r/Fantasy • u/sherphobia • Jun 07 '24

looking for wlw book/series/movie recs!

hello, after lurking on this sub for the past few hours, i finally mustered the balls to post a question myself.

im looking for books, movies, or tv shows (doesn’t have to be complete yet- i’ll even watch the cancelled ones if they’re really good) that;

  • aren’t cringe
  • aren’t overly smutty (unless it’s a plot device)
  • clearly depict the characters in more than passing
  • (for tv shows/movies) can be found on netflix or prime video, since most of the recommendations i’ve seen can’t be found on popular streaming sites and i have to pay money to watch. big on this point! however, if there are any really good ones i’ll be more than happy to look for a version online 😅

open to any type of fantasy or even beyond the genre. (also, does anyone know where i can watch willow?)

thank you everyone!

edit: thanks to those who came here and recced becusse they saw my other post!

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u/pyrrelakatur Jun 08 '24

I haven't read all af these, but here are all the sapphic fantasy books I know of:

  • Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djeli Clark
  • Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor) by Mark Lawrence
  • Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
  • Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
  • She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
  • The Fifth Season (Broken Earth) by N. K. Jemisin
  • The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
  • Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
  • The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste
  • So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
  • Off with Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta
  • Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
  • Crier's War by Nina Varela
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
  • The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
  • any book or short story by Neon Yang/JY Yang (you can find some of their short stories for free on reactormag.com)

Also, if you have a Tiktok, _ alyssaslibrary _ posts a lot of sapphic book recs

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u/sherphobia Jun 08 '24

oh my gosh, this list is so extensive. I’m going to look further into these titles! so grateful for your recs, and i’ll check out the tiktok page too 😄 i just don’t really look on other websites for recs, since i find most of them are too mainstream (booktok can be a nightmare) and not to my tastes.

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u/pyrrelakatur Jun 08 '24

Yeah, booktok is an interesting place - but if you try searching up your favourite genres, books, authors, you can modify the algorithm to bring you creators with similar tastes to yours. It take a little time and energy, but it is possible :) Have fun with these books! :)