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There are so many excellent books out this fall, including some of my most-anticipated sapphic releases of the year. There are a lot more than three books on my TBR, but these are the ones I’m most excited about. There’s a book about a Cherokee lesbian training to an astronaut, a YA cozy mystery about academic rivals who fall for each other, and the conclusion to one of the best sapphic fantasy series I’ve ever read.
To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage (Sept 2)
I’m reading this one now, and I’m really liking it! It’s about Steph, who is determined to become the first Cherokee astronaut. We also follow her sister, an Indigenous artist and social media influencer; her mother, who is keeping secrets about her past; and Steph’s college girlfriend, whose custody case between her Cherokee biological father and white adoptive parents made her a household name as a toddler. It’s a fascinating and complex literary fiction novel that I hope will get the attention it deserves.
Try Your Worst by Chatham Greenfield (Sept 23)
I really liked Chatham Greenfield’s previous sapphic YA novel, Time and Time Again, so I’m looking forward to this one, too. (Also, I love books that have fat queer people on the cover.) This cozy mystery follows Sadie and Cleo, who have been rivals ever since the day they were born. (Cleo won the “first baby born that year” title.) Now, they’re competing to become valedictorian, but when they’re framed for a series of vicious pranks, they have to work together to clear their names. And, of course, the more time they spend together, the more they begin to question if they’re merely rivals.
The Sovereign (Magic of the Lost #3) by C.L. Clark (Sept 30)
I’m so excited about this book, I could scream. This is my favorite fantasy series, and now we’re getting the conclusion. That cover is not easing my nerves about how this high-stakes story will conclude.
Somehow, C.L. Clark has another sapphic fantasy out the same day, Fate’s Bane, which is also one of my most-anticipated releases of the year.
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