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books that I've read about women in messy, turgid, or downright toxic romantic and/or sexual relationships with other women. for when you're tired of one-dimensional fluff.
books may be tragedies or have happy endings, quality of writing is not guaranteed. you can suggest a book but I'll only add books I've read myself
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade, #1)
4 stars
Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up from the sand of her home and see red sails on …
baru cormorant is the ultimate problematic lesbian
the homoerotic betrayal continues
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade, #3)
4 stars
The hunt is over. After fifteen years of lies and sacrifice, Baru Cormorant has the power to destroy the Imperial …
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
4 stars
"She answered the Emperor's call.
She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.
In victory, her world …
I wasn't a fan of the writing style, but damn if it doesn't fit the brief
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
3 stars
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen, the out-of-work and hungry are demanding change. In a genteel Camberwell villa …
4 stars
Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain by Sarah Waters.
the book on which the movie The Handmaiden is based
4 stars
A spellbinding ghost story, a complex and intriguing historical mystery, and a poignant romance with an enexpected twist.An upper-class woman …
technically the relationship isn't a major part of this book, but it's weird enough that I'm counting it
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
4 stars
Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is traveling in …
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
4 stars
A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in …
4 stars
Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty …
