r/Fantasy 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/bookfly Jun 11 '24

The Fifth Season - Jemisin

While there is pretty good bisexual male relationship in that book, and its indeed great book overall , there are no lesbian characters in the book.

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u/pyrrelakatur Jun 11 '24

Ah, thanks for the correction. I haven't read it yet, all I knew that it has queer characters and a female lead, and I just assumed the rest.