It's the most wonderful time of the year, sort of, and our favourite thing to do is read by the Christmas tree. Whether you're in the mood to feel festive or just fancy a winter warmer, this list includes plenty of queer book recommendations. Some might even make great stocking fillers for the beloved bookworms in your life!
Sapphic Holiday Romances
A Flight to Love by Frankie Fyre
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Emily Wright
A Little Christmas Magic by Jacqueline Ramsden
A Little Light by Melissa Tereze
A Purrfect Gift by Jae
All I Want for Christmas by Georgia Beers, Maggie Cummings, & Fiona Riley
All Wrapped up in You by T.B. Markinson & Adrian J. Smith
Ann's Angel by Maggie Sims | historical
Being Merry by Meka James
Cabin Fever by Addison M. Conley
Christmas at Rainbow Falls by T.B. Markinson & Miranda MacLeod
Christmas at Watson Memorial by Clara Ann Simons
Christmas Shelter by Eva Gonzay & Julia C. Brown
Coming Home by Carol Wyatt
Dog Days of Christmas by Krystal & Kimberly Wolfgang
Even Fairy Godmothers Need Help by Chloe Keto
Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey & Jaime Clevenger
Ghosted Christmas Past by Bryce Oakley
Her Ladyship's Christmas Companion by Theresa Meiningen | historical
Hoax for the Holidays by Bel Blackwood
Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak
Homestead for the Holidays by Wren Taylor
Honeymoon for One by Rachel Bowdler
Hook-up To Holidate by Rose Santoriello | fantasy monster romance
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow | YA
I'll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone
I'll Get Back to You by Becca Grischow
In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae
It's a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
Love, Anon by Bryony Rosehurst
Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick | YA
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
Make the Yuletide Gay by Ivy L. James
Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Making Her List: A Sapphic Christmas Anthology by Ali Williams, Eden Bradley, Stella Moore, Leslia Ayla, & Siobhan Smile
Meant to Be Christmas by Jamey Moody
Mistletoe by Lyn Gardner
Mistletoe & Ivy by Jacqueline Ramsden
Mistletoe Motel by Lise Gold
Party Favors by Erin McLellan
Red Lace and Mistletoe by Lauren Hart
Rekindled by Erica Lee
Season of Love by Helena Greer
Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young
Sleigh Bells Ring by Alyson Root
Snowed Inn With Madelyn by Chelsea C. Cameron
Staging Love by Lynette McCornan
Sugar-Coated Kisses by Echo Lark
Take a Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson
The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon
The Christmas Committee by Lily Seabrooke
The Christmas Inheritance by Addison Clarke
The Christmas Pact by Olivia Lucas
The Christmas Pic by Rena Sapon-White & Ella Schaefer
The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels
The Santa Pageant by Lillian Barry
The Wishing Tree by Barbara Winkes
This Christmas by Georgia Beers
This is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez
Unwrapped by D. Jackson Leigh
Where the Heart Is by Lily Seabrooke
With One Look by Jamey Moody
Achillean Holiday Romances
A Crush for the Holidays by E.L. Ough
A Kiss for the Holidays by C.S. Autumn
An Alpha for the Holidays by Emily Axon
Boyfriends for Now by Imogen Markwell-Tweed
Christmas Carols by Maxime Jaz | short story collection
Deck the Palms by Annabeth Albert
Finding My Elf by David Valdes | YA
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June | YA
Home Between Homes by Flynn Woods
Ice & Sweet by Charlie Novak
If Only in our Dreams by Fae Quinn
Look Up, Handsome by Jack Strange
Marshmallow Mountain by M.A. Wardell & A.J. Truman
Santa & His Elf by Bink Cummings
Snow Boys by Simon Doyle | YA
Snowed in the Stacks by Echo Lark
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker
The Christmas Switch by Briar Prescott
The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
The Unexpected Santa by Dahlia Donovan
Time to Shine by Rachel Reid
Under the Mistletoe With You by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
Queer Holiday Stories
A Taste of Christmas by Rachel Bowdler | contemporary MF romance | bi FMC | plus-size and homelessness rep
An Unfortunate Christmas Murder by Hannah Hendy | murder mystery | sapphic MCs
Death in the Holidays by Kitty Murphy | murder mystery | drag performers
Holiday Haunts by Wendy Dalrymple & Imogen Markwell-Tweed | paranormal romance anthology
Most Wonderful by Georgia Clark | contemporary romance with queer, sapphic, & bi characters
Naughty & Nice by Peggy Barnett | erotica shorts
Returning to You by Rochelle Wolf | Channukah romance with non-binary & demisexual characters
Taste of the Holidays by Echo Lark | MF romance
The Christmas Pact by Hayley Anderton | contemporary short story | bi x lesbian friendship
The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish | romance with lesbian & queer characters
The Mistletoe Connection by Chelsea Pennington | contemporary romance with an ensemble cast featuring lesbian MCs and a bisexual FMC
Upon the Midnight Queer by Nathan Burgoine | short story collection with gay, trans/non-binary, & sapphic characters
Wishing on Winter by Brenna Bailey | M\F later-in-life romance
Queer Winter Stories
A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland | sapphic historical fantasy
Coming for the Champion by Renée Dahlia | achillean regency romance
Death on Ice by R.O. Thorp | queer murder mystery
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett | historical fantasy | sapphic side characters
Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers
The Finding Humanity series by Branwen OShea | YA SFF | asexual and pansexual MCs
Forgetting with You by Robin Clairvaux | sapphic romance
Love on Moonlight Lake by Adriana Sergeant | sapphic romance
Shady Depths by B.L. Brown | paranormal achillean romance | pan & gay MCs
Tarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart | sapphic high fantasy
This Isn't Everything You Are by J. Marie Rundquist | contemporary domestic fiction with an autistic MC & queer rep
Under Far Galaxian Skies by Natalie Kelda | dark fantasy with pan/bi, ace, and non-binary rep
Under the Ice Skies by Gwenhyver | SFF with a sapphic romance
Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochrane | sapphic sports romance
When The Ice Melts Away by Bonnie Brady | YA horror fantasy with a gay MC & bi & asexual rep
Winter Jacket by Eliza Lentzski | sapphic romance
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