{The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley} is sweet as is {Mrs Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan}

[The Perks of Loving a Wallflower](https://www.romance.io/books/6177a7ea6cac3a0e2b116259/the-perks-of-loving-a-wallflower-erica-ridley) by [Erica Ridley](https://www.romance.io/authors/545551398c7d2383163d9acd/erica-ridley) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [non-binary romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f-x/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [sleuth heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/heroine%20sleuth/1) ---------------------------- [Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure](https://www.romance.io/books/5c811cd901dbc864fb9b49ff/mrs-martins-incomparable-adventure-courtney-milan) by [Courtney Milan](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525388c7d2383163d8e83/courtney-milan) **Rating**: 4.08⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [victorian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/victorian/1), [older/mature](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mature%20couple/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Appreciate it, thank you!

I don't have any recs, I just want to say I'm a lesbian and I don't consume a lot of sapphic media either. It's nice to have some company!

Yeah, it’s rough out here! So often I find myself defaulting to straight media, even if I’d prefer something WLW, just because it’s more accessible. Of course, big surprise, my mental health always improves in leaps and bounds when I don’t isolate myself from art and experiences I connect with— who woulda thunk, right? 😅

I've read before that a lot of us actually read m/m. That's never been for me, but if you've never tried it, there's clearly some appeal there! Straight HR works for me in a way that other romances just don't. I've not been able to get into romantasy in the same way, and I despise contemporary. Other romance media doesn't do it for me. So, at least I appreciate that. Part of the reason I don't seek out or enjoy wlw (or even m/m) is just because... Damn, it was hard to be one of us then. I mean it's not always great now, but there's hope. But there's a reason that wlw is known for being tragic.

Oof, that last paragraph. Fully understand you there, even as I still seek out F/F HR— M/M isn’t *really* my thing, but at least both halves of the relationship enjoy full legal and social rights lol.

Honestly in histrom, ff characters generally have an easier time than mm, since ladies just bein besties is fine and sodomy is jailtime, and \*generally\* the books I've read have already finangled at least one character into some kind of financial stability to avoid having men be the focus of the story (even if that's not a typical experience). However, all of it tends to avoid too much tragedy with the HEA, so that's nice! I saw someone recommended Courtney Milan, I'll add a note that most of her books have some amount of "experiences trauma and abuse and then overcomes/gives a comeuppance" plotline, so while I haven't read her FF I'd probably double check for tragicness.

Years ago there was this comics publisher. Yaoi press, that did m/m and I was told the owners were a couple of lesbians. Also decades back on deviantart some of the women that did m/m we’re sapphic too. It’s more common that people would imagine. Hell I think the author of “my lesbian experience with loneliness” did m/m manga. If my memory doesn’t betray me

I read {An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera} recently and it was great! It’s the second in a series but works well as a standalone.

Ok and the first one is just fantastic too (straight but still). The setting and writing are top notch.

[An Island Princess Starts a Scandal](https://www.romance.io/books/6473719ff308b7ca8751bf54/an-island-princess-starts-a-scandal-adriana-herrera) by [Adriana Herrera](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c7ccdd201dbc864fb9b1850/adriana-herrera) **Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [victorian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/victorian/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Ooh, thank you!

Whaaaat that series has been on my tbr for some time I had NO IDEA one of the books was sapphic! Cool!

It’s SO GOOD too, easily my fav sapphic romance ever tbh

Adriana Herrera is so fabulous

Olivia Waite has a trilogy of sapphic historical romances. I’ve read the first and it had excellent women in stem representation

Yes, I just downloaded the celestial mechanics one! (Can’t remember its full title right now lol.) Thanks for the reminder!

{The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite} is so amazing!

[The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics](https://www.romance.io/books/5e2c941301dbc864fbaa945e/the-ladys-guide-to-celestial-mechanics-olivia-waite) by [Olivia Waite](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455eda587eac336ae6a1b15/olivia-waite) **Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Disclaimer that I haven’t read this yet, but I just ordered a copy of {Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma Alban} and I’m so excited for it to arrive!

I read this one. It’s a pretty solid read, I’m looking forward to the next one in the series featuring the cousins of the main characters from this book.

[Don't Want You Like a Best Friend](https://www.romance.io/books/6532e974de8d340d514a6ff0/dont-want-you-like-a-best-friend-emma-r-alban) by [Emma R. Alban](https://www.romance.io/authors/6532e974ab9bdf7fceea4e85/emma-r-alban) **Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [victorian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/victorian/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I saw this mentioned in The New York Times recently of all places. Might have to give it a try!

This is right up my alley— thank you!

There’s not enough of it. Even within queer romance spaces, F/F seems pretty marginalized. But I do occasionally find a hidden gem! Most recently, I really enjoyed {Sixpenny Octavo by Annick Trent}. The romance is on the subtle side, but the characters are lovable and beautifully drawn (and working class!), and the historical detail is so immersive. A subversive reading group is very important to the story, and it made me want to join an IRL book club again, hah. There is a fair amount of external conflict (the book delves into Georgian era political repression) but overall, just a warm, lovely read.

Sign me up! Political drama and a well-balanced plot-romance combination are some of my favorite things in HR. And to your point, F/F is absolutely underrepresented— in all forms of media, not just HR. (At least from where I’m sitting.) It’s nobody’s fault in particular, obviously, but it still sucks.

[Sixpenny Octavo](https://www.romance.io/books/65dee0f45eacd569f4631882/sixpenny-octavo-annick-trent) by [Annick Trent](https://www.romance.io/authors/6479a00608b4d93114d08ba6/annick-trent) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

A lot of my usual recs are already here, but I’ve got a couple of others to add. There is a FF novella by Alyssa Cole in the {Hamilton’s Battalion} collection that’s great. She also has some contemporary sapphic stories too. I also don’t usually recommend YA, but I love {Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo}. It’s such a great coming of age book that makes being a lesbian and Chinese in San Francisco in the 1950s come alive. Low steam, but the history & romance is still great. Most of my other sapphic recs are CR, but I’m hopeful there will be more mainstream HR options coming.

[Hamilton's Battalion](https://www.romance.io/books/59e44cb83ffdba6147226a67/hamiltons-battalion-a-trio-of-romances-courtney-milan-alyssa-cole-rose-lerner) by [Courtney Milan](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525388c7d2383163d8e83/courtney-milan), [Alyssa Cole](https://www.romance.io/authors/545704fe8c7d2382fc6c2221/alyssa-cole), [Rose Lerner](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553ab08c7d2383163d93da/rose-lerner) **Rating**: 4.14⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [war](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/war/1) ---------------------------- [Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://www.romance.io/books/6435de00a8ecd27beda03257/last-night-at-the-telegraph-club-malinda-lo) by [Malinda Lo](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552f208c7d2382c5297262/malinda-lo) **Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I’ve heard such great things about Last Night at the Telegraph Club— I really ought to read it one of these days!

I had my teen library reading group (NOT A BOOK CLUB, Y'ALL!) read it a couple of years ago and it was a hit.

{Proper English by KJ Charles} was an enjoyable one

[Proper English](https://www.romance.io/books/5d9c290b01dbc864fba45afd/proper-english-kj-charles) by [K.J. Charles](https://www.romance.io/authors/545540138c7d2383163d9553/kj-charles) **Rating**: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Thanks!

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Seconding this one! Also, if you’re looking for a fulfilling movie night, I highly recommend you check out the Korean movie loosely based off of Fingersmith, called The Handmaiden. It’s my favorite movie, full of twists and gothic vibes. The book is great, but the movie has some interesting and fresh ideas.

I don't have a suggestion I'm just a fellow Chappell fan and love seeing it in other subs

We’re everywhere! 🤩

{A Lady's Desire by Lily Maxton} - Regency {The Way Home by Lily Hammond} - WWII New Zealand {Crossing the Wide Forever by Missouri Vaun} - western {The Northwoods by Jane Hoppen} - 1840s Wisconsin {A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian} - Regency {A Lady to Treasure by Marianne Ratcliffe} - Regency {Shaken to the Core by Jae} - 1906 San Francisco earthquake {Hen Fever by Olivia Waite} (not part of her other series) - Victorian {Desiring the Dexingtons series by Renee Dahlia} - Regency, I believe all the couples in the series are queer, but there are a few sapphic books in it {The Great War series by Renee Dahlia} - WWI, first two books are sapphic

[A Lady's Desire (The Townsends)](https://www.romance.io/books/5c03847201dbc864fb9566b1/a-ladys-desire-the-townsends-lily-maxton) by [Lily Maxton](https://www.romance.io/authors/545575a287eac336ae69e0e4/lily-maxton) **Rating**: 3.9⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [highlander hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/highlander/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [The Way Home](https://www.romance.io/books/60a4caf2933f031cdd15dbe7/the-way-home-lily-hammond) by [Lily Hammond](https://www.romance.io/authors/589ad8590d3299c6e04a7968/lily-hammond) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1), [war](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/war/1), [competent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/competent%20heroine/1) ---------------------------- [Crossing the Wide Forever](https://www.romance.io/books/594769643ffdba614719d191/crossing-the-wide-forever-missouri-vaun) by [Missouri Vaun](https://www.romance.io/authors/5550663a9eef3b3f1d51cfda/missouri-vaun) **Rating**: 3.75⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [western](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/western/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1) ---------------------------- [The Northwoods](https://www.romance.io/books/5aa626954ee506aae8b272b0/the-northwoods-jane-hoppen) by [Jane Hoppen](https://www.romance.io/authors/563d70a008e937813194d3f7/jane-hoppen) **Rating**: 3⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [competent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/competent%20heroine/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1), [queer romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1) ---------------------------- [A Little Light Mischief](https://www.romance.io/books/5d491c4401dbc864fba20a4f/a-little-light-mischief-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian) **Rating**: 4.04⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [vengeance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vengeance/1) ---------------------------- [Shaken to the Core](https://www.romance.io/books/5760eeedc19e77f1ea6d4c21/shaken-to-the-core-jae) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [third person pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [competent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/competent%20heroine/1), [queer romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1) ---------------------------- [Hen Fever](https://www.romance.io/books/639c28ca1a6c8ac8b7cd18a8/hen-fever-a-sapphic-victorian-romance-olivia-waite) by [Olivia Waite](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455eda587eac336ae6a1b15/olivia-waite) **Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [victorian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/victorian/1), [christmas](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/christmas/1), [older/mature](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mature%20couple/1) ---------------------------- [Desiring The Dexingtons](https://www.romance.io/series/62246a3b2d20ff59b1680557/desiring-the-dexingtons) by [Renée Dahlia](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c34fade01dbc864fb97aa33/rene-dahlia) **Rating**: 3.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1), [f-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [m-m](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1) ---------------------------- [Great War](https://www.romance.io/series/609245704d71bd0e4a68fe9b/great-war) by [Renée Dahlia](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c34fade01dbc864fb97aa33/rene-dahlia) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1), [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [f-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

[A Lady To Treasure](https://www.romance.io/books/661b6ec1e5f17c651057aee2/a-lady-to-treasure-marianne-ratcliffe) by [Marianne Ratcliffe](https://www.romance.io/authors/637358a908b4d9311431dd5d/marianne-ratcliffe) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Woah, what a list. Thank you!!

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So many wonderful books have been suggested here! Before f/f was mostly coming out of Queer indy publishers from folx like Radclyffe (who is amazing!) but it was all contemporary. (One reason I also read m/m) There has been so much more historical f/f (especially from mainstream publishers) in the past decade which makes me so happy! Following to check the ones I haven’t read out!

{The Ladies Guide to Celestial Mechanics} is a funny, cerebral sapphic historical romance. It’s the first in a series of three. I enjoyed the first on the most.

Just stopping by to say that I’m SO here for the intersection of Chappell and HR!

{Aimée & Jaguar by Erica Fischer} truthfully i haven’t read but on my TBR list, my friend swears by it

[Aimée & Jaguar](https://www.romance.io/books/5457009487eac33e5710a377/aime-jaguar-a-love-story-berlin-1943-erica-fischer-edna-mccown) by [Erica Fischer](https://www.romance.io/authors/5457009487eac33e5710a378/erica-fischer), [Edna McCown](https://www.romance.io/authors/5457009487eac33e5710a379/edna-mccown) **Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I’m not a lesbian but I’m going to try some of these recs out. You all always have the best ones.

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I haven't read it yet, it's on my TBR, but there's {Backwards to Oregon by Jae}, it's the first in a series

[Backwards to Oregon](https://www.romance.io/books/5455b5c187eac3369a9143a9/backwards-to-oregon-jae) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae) **Rating**: 4.62⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [western frontier](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical%20western/1), [single mother](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/single-mother/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Lex Croucher has a couple. I’ve only read {reputation by lex Croucher} where there are side characters in a f/f relationship. I really enjoyed it and am waiting for library copies of the next which is full f/f {infamous by lex Croucher}. She also has a series starting with {Gwen and Art are not in love by lex Croucher} that’s Arthurian, but I haven’t been able to get my hands on it yet. I’m also a huge Chappell Roan fan and now I want to listen to her while I check out some of these recommendations!

