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Tell the Wolves I'm Home Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as aids)
avg rating 4.02 — 151,989 ratings — published 2012
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The Great Believers The Great Believers (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as aids)
avg rating 4.29 — 184,864 ratings — published 2018
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as aids)
avg rating 4.39 — 30,095 ratings — published 1987
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story My Own Country: A Doctor's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as aids)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,706 ratings — published 1994
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Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as aids)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,017 ratings — published 1988
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Angels in America Angels in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as aids)
avg rating 4.30 — 24,827 ratings — published 1991
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The Normal Heart The Normal Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,547 ratings — published 1985
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How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as aids)
avg rating 4.44 — 4,547 ratings — published 2016
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as aids)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,309 ratings — published 1989
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as aids)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,706 ratings — published 2021
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All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as aids)
avg rating 4.49 — 9,985 ratings — published 2020
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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as aids)
avg rating 4.48 — 4,853 ratings — published 1991
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Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1) Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 25,816 ratings — published 1993
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Like a Love Story Like a Love Story (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 4.25 — 16,341 ratings — published 2019
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The Immortalists The Immortalists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 3.71 — 226,455 ratings — published 2018
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The Heart's Invisible Furies The Heart's Invisible Furies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 4.51 — 234,288 ratings — published 2017
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Tin Man Tin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 3.97 — 56,923 ratings — published 2017
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The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,780 ratings — published 2012
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South of Broad South of Broad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 3.88 — 52,234 ratings — published 2009
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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,856 ratings — published 2000
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Christodora Christodora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as aids)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,287 ratings — published 2016
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Perestroika (Angels in America, #2) Perestroika (Angels in America, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as aids)
avg rating 4.24 — 23,413 ratings — published 1993
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The Marvels The Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.99 — 21,202 ratings — published 2015
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sparknotes Literature Guides) For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sparknotes Literature Guides)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,471 ratings — published 2003
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The Hours The Hours (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 152,338 ratings — published 1998
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À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,144 ratings — published 1990
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The Line of Beauty The Line of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.78 — 33,631 ratings — published 2004
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The Blackwater Lightship The Blackwater Lightship (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,440 ratings — published 1999
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People in Trouble People in Trouble (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,080 ratings — published 1990
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The Prettiest Star The Prettiest Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.42 — 7,929 ratings — published 2020
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The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,136 ratings — published 2008
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Nova Scotia House Nova Scotia House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,789 ratings — published 2025
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Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.24 — 700 ratings — published 2014
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The Story of the Night The Story of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,483 ratings — published 1996
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,625 ratings — published 2013
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Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.27 — 187 ratings — published 1994
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In One Person In One Person (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,029 ratings — published 2012
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Heaven's Coast: A Memoir Heaven's Coast: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,117 ratings — published 1996
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28: Stories of AIDS in Africa 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,268 ratings — published 2007
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Modern Nature Modern Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,141 ratings — published 1991
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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.52 — 900 ratings — published 2022
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Olga Dies Dreaming Olga Dies Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 82,606 ratings — published 2022
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Full Disclosure Full Disclosure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,034 ratings — published 2019
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AIDS and Its Metaphors AIDS and Its Metaphors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.99 — 673 ratings — published 1989
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Two Boys Kissing Two Boys Kissing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.07 — 49,112 ratings — published 2013
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Ryan White: My Own Story Ryan White: My Own Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,128 ratings — published 1991
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Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 164 ratings — published 2009
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Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.15 — 311 ratings — published 2008
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Ground Zero Ground Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.03 — 90 ratings — published 1988
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,917,733 ratings — published 1993
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Carter Sickels
“Guys try to go home and their parents turn them away. Hospital beds hold skeletons of men who the nurses and doctors do not want to touch. Even after we die they don’t want us.”
― Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star

Josh Sundquist
“I kiss [her] even though I know that if you kiss a girl before you are married to her you might get AIDS.”
― Josh Sundquist, Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain

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