Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Hey everyone, I am in my twenties and am a lesbian who struggles a lot with internalised homophobia. What would be some recommendations of books that will help me better understand my sexuality and its relation in modern society? by outinthehayshed
brusselsproutsfiend on March 15, 2026 12:14 pm Affirmations for Queer People by Jess Vossetteig The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese A. Singh Shame-Informed Therapy by Patti Ashley The Pride Guide: A Guide to Social and Sexual Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford How to Understand Your Sexuality by Meg-John Barker The ABCs of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal by Jeanette Winterson The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib Letters to My Younger Queer Self edited by Daniel Harding Moby D by Krista Burton Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon Are You Coming by Laura Haddinga Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen Sex Ed by Ruby Rare The Savvy Ally by Jeannie Gainsburg We Are Everywhere by Matthew Reimer Searching for Sappho by Philip Freeman Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rawser The Essential D to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel You may want to check out r/SapphicBooks, r/LGBTBooks, and the websites Lesbrary and BookRiot for more recs You might also be interested in some of the recs from this previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/s/Fz2VnP54yf
1 Comment
Affirmations for Queer People by Jess Vossetteig
The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese A. Singh
Shame-Informed Therapy by Patti Ashley
The Pride Guide: A Guide to Social and Sexual Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford
How to Understand Your Sexuality by Meg-John Barker
The ABCs of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell
The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff
Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal by Jeanette Winterson
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Letters to My Younger Queer Self edited by Daniel Harding
Moby D by Krista Burton
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon
Are You Coming by Laura Haddinga
Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen
Sex Ed by Ruby Rare
The Savvy Ally by Jeannie Gainsburg
We Are Everywhere by Matthew Reimer
Searching for Sappho by Philip Freeman
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rawser
The Essential D to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
You may want to check out r/SapphicBooks, r/LGBTBooks, and the websites Lesbrary and BookRiot for more recs
You might also be interested in some of the recs from this previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/s/Fz2VnP54yf