Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew QuickBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonDown by the River by Edna O'Brien
Novels with Rape as a Theme
149 books — 34 voters
Fathers and Sons by Ivan TurgenevNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonSon of Man by Augusto Roa BastosA Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
Sons
353 books — 50 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyVoices of Freedom by Henry HamptonAbout a Boy by Nick Hornby
'80s and '90s Nostalgia
372 books — 51 voters
The Berlin Stories by Christopher IsherwoodThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonThe Charterhouse of Parma by StendhalFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Cities
1,591 books — 138 voters

A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterHamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareThe Tailor of Panama by John le CarréA Small Town in Germany by John le CarréThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Countries
568 books — 159 voters
Nights in Aruba by Andrew Holleran
Books Set in or Mentioning Aruba
16 books — 2 voters

Catalina by Markus Orths
Women who Dressed As Men
175 books — 54 voters

Agostino by Alberto MoraviaByron and Greek Love by Louis CromptonThe Greeks & Greek Love by James DavidsonThe Harness Room by L.P. HartleyMysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Books about boys and men
42 books — 8 voters
Dangerous Moonlight by Mel KeeganFortunes of War by Mel KeeganStreet Lavender by Chris HuntThe Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverAn East Wind Blowing by Mel Keegan
Best Gay Historical Fiction
376 books — 576 voters

The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca WestThe Cornerstone by Zoé OldenbourgPlaying the Game by Ian BurumaThe Road to Jerusalem by Jan GuillouThe Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,698 books — 3,643 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Other by Thomas TryonThe Cornerstone by Zoé OldenbourgLast Love in Constantinople by Milorad PavićCandido or A Dream Dreamed in Sicily by Leonardo Sciascia
Historical Gems from the Past
551 books — 323 voters

Sea of Tranquillity by Paul RussellThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan LethemA Good School by Richard YatesAu revoir, les enfants by Louis MalleThe Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson
Masturbation in Fiction
157 books — 21 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinInferno by Dante AlighieriBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Religious Characters
478 books — 62 voters

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonThe Sergeant by Dennis MurphyBoys of Life by Paul RussellPlays Well with Others by Allan GurganusThe Fall of Valor by Charles Jackson
Q is for Questioning
53 books — 16 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books Made into Movies
1,103 books — 448 voters

The Empire of the Senses by Alexis Landau
Books with Haircut Scenes
155 books — 25 voters
The Men with the Pink Triangle by Heinz HegerGay New York by George ChaunceyHomosexuality and Civilization by Louis CromptonThe Celluloid Closet by Vito RussoStrangers by Graham Robb
LGBTQ History
512 books — 140 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Under 200 Pages
952 books — 426 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,434 books — 7,445 voters



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