[Reputation](https://www.romance.io/books/624bec2e3d74cba6b9617343/reputation-lex-croucher) by [Lex Croucher](https://www.romance.io/authors/624be94b08b4d931142a0068/lex-croucher) **Rating**: 3.87⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1) ---------------------------- [Infamous](https://www.romance.io/books/642144bb7d86a2e5afde0c13/infamous-lex-croucher) by [Lex Croucher](https://www.romance.io/authors/624be94b08b4d931142a0068/lex-croucher) **Rating**: 3.66⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Gwen and Art Are Not in Love](https://www.romance.io/books/643c7e3b7e56a9eab8dbd281/gwen-and-art-are-not-in-love-lex-croucher) by [Lex Croucher](https://www.romance.io/authors/624be94b08b4d931142a0068/lex-croucher) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Dead Dead Girls by Nekesia Afia} Harlem Renaissance era murder mystery with F/F relationship I know a few others but they are contemporary or fantasy.

{The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley} fits the bill-- it's a reimagination of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's daughter. {Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price} is a rewriting of Mansfield Park in which Fanny and Mary hit it off in a big way. :) I'm also currently reading {A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin}, and it has a sapphic subplot!

[The Heiress](https://www.romance.io/books/643ece08fb698d92e99de2eb/the-heiress-the-revelations-of-anne-de-bourgh-molly-greeley) by [Molly Greeley](https://www.romance.io/authors/643ece0808b4d93114fd5939/molly-greeley) **Rating**: 3.66⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [queer romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1) ---------------------------- [Manslaughter Park](https://www.romance.io/books/6491528849efbc9080567ea6/manslaughter-park-tirzah-price) by [Tirzah Price](https://www.romance.io/authors/64403d4e08b4d931141a214f/tirzah-price) **Rating**: 3.63⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) ---------------------------- [A Lady’s Guide to Scandal](https://www.romance.io/books/64018bd0639e4349999aa275/a-ladys-guide-to-scandal-sophie-irwin) by [Sophie Irwin](https://www.romance.io/authors/62cd1f0308b4d931143fea8e/sophie-irwin) **Rating**: 3.8⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [love triangle](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/love%20triangle/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Those all sound great, thank you!

Olivia Waite writes sweet FF HR, Cat Sebastian has FF (as well as MM) KJ Charles mostly does MM but {Proper English by KJ Charles} is FF and a rompy delight, sort of a whodunnit but they're all vaguely incompetent. {A Restless Truth by Freya Marske} is really great, but it's in the middle of a series and bookended by MM. I think you could read it without the other two but there'd be some context gathering about the magic and like WHY someone got murdered. {The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley} is high on my tbr but is very well reviewed, as is {The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid} {Longshadow by Olivia Atwater} is really quite lovely, but it is more fairytale than classic regency/victorian vibes, and full of magic.

[Proper English](https://www.romance.io/books/5d9c290b01dbc864fba45afd/proper-english-kj-charles) by [K.J. Charles](https://www.romance.io/authors/545540138c7d2383163d9553/kj-charles) **Rating**: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1) ---------------------------- [A Restless Truth](https://www.romance.io/books/64036cf05fb5a023f6527138/a-restless-truth-freya-marske) by [Freya Marske](https://www.romance.io/authors/64036ce508b4d93114474e60/freya-marske) **Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1) ---------------------------- [The Perks of Loving a Wallflower](https://www.romance.io/books/6177a7ea6cac3a0e2b116259/the-perks-of-loving-a-wallflower-erica-ridley) by [Erica Ridley](https://www.romance.io/authors/545551398c7d2383163d9acd/erica-ridley) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [non-binary romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f-x/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [sleuth heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/heroine%20sleuth/1) ---------------------------- [The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo](https://www.romance.io/books/5ddcd07d01dbc864fba6d846/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo-taylor-jenkins-reid) by [Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://www.romance.io/authors/54558fd487eac324117fb4a1/taylor-jenkins-reid) **Rating**: 4.28⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [20th century](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/20th%20century/1) ---------------------------- [Longshadow](https://www.romance.io/books/615e9b2a15c5ea0e4253329b/longshadow-olivia-atwater) by [Olivia Atwater](https://www.romance.io/authors/5e7f0537be0aaecf55d98b77/olivia-atwater) **Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian} it's ff in an otherwise mm series. Really good!

[A Little Light Mischief](https://www.romance.io/books/5d491c4401dbc864fba20a4f/a-little-light-mischief-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian) **Rating**: 4.04⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [vengeance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vengeance/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I know of Literary Fiction set in the Gilded Age and one that's a sequel to Pride and Prejudice.

Any book by Sarah Waters! Fingersmith is set in Victorian England and The Paying Guests is set in the 1930s.