Dakota Blues by Lynne M. SpreenA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Midlife Crisis Novels
159 books — 119 voters
The Price of Salt by Claire  MorganOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAnnie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Lesbian novels from before 1990
250 books — 114 voters

Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMaurice by E.M. ForsterDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Gay Novels From Before 1990
212 books — 18 voters