The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTales of the City by Armistead MaupinBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,772 books — 2,167 voters
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Best Gay Fiction
2,663 books — 3,867 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,576 books — 120,252 voters