Hi!! I would like to read some more lesbian books!
im looking for a sort of specific feel but anything similar is good for me 🙂
recommend me the saddest lesbian romance novels published before the 21st century, i guess early 2000s could be okay but nothing past 2009 (i prefer the 80s-90s above all tho)
i want tragedy and loss and betrayal and longing and yearning, i am a sucker for tropes of doomed and tragic painful lovers
i enjoy books that leave me feeling hollow from how sad they are after reading
preferably between 2 fems but would read whatever as long as its real wlw
thank uuu!! 🙂
by katzgutz777
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oh and to add! if you have any sort of creepy or psychological lesbian romance or gothic lesbian romance (still predating 2009) please share as well! :))
You could try the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Not tragically sad but not always a happy book either.
Our Wives Under The Sea
It is a classic, so maybe you already know it, but just in case check out “Oranges are not the only fruit”. It has been a while, so I don’t remember much, but it was definitely not a happy book.
I also read Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue many, many years ago. I don’t think that was a very tragic book, but maybe you still might want to check it out.
Edit to add: It is unfortunately too new, but I just want to mention “the first bad man” by miranda july, that book is just so good!!
Well this is a historical fiction but I was absolutely sobbing after reading it. It’s one of my favorite books – devastatingly beautiful & lots of history about being an immigrant in the golden age & a little bit of Jewish folk magical realism.
Beyond the pale by Elana Dykwomon
She gets mentioned a lot, but I feel a lot of Sarah Water’s books could work for this request, but especially *Fingersmith* and *Affinity.*