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Do the wlw end up together : YES!
I don’t review every book that ends up on this site, so here is a big long list of books where the characters do in fact end up in a relationship (that’s not to say that the book is without drama or violence, simply that the characters’ relationship withstands it).
- Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler
- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (YA)
- Soft on Soft by Em Ali
- Jam Jars by Yonnette Anderson (tw: H)
- The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
- Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett (tw: R, SV)
- Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (YA)
- The Prince and Her Dreamer by Kayla Bashe
- Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista (tw: H)
- Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (YA) (tw: R, SV)
- The Normal State of Mind by Susmita Bhattacharya (tw: H)
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (MG)
- A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe (tw: H, R)
- Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock (YA) (tw: H)
- Clean Slate by Andrea Bramhall (tw: H)
- Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (YA)
- Far From Home by Lorelie Brown
- Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron
- Marriage of Unconvenience by Chelsea M. Cameron
- Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (YA)
- Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
- Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
- Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
- Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (YA)
- Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (YA)
- Dreadnought and Sovereign by April Daniels (YA) (tw: T)
- The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (tw: SV)
- The Witch Sea by Sarah Diemer
- Landing by Emma Donoghue
- The Dirt Chronicles by Kristyn Dunnion (tw: H, R, SV)
- Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (YA)
- Wildthorn by Jane Eagland (YA) (tw: H)
- Moonstruck by Grace Ellis (graphic novel, MG)
- Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember (YA)
- Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
- Motor Crush by Brendan Fletcher (comic)
- Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin (YA) (tw: H)
- Bingo Love by Tee Franklin (graphic novel)
- Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (YA) (tw: H)
- Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden (YA) (tw: H)
- Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (YA)
- Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman
- The Second Mango by Shira Glassman
- Being Emily by Rachel Gold (tw: T)
- Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves
- Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
- Challah and Callaloo by La Toya Hankins
- Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann (YA)
- The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (tw: H)
- The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta
- Paper Love by Jae
- Robins in the Night by Dajo Jago (tw: T)
- Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha (YA)
- The Afterward by E.K. Johnston (YA)
- That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston (YA)
- The Dime by Kathleen Kent (tw: H, R, SV, T)
- Run by Kody Keplinger (YA)
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (tw: H, R, SV)
- Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (YA)
- Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
- The Paths of Marriage by Mala Kumar (tw: H)
- Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (YA)
- You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan
- Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (YA)
- Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (YA)
- Ash by Malinda Lo (YA)
- Huntress by Malinda Lo (YA)
- Ship It by Britta Lundin (YA)
- 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon (YA)
- Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (YA)
- The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac
- In the Silence by Jaimie Leigh McGovern
- Heart of Brass by Morven Moeller
- Sappho’s Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris
- Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir
- Gretel: A Fairytale Retold by Niamh Murphy
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (tw: SV)
- Roller Girl by Vanessa North
- Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (tw: H)
- Idaho Code by Joan Opyr
- The Year of the Knife by G.D. Penman
- When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
- P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (MG)
- Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (tw: H)
- Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen (YA) (tw: H)
- Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (YA) (tw: SV)
- Final Draft by Riley Redgate (YA)
- Empress of the World by Sara Ryan (YA)
- I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif (tw: H)
- The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif (tw: R)
- She Is Me by Cathleen Schine
- Tell it to the Bees by Fiona Shaw (tw: H)
- Everfair by Nisi Shawl (tw: R)
- Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley (tw: H, R, SV)
- The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie (YA)
- The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
- Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler (tw: H)
- Thaw by Elyse Springer
- The Princess Deception by Nell Stark
- Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver
- Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (YA) (tw: R)
- Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley (YA) (tw: H)
- Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin (comic, YA)
- Beauty and the Boss by Ali Vali
- The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi (H, SV)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (tw: H, R, SV)
- 24/7 by Yolanda Wallace
- Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace
- Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward (YA)
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (tw: H)
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (tw: H)
- Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (YA)
Trigger warning key:
H - homophobia
R - racism
SV - sexual violence
T - transphobia
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