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1	The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman 4.31 avg rating — 898 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey 4.26 avg rating — 3,547 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Pacific Homosexualities by Stephen O. Murray 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 6,537 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) by Matt Houlbrook 4.09 avg rating — 204 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback by Susan Stryker 3.95 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier 3.89 avg rating — 1,474 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) by Scott L. Morgensen 4.01 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Joey L. Mogul 4.24 avg rating — 840 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Le Chevalier d'Eon 1 by Kiriko Yumeji 3.52 avg rating — 220 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) by Qwo-Li Driskill (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 188 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film by Madhavi Menon 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.34 avg rating — 1,094,425 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd 3.93 avg rating — 167 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare (Series Q) by Madhavi Menon 3.88 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Baron Von Steuben's Revolutionary War Drill Manual: A Facsimile Reprint of the 1794 Edition by Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Queer History of the Ballet by Peter Stoneley 3.54 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Queer Sites: Gay Urban Histories Since 1600 by David Higgs 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 2,027,243 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski 3.91 avg rating — 3,763 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context by Vern L. Bullough (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 3.86 avg rating — 238,650 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History by Brian Lacey 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho 4.42 avg rating — 23,092 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism by Nancy Ordover 4.15 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. by Jonathan Ned Katz 4.27 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Don't Kiss Me: The Art of Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore by Louise Downie (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 67 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	'Curing Queers': Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74 by Tommy Dickinson 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Other Side of Silence: Men's Lives & Gay Identities - A Twentieth-Century History by John Loughery 3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin by Gad Beck 3.97 avg rating — 473 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota by Stewart Van Cleve (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past by Martin Duberman (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 496 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Alan Turing: The Enigma Man by Nigel Cawthorne 3.93 avg rating — 573 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Zuni Man-Woman by Will Roscoe 3.90 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography by Victoria Price (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 539 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology by Snorri Sturluson 4.15 avg rating — 16,382 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America by Will Roscoe 4.08 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Pinch (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 1,415 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures by Sabine Lang 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 3.80 avg rating — 439,505 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton 4.23 avg rating — 2,204 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3.87 avg rating — 124,301 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Lucian's True History by Lucian of Samosata 3.79 avg rating — 2,145 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Short Stories: A Saucer of Loneliness/Killdozer/The World Well Lost/Microcosmic God/It/Baby Is Three by Theodore Sturgeon 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Berlin's Third Sex by Magnus Hirschfeld 4.12 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote 4.18 avg rating — 6,668 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars