Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyNo Longer Human by Osamu DazaiFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Alienation, isolation and melancholy
30 books — 7 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Suicide
707 books — 495 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaRedefining Realness by Janet Mock
Books with major LGBT people of color
335 books — 96 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiIshmael by Daniel QuinnEndgame, Vol. 1 by Derrick Jensen
Critiques of civilization
183 books — 92 voters

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergFun Home by Alison BechdelGirl Mans Up by M.E. GirardThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Butch Women and Female Masculinity
238 books — 81 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,420 voters



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