*
• Knit One Girl Two – Shira Glassman*
• Gravity – Leanne Lieberman*

QWOC MC

• Something Better Than Home – Leona Beasley*
• The Dawn of Nia – L. Cherelle
• A Return to Arms – Sheree L. Greer
• Let the Lover Be – Sheree L. Greer
• When I Was Your Girlfriend – Nikki Harmon
• The Cherokee Rose – Tia Miles
• Under the Udala Trees – Chinelo Okparanta
• For Sizakele – Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene
• The Rules – S. Renee Bess
• Descendants of Hagar – NikNicholson
• Cream – Christiana Harrell
• Southern Comfort – Skyy
• The Choices series (Choices, Consequences, Crossroads, and Full Circle) – Skyy
• 21 Questions – Mason Dixon
• Date with Destiny – Mason Dixon
• She Slipped and Fell – Shonda
• Bliss – Fiona Zedde
• The Color Purple – Alice Walker
• Juliet Takes a Breath – Gabby Rivera
• Marriage of a Thousand Lies – S.J. Sindu
• Get At Me – K.A. Smith
• Taste of Sin – Fiona Zedde
• Hungry for It – Fiona Zedde
• I Am Your Sister series (Season 1, Season 2, Season 3) – Ericka K.F. Simpson
• Inside Out – Juin Charnell
• Jam on the Vine – LaShonda K. Bennett
• To Italy with Love – Fiona Zedde
• Water in a Broken Glass – Odessa Rose
• Loving You Wasn’t Enough – Fatima Warsame*
• Les Tales – Skyy, Nikki Rashan, Fiona Zedde
• Goslyn County – A.M. McKnight
• The Next Girl and Other Lesbian Tales – Tawanna Sullivan
• Fistful of Love – Renee Cronin
• Orphea Proud – Sharon Dennis Wyeth
• K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood – LaToya Hankins

Ace Spec MC

• Daybreak Rising – Kiran Oliver*

Established Relationship

• Tastes Like Cherry – Renee Cronin
• The Exchange – Nikki Rashan
• Finding Us – T. Jurrette
• Feeling for The Wall – Monique Thomas

Friends to Lovers

• Love Relived – Monique Thomas
• Turn Me Out: The Novel – T. Ariez
• The Best of Friends Can Be Lovers – Vickey Simmons

Trans MC

• Cinder Ella – S.T. Lynn*

Non Coming Out Story

• Descendants of Hagar – NikNicholson
• Southern Comfort – Skyy
• Goslyn County – A.M. McKnight
• Tastes Like Cherry – Renee Cronin
• The Exchange – Nikki Rashan
• Finding Us – T. Jurrette
• Feeling for The Wall – Monique Thomas
• Date with Destiny – Mason Dixon

Hate to Love F/F

• Les Tales – Skyy, Nikki Rashan, Fiona Zedde (story from Nikki Rashan)

Both WOC

• A large majority of these titles qualify.

Disabled MC

• Ascension – Jacqueline Koyanagi
• Treasure – Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Po Man’s Child – Marci Blackman*

F/F Retelling

• Cinder Ella – S.T. Lynn*

Interracial F/F Relationship

• Passing for Black – Linda Villarosa
• Orphea Proud – Sharon Dennis Wyeth
• At Her Feet – Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Hush Now – L.A. Green
• Far From Home – Lorelie Brown*
• Lies We Tell Ourselves – Robin Talley*

MC Realizes They’re Queer

• Double Pleasure, Double Pain – Nikki Rashan
• Coffee Will Make You Black – April Sinclair
• On the Come Up – Hannah Weyer
• 37 Things I Love (in no particular order) – Kekla Magoon
• Am I My Sister’s Keeper – S. Stephens
• The House You Pass on the Way – Jacqueline Woodson

If you’re tweeting about it use the hashtag #sapphicathon or tag the twitter @wlwreadathon.

If you have any questions, tweet any of the hosts: @catspaperbacks, @girladamparrish, @pansexualness, @jamishelves, @toitnups

If you plan to participate, I would love to know! Tweet me @sots.

Books links are to Amazon.com, where I have an affiliated and receive a small referral fee. Thank you. 💖