Fanfic/book recs

[u/Admirable-Edge-9299]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but looking for some wlw fan fictions (or books!) that fits the vibe of some of the books listed below:

-Charon Docks at Daylight by Z.R. Reed

-Hearing Red by Nicole Maser

-The Order by T.J. O’Shea

-No Shelter but the Stars by Virginia Black

-This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne

-Bloomtown series

-Backwards to Oregon by Jae

-Playing With Fire by Heartbr0kenLoverGirl on Wattpad

(Specifically any genre that isn’t romcom or straight up romance)

Basically, stories that aren’t super heavy reads (grammatically/structurally) and have that fanfiction-y feel, while still being entertaining and angsty. I just don’t have the emotional bandwidth right now to read something super heavy that requires a lot of thinking 😂. I’ve tried several sapphic books so it’s becoming difficult to find good ones that I enjoy.

[u/opanope]

Have you checked out The Blacksea Odyssey? I’m currently almost finished with the second one so I can’t speak to how it ends but so far it’s pretty good

[u/Admirable-Edge-9299 → u/opanope]

I haven’t read it yet! I just looked it up and it was listed for fans of Arcane and Gideon the Ninth 👀 so it definitely aligns with my interests. Thanks for the suggestion!

[u/diya4321 → u/opanope]

i have read the entire trilogy and it definitely makes its way up to my top 5 , highly recommended and loved it so damn much

[u/wilowbug]

i think i have almost the same taste as you as well as the same issue with not having the emotional bandwidth for heavy stuff. I don’t read often but if you haven’t already tried it, i really enjoyed A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft! it’s a dark academia vibe high fantasy with an adventure and slow burn enemies to lovers romance :) there are a few heavy themes but imo no more than something more intense like bloom town! the writing is reallyyy pretty without being hard to read or feeling too flowery or anything :) i also really enjoyed the audiobook of it too. i can’t really do romance without a good story around it either tbh.

[u/Admirable-Edge-9299 → u/wilowbug]

I haven’t tried it yet, thank you! The cover looks gorgeous 

[u/Admirable-Edge-9299 → u/[deleted]]

Those books are mainly fantasy, but there’s some westerns and sci-fi as well. I’ll read any genre, just not romcoms. Sapphic detective fanfiction sounds really cool, definitely something I was hoping for when posting this question. I’ll check it out! 

[u/Admirable-Edge-9299 → u/[deleted]]

I just checked out the link you provided, I haven’t started the oneshot yet, but are Cagney and Lacey original characters? If so, I love that they have their own tag (with 47 works!). That’s super impressive.