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Fake dating, wedding chaos and terrible first dates, sorted by where the comedy comes from.
12 books · all 12 with full LRR reviews · 10 adult · 2 YA
The best lesbian rom com books are Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, a fake-dating comedy about an astrologer and an actuary, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake, about a wedding in a complicated hometown, and D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding, a fake wedding on reality TV. For sapphic rom com books with a ridiculous premise, The Fiancée Farce is hard to beat.
Funny does not mean low angst or closed door, so each card shows where the comedy comes from, how spicy it is and how it ends.
All twelve have full LRR reviews.
Lesbian Rom-Coms at a Glance
Pick by where the comedy comes from: a public lie, a ridiculous deal, two clashing personalities or a situation that keeps going wrong.
| Book | Where the comedy comes from | Heat | Ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written in the Stars | Disastrous first date, then fake dating | 4/5 | HEA |
| Delilah Green Doesn’t Care | Wedding photographer back in her hometown | 4/5 | HEA |
| The Fiancée Farce | Invented girlfriend turns out to be real | 4/5 | HEA |
| D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding | Fake wedding on a reality show | 4/5 | HEA with epilogue |
| Satisfaction Guaranteed | Two strangers inherit a sex shop | 3/5 | HEA |
| Fly with Me | Viral video, then fake dating | 4/5 | HEA |
The Best Lesbian Rom-Com Books
Six adult sapphic romantic comedies, all with full LRR reviews and all with happy endings.
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur · 2020
Elle is a bubbly astrologer. Darcy is a buttoned-up actuary who thinks astrology is nonsense. Their first date is a disaster, so they pretend it went well to get their families off their backs.
Funny, award-winning and the most popular starting point for sapphic rom-coms. Our only complaint is an ending that stops rather than lands.
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Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
Ashley Herring Blake · Berkley · 2022
Delilah comes back to Bright Falls to photograph her stepsister’s wedding and runs into Claire, a single-mother bookseller whose life is rooted in the town.
The book that made small-town sapphic rom-coms a category. Funny, hot and full of family history that gives the jokes some weight.
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The Fiancée Farce
Alexandria Bellefleur · Avon · 2023
Bookseller Tansy invents a girlfriend using a cover model’s photo. Then the model, publishing heiress Gemma, turns up, and she has an inheritance problem a fake fiancée would solve.
Low angst, real heat and leads who talk like adults. You have to let the farce go, but it is a delight if you do.
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D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding
Chencia C. Higgins · Carina Adores · 2022
D’Vaughn and Kris have to convince everyone, including their families, that they are really planning a wedding, on a reality show with a big cash prize.
Fast and funny, with two Black sapphic leads who actually communicate and a coming-out story taken seriously. The reality-show premise is the weak part.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed
Karelia Stetz-Waters
Two very different women inherit a failing Portland sex shop together and have to save it.
Warm and very funny, with sitcom-sized humor. The side characters never quite become people, but the leads carry it.
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Fly with Me
Andie Burke · St. Martin’s Griffin · 2023
An anxious ER nurse and an ambitious pilot end up in a viral video, then in a fake relationship.
Big-hearted and honest about grief and mental health. The ex is cartoonish, but the leads are lovely.
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More Sapphic Rom-Coms
Four more adult picks and two YA rom-coms, labeled.
Cabin Fever
Tessa Vidal
A snowed-in rom-com that is funny again and again. Our top-scored book on this page.
Ending: HEA. Standalone.
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For Her Consideration
Amy Spalding
An email ghostwriter falls for the rising star whose inbox she runs. Great found family.
Ending: Not confirmed in our summary.
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Against All Odds
Cara Malone
A tender wedding romance with a schizophrenic heroine written with care. Sweeter than it is silly.
Ending: HEA.
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Guava Flavored Lies
J.J. Arias
Two heirs to feuding Cuban-American bakeries. Very good banter.
Ending: HEA, unambiguously.
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The Falling in Love Montage
Ciara Smyth
Two girls stage a summer of rom-com clichés. Also a real story about a mother with dementia.
Ending: Open-ended for the couple.
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She Drives Me Crazy
Kelly Quindlen
Rivals forced to carpool decide to fake date. The best-executed sapphic YA rom-com of its generation.
Ending: HEA. Standalone.
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Rom-Com Is Not a Heat Rating
A funny book can still be explicit, and a cartoon cover is not an age rating. All six main picks are adult romance, most at 4/5 heat. If you want closed-door, see closed-door lesbian romance.
Funny is not the same as low angst either. Delilah Green Doesn’t Care and Fly with Me both have a third-act breakup. If you want no breakup at all, try romances with no third-act breakup.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best lesbian rom com books?
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake and The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur. Cabin Fever by Tessa Vidal is our top-scored.
What are good sapphic rom com books with fake dating?
Written in the Stars, Fly with Me and D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding. For YA, She Drives Me Crazy.
Are lesbian rom-coms always low angst?
No. Comedy can sit next to family conflict, grief or a third-act breakup. Each card says how it ends.
Are there YA lesbian romantic comedy books?
Yes. She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen and The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth.
Which rom-com uses a marriage of convenience?
The Fiancée Farce. See our marriage of convenience guide for more.
Related Genres and Guides
For more fake relationships, see sapphic fake dating romance and lesbian marriage of convenience books. For clues with your jokes, try lesbian cozy mysteries, and for pure comfort, feel-good lesbian romance.
How We Chose These Books
This selection uses our own full reviews wherever LRR has reviewed a book, plus author and publisher descriptions where a specific trope needs direct support. Every card says why the book fits this exact trope. Cards marked “LRR full review” link to a review where we went through Goodreads, StoryGraph, trade reviews and reader discussion before scoring it. Cards marked “Publisher description” or “Author description” are researched picks that we have not reviewed yet, and we say so rather than pretend otherwise. Ending notes come from our review or from an explicit promise in the book’s own description. Theme notes are not complete content warnings.
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