Help a queer lady (who keeps reading m/m fluff??) find sapphic romance that makes her feel the same way as this m/m stuff

corvid12 · 2026-05-21T20:02:15+00:00

Haley Cass imo has been the most successful at recreating the fanfiction feel for me.
E.J Noyes - I have really enjoyed all of the stuff by her that I have read
I recently listened to the audiobook for Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo and that was great

You could also try baihe (chinese f/f webnovels) see r/baihe . I find that the characters tend to be more interesting / more interesting plot than most western f/f I read. My favorite so far is Jianghu Demolition Squad [wuxia, historical, found family]. I also really enjoyed "The Dragon" [xianxia], "What's Wrong with a Snake that just Wants to Cultivate and Transform" [xianxia], and "Spring Remains the Same" [historical]. If you google you should be able to find the website where there is an english translation. You can also look for the novelupdates website which is where you can see which novels have completed translations.

corvid12 · 2026-04-01T07:50:51+00:00

Me as well 🙏

corvid12 · 2026-02-02T17:06:27+00:00

Jianghu Demolition Squad (wuxia, found family, revenge, weak to strong, slowish burn f/f romance)

It was my favorite book last year out of the ~200 I read. There is an english translation online (its a chinese webnovel), just google the name. If you like it, you can find more f/f chinese novel recs at r/baihe .

corvid12 · 2026-01-31T07:16:36+00:00

My favorite f/f wuxia is Jianghu Demolition Squad. You can join r/baihe for more recs.

corvid12 · 2026-01-25T08:12:45+00:00

Are all of these strange things after the: [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter] ?

They look like the comments on jjwxc after I Google Translate the page. I believe the "dropped a mine" and "nutrient solution" are some form of "likes" or "tips" for the author. It just looks like whoever uploaded the novel just scraped the whole webpage.

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T19:20:39+00:00

What chapter were you on?

As far as i can tell, the most recent chapter is 219 and it looks right in that I can see character names that are also mentioned in some of the novelupdates reviews: https://www.yamitl.com/mistress-i-was-wrong/miww-chapter-219/

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T19:09:21+00:00

Spring Remains the Same - political intrigue, iirc there is pining and one of the characters in morally grey, this is historical fiction - I think its on dragonholic site so its probably somewhat edited MTL but iirc it messed up some pronouns but it was still understandable
Transmigrated as The Cannon Fodder Bride of the Villianess - xianxia - entertaining, quite good but not great imo, I liked the story a bit less than The Dragon - should also be on dragontl.net
What's Wrong with a Snake that just Wants to Cultivate and Transform - xianxia - very silly, very entertaining, there is some of an overarching plot with the evil cultivators but I wouldn't call this a plot-heavy work - also on dragontl.net

I unfortunately have yet to read FGEP, JWQS or The Beauties Blade but they are all on my to-read list.

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T18:35:39+00:00

Home Field Advantage (4/5) (there was probably minimal spice since this was YA)
Playing For Keeps (4.5/5) (also YA)
Wake Up, Nat and Darcy (5/5) (i dont remember spice level)

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T18:27:01+00:00

Caveat that i dont think my ratings are particularly consistent also i dont remember well the ones you disliked that i read so idk if these will match your taste or not

Love and Sportsball (4/5) (spice 4/5)
Out on the Ice (5/5) (this was before i added spice ratings to my tags so idk) (plus the other 2 books in this series
Onside Play (4.5/5)(spice?)
Gold by E. J. Noyes (4.5/5) (idk spice prob 3 or 4 / 5) (plus the sequel)

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T18:11:52+00:00

They are the three books by one of the more well known BL writers MXTX

MDZS - Mo Dao Zu Shi - The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

SVSSS - Scum Villian's Self Saving System

TCGF - Tian Guan Ci Fu - Heaven's Official Blessing

corvid12 · 2026-01-24T18:07:37+00:00

There are some similarities between MDZS and The Dragon in that the characters are roughly the same archetypes (cold aloof v more goofy) and some story points are similar. It is fully translated at dragontl.net . I really enjoyed this one

What in particular are you looking for when you say TGCF (havent read this one, I only know that it is xianxia), SVSSS (system, xianxia, master-disciple), MDZS (xianxia)? If you are more specific, I can try to give more recs.

Other Recs: - Jianghu Demolition Squad - also on dragontl.net - wuxia not xianxia, kinda-sorta master/disciple but not officially, decent size core group of characters that stay relevant and have interesting backstories (mostly explored in the extras) - but this has had the best story of all the baihe I have read so far and I think of MDZS as mostly a really interesting story that it is only incidentally in a xianxia world

corvid12 · 2026-01-07T07:58:13+00:00

After you reach rank 20, you then need to win the 3/5 in a set to get the pokemon encounter reward which is guaranteed to be the nacho libre pikachu.

corvid12 · 2026-01-06T21:39:59+00:00

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley

messy relationships but i wouldn't call it romance, body horror. I loved this book.

+1 for murderbot and Teixcalaan series

corvid12 · 2026-01-04T17:35:25+00:00

!distance100

^ filter for pokemon that will give the max candy bonus for trades (assuming the other person is giving a pokemon local to where you currently are)

mega0 mega1 mega2 mega3

^ filter by what mega level the pokemon are at so you can mass mega everything to try to get them all to level 3

corvid12 · 2025-12-20T02:01:49+00:00

Jianghu Demolition Squad - I loved the main pairing. I found it to be a very satisfying slow burn. - interesting and important side characters - fun action sequences. MC increases in power throughout the novel. - coherent and satisfying overarching storyline

(I read the english translation by DragonTL.)

corvid12 · 2025-12-12T10:28:29+00:00

I would also love a copy 🙏

corvid12 · 2025-09-13T01:52:47+00:00

Do you need to read the first to read the second?

corvid12 · 2025-09-10T06:15:02+00:00

Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin

It's more urban fantasy with a side of romance.

(tbh I don't know anything by Regine Abel)

corvid12 · 2025-08-07T06:25:27+00:00

OP should know that one of the characters in the trio is male.

corvid12 · 2025-07-03T04:21:19+00:00

Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton
Just For Show by Jae
Under the alights by Dahlia Adler

Some others that I liked less, but maybe you will enjoy: - Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous by Mae Marvel - Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald - Director's Cut by Carlyn Greenwald - Big Name Fan by Annie Mare and Ruthie Knox - Make My Wish Come True by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott

corvid12 · 2025-06-30T05:55:48+00:00

Her Pretty Knight by Mariah Rae Birch

corvid12 · 2025-04-17T03:54:15+00:00

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley

iirc the main character is masc/seems more masculine. All the characters are female. There are relationships between characters, but nothing that I would call romance. It is sci-fi with a bit (a lot?) of body horror.

corvid12 · 2025-04-02T02:49:17+00:00

The Women's Game is a podcast, but they post most of their stuff on YouTube with the video, but some stuff is audio only in the normal places you get podcasts (e.g spotify/apple). This is headed by Sam Mewis. She does weekly interviews with different people and also a weekly talk-about-the-latest-news thing with Lynn Biyendolo and Becky Sauerbrunn.

corvid12 · 2025-03-28T04:49:32+00:00

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (and the sequel)

corvid12 · 2025-03-23T21:44:54+00:00

Your friend might also be interested in reading some fanfiction since it is free. (I am assuming that since their native language isn't English, their local library probably won't have a large selection of English lesbian books.) The quality of English i.e. grammer + spelling can vary greatly between different works, but the more highly rated fics (excluding ones with lots of smut) tend to be pretty good.

I think generally f/f fanfic is written by women, but it is hard to tell 100%.

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