Howdy y’all! I’m about halfway through The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I love the fact that she’s a bisexual woman.
As a bisexual woman myself, it’s nice to see some representation in literature. I’m looking for books with a similar vibe. Not something just straight up spicy (although I do love a bit of spiciness), I want the sexuality to be a secondary theme throughout the book if possible.
Thank you in advance! 🫶🏼
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You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
It’s YA and she’s technically the love interest, not the main-main character, but: “These Witches Don’t Burn” and “This Coven Won’t Break.”
The Safekeep.
Hild and Menewood by Nicola Griffith for a historical fiction with a metric ton of plot but also a ton of interesting daily life details. It’s very emotionally fraught, but in a satisfying way—Menewood kind of felt like feeding my heart into a meat grinder and then putting it back together again, lol.
Phédre’s trilogy and Moirin’s trilogy by Jacqueline Carey for historical fantasy with lots of interesting sexual themes to think through but also fabulous characters and political intrigue and adventure and gorgeous prose.
Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse for another historical fantasy, but pre-columbian instead. It’s an ensemble cast but one of the central characters is a bi woman!
The Chosen And The Beautiful By Nghi Vo
Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal
Just read How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield and really enjoyed it! It’s a thriller, and the main character’s bisexuality is relevant and important to the story, but it’s not spicy in that way – the thriller plot is front and center.
Verity vox
The Color Purple and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe.
Celie and Idgie, in my opinion, are somewhere around a 4 or 5 on the Kinsey Scale. We never see them actively engage in relationships with men, and their strongest relationships are with women, but there’s no indication that they’d be averse to a man, so long as he was a decent man (which they meet few and far in between